Messy Matters

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east,  Isaiah 2:6a  NASB Your people – A statement from Yehezkel Kaufmannn’s book, The Religion of Israel, caused me to pose a question to the rabbi of Parma.  Kaufmann wrote: “After the prophet depicts the end-time, he turns to reproach…

Confession of Faith

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“For wherever you go, I will go; wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God.”  Ruth 1:16  JPS Your people – No declaration in the Tanakh carries more impact than Ruth’s declaration of personal commitment.  It has been used over and over as a statement of…