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A Sermon from Psalm 132
Take a listen to this sermon on Psalm 132 that I delivered at my home congregation, Christ Presbyterian Church. This sermon features the theological and christocentric hermeneutics that I mentioned in my last post. I use the same approach when I am reading Ezekiel, and the syllabus on Ezekiel or the mission to Nairobi (August…
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Request for Resources
The course on Ezekiel that I am designing for the mission to Nairobi has two broad goals: to introduce students to the book of Ezekiel—its situation in covenantal history, its authorship, its original audiences, its structure, its central themes, some of its Old- and New-Testament connections, and its overall structure; and to interpret key passages…
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Don’t Worry. Ask.
Grace in a Gentle Rebuke God has been especially kind and merciful in this season of weakness, as I slowly prepare for the upcoming mission to Nairobi. A few weeks ago I was listening in on a meeting of the elders of Christ Presbyterian Church, the local congregation of which I am a member. They…
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Early Summer Update
The spring semester at WTS has come to an exhausting close. Bekah (my wife, also a full-time M.Div. student) and I are so thankful to the Lord for his kindness and mercy toward us this semester. Despite my fatigue, this season has been one of richness in studies. I, a weary and wearisome sinner, have…
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Notes in the Background: the Opening of the Book of Ezekiel
Hebrew (MT) 1 וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים שָׁנָ֗ה בָּֽרְבִיעִי֙ בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ וַאֲנִ֥י בְתֽוֹךְ־הַגּוֹלָ֖ה עַל־נְהַר־כְּבָ֑ר נִפְתְּחוּ֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וָאֶרְאֶ֖ה מַרְא֥וֹת אֱלֹהִֽים׃ 2 בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הִ֚יא הַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַחֲמִישִׁ֔ית לְגָל֖וּת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ יוֹיָכִֽין׃ 3 הָיֹ֣ה הָיָ֣ה דְבַר־יְ֠הוָה אֶל־יְחֶזְקֵ֨אל בֶּן־בּוּזִ֧י הַכֹּהֵ֛ן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים עַל־נְהַר־כְּבָ֑ר וַתְּהִ֥י עָלָ֛יו שָׁ֖ם יַד־יְהוָֽה׃ Translation (Compare to CSB, ESV) 1In the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the…
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