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Ezekiel 8, God of Glory and Idol of Jealousy
It is the stock in trade of mysteries, sci-fi movies and the adventure genre. The hero follows some people into an enclosure and when he sneaks to where they are congregated, he sees some weird ceremony
Continue reading...Ezekiel 7, the Siege Continues
I have a confession to make. I love Sour Punch Straws. They are long strands of chewy candy coated in sour sugar. It ends up being a sweet taste after a punch of sour. This might be an apt way to describe
Continue reading...Ezekiel 6, Idolatry as Adultery
When I used to work with young adults at my church, we took an annual pilgrimage to Pinnacle Mountain in Little Rock, Arkansas. We would hike to the top and spend time worshiping God there. Something about
Continue reading...Ezekiel 5, Siege, part 2
I now have a granddaughter who is a hair stylist. Yesterday she came over and cut my hair, her grandmother’s hair, and her aunt’s hair. Needless to say we had some vacuuming to do afterward.
Continue reading...Ezekiel 4, Modeling Siege
I recently had the privilege of visiting the Parthenon in Athens, and the Acropolis Museum that sits at the foot of the Acropolis. In the museum was a Lego duplicate of the acropolis with the Parthenon
Continue reading...Ezekiel 3:22-27, The Silent Prophet/Priest
Calvin Coolidge served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929, and was nicknamed “Silent Cal.” Though he was considered a skilled and effective public speaker, privately
Continue reading...Ezekiel 3:16-21, The Watchman
When I was in my second or third year as a Christian I was familiarized with the Campus Crusade for Christ booklet called The Four Spiritual Laws. Crusade had also created a survey questionnaire that could
Continue reading...Ezekiel 3:4-15, Hardened and Obstinate
Before there was Angel Studios’ TV series The Chosen, there was Haim Potok’s book The Chosen. Potok tells the story of a Hasidic Jewish family whose son has a photographic memory and who is
Continue reading...Ezekiel 2:8-3:3
2:8 But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you. 9 Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In
Continue reading...Submitting to Parents When You Are an Adult
Question: How long should I submit to my parents? Answer: As long as you are dependent upon them and living under their roof and are not capable of assuming an adult role in life. Once you are able to
Continue reading...Joseph’s Brothers and His Death – Genesis 50:15-26
Receiving forgiveness. Easy? Not always. Sometimes we don’t receive it because we’re too proud to be humbled in that way. Sometimes we feel what we have done is too awful to forgive.
Continue reading...Burial of Jacob – Genesis 50:1-14
This passage tells us that Jacob was embalmed by the Egyptians. The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary tells us: “Embalming served to preserve the body of the deceased, but in
Continue reading...Jacob Prophesies Over His Sons – Genesis 49
The words spoken by Jacob are characterized in two ways. Jacob says they are “what shall happen” to his sons in the days to come, that is, in the distant future. Moses characterizes them
Continue reading...Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh – Genesis 48
“For the fifth time in the Book of Genesis, we meet a reversal of the birth order. God had chosen Abel, not Cain; Isaac, not Ishmael; Jacob, not Esau; and Joseph, not Reuben; and now He would choose
Continue reading...Joseph Manages the Famine – Genesis 47:13-31
In Ancient Land Law: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, Ellickson and Thorland contend that “The amount of crown-owned land appears to have fluctuated widely over time” but that “the pharaonic
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