Fight Club

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.  James 3:17  NASB Reasonable – Is faith reasonable?  In the post-Kiekegaardian era, this question might be answered, “No, faith goes beyond reason.”  But Kierkegaard’s distinction between faith and reason never crossed James’ mind.  Kierkegaard’s…

Double Dose

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

for this shall be called woman because out of man this has been taken Genesis 2:23 Woman – There is something crucial happening here, deeper than we can see in the simple translation.  It is connected to the formulation of the Hebrew words for man and woman.  It tells us something important about roles and…