When we speak of God’s glory, what are we talking about? If someone were to ask you, “What is glory?” would you know how to answer?
Thank you for the ordinary ways that you remind us of the humanity of others and the meaningful connections between all of humanity.
During last summer's trip to the Holy Land, my family and I visited the Dead Sea.
I've been in plenty of church meetings that seem to pit the "spiritual" people against the "practical."
I am constitutionally wired for worry. I fully expect my DNA contains a dedicated worry gene. I can worry about everything, the things I can control and the things I can't. Thus, I...
I've been a Christian for almost half a century. I've sat through hundreds of sermons and delivered hundreds of my own. I've...
The fact that we can perceive things as beautiful, I believe, points to the existence of a God who loves beauty and...
In the past several days, I have been considering whether it's appropriate to display art in spaces set aside for worship.
I want to live the best kind of life. I want to make my life count. I don't want to waste my...
You are my flock, the flock of my pasture. You are human, and I am your God. This is what the LORD God says. Ezekiel 34:31 The final verse of Ezekiel 34 adds...
Today's news is full of stories of leaders who care more about themselves than about the people or institutions they lead. They...
I have had many friends who struggled with faith because they saw their parents put on a show of Christianity but fail...
Perhaps you really can't answer the question I asked in the title of this reflection: Where do...
Through your shrewd trading you multiplied your riches. But then you became proud of your riches. Ezekiel 28:5 About a decade ago...
In Ezekiel 25, the Lord reveals to Israel's neighbors that he will judge them for their bad attitudes toward and mistreatment of...
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The important people of the land have practiced extortion and have committed robbery. They’ve oppressed the poor and mistreated the immigrant. They’ve...
This passage from Ezekiel challenges me to consider how I am using the gifts God has given me. Am I exercising them...
As we grow in our faith, our spirits become more and more aligned with the Spirit of...
So now the LORD God proclaims: I myself am now against you! I will impose the case law penalties on you in the sight of the nations. Ezekiel 5:8 Ezekiel 5:8 contains a...
Most Christians know that they should be sharing their faith with others, that this is part of what it means to be...
In the Common English Bible, the Lord addresses Ezekiel as “Human one.” Most English translations prefer the traditional “Son of man.”
In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, I was with the exiles at the Chebar River when...
The first three verses of Ezekiel introduce us to the prophet and his unexpected calling. In verse 1, Ezekiel explains the context of his divine encounter. It happened when he was thirty years old....
The late 1980s were the days of military dictatorship in Nigeria with its attendant consequences on the national economy. I received my Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in July 1987 in...
Ezekiel teaches us that when we are called to the workplace, we are called to righteous activity in exile as we embrace the challenges inherent in awaiting the consummation of God's kingdom.
Living with God is not just a matter of worship and personal devotion. Living with God is also a matter of living life righteously, whether in the marketplace, at home, in church or...
Let us begin, as the Book of Ezekiel does, with God’s call to Ezekiel to become a prophet. When we meet Ezekiel...
This principle combines the general sin of oppression (Heb. daka) with the specific sin of not returning...
Biblical scholars have given much time to researching and speculating about whether charging interest is absolutely forbidden...
As he did earlier in the book, here Ezekiel presents his readers with a general rule (not...
If the exiled Jews in Babylon missed the positive example in chapter 18, Ezekiel 22 gives them an explicit picture of where...
Ezekiel chapters 18 and 33 serve similar thematic and structural functions within the book as a whole.[1]The call to personal righteousness in...
Israel's leaders are indicted for their failure to care for the nation. Ezekiel 34 uses the metaphor of shepherding to illustrate how...
Ezekiel's theology of work would be incomplete if not placed in the full context of future restoration alluded to throughout the book...
Do you wonder if God has anything to say about your work? Explore key verses from each chapter of the Bible that...
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