Don’t break sheep’s legs please
I was recently reminded of a story that gets shared by preachers of a particular sort. It goes something like this:
Sheep are known to be stupid and wander off. A shepherd'
Ezekiel
Ezekiel, Husbands, and Christ
New Testament authors routinely took Hebrew Bible metaphors and redeemed them by re-reading and reinterpreting them through the lens of Christ.
In my church's Ezekiel Bible Study this week, we wrestled
Ezekiel 4—7: Idolatry Matters Because It Hurts People
Ezekiel 4—7 begins the in-earnest doom-and-gloom chapters of Ezekiel's oracles against Israel and Judah. Our morning Bible study read through these verses, and I'll tell you, they are
Revelation from God may make you angry...and that’s a good thing.
Thoughts on Ezekiel 2 and 3
In Ezekiel 2—3, while Ezekiel is entranced in a vision of God’s glory, he is commissioned to go to his people and speak the words
God's glory is best seen among the oppressed
Thoughts on Ezekiel 1
The prophet and would-be-priest Ezekiel is sitting with his fellow exiles in Babylon. He's thirty years old, the age when priests take up their duties. He was