The Success Formula

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

so is My word that comes out of My mouth, it does not return empty to Me but does what I desire, and makes prosper what I have sent.  Isaiah 55:11  Robert Alter Makes prosper – Robert Alter chooses to translate the conjunction כִּי אִם־ as “makes prosper,” but in this case it seems the NASB…

End of the Line

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

Then those two – Mahlon and Chilion – also died; so the woman was left without her two sons and without her husband.  Ruth 1:5  JPS Without – What Naomi lost completely overshadows what Naomi gained.  In her mind, the loss of husband and sons means the loss of everything important to her.  In fact,…