Tag: Ezekiel

• 19 April 2019

  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…
• 20 February 2019

  Sermon on Ezekiel 11.14–21: “Election and Discipline”

  

  As I start to think about preparing a syllabus on Ezekiel for the mission to Nairobi, I am returning to some recent work that I developed into a sermon on Ezekiel 11.14–21. Click this link to hear it; start at the 1:50 mark. As I worked through that text, the Spirit brought up connections throughout redemptive history,…
• 19 February 2019

  First Developments

  

  Over a year ago I mentioned my interest in post-secondary teaching to Dr. Iain Duguid, who is my pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church and an OT professor at Westminster Theological Seminary. In a long conversation, he pointed me toward the possibility of teaching overseas and mentioned the Mobile Theological Training Team (MT3), a ministry of World…