Man-Made Religion

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?” Acts 15:10 The Test – This translation softens the language.  That’s not so unusual.  Many translators remove the punch in texts in order to…

Yoke

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

“a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear”  Acts 15:10 Yoke – “and the truth shall set you free”.  But not if you are shackled to a burdensome yoke.  Peter uses the word zugos.  The yoke is a restricting agent used to bind two things together so that neither one…