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Ezekiel 2,3 I. Introduction When I was young there were a few times when I was sent to do a job and I was not very successful. One time I was sent to the grocery store to buy lettuce. When I got to the store, I looked at the shelves and there were two piles of round, leafy green vegetables. I grabbed…

Ezekiel 33 I. Introduction The Gallup Organization polled 1,000 U.S. adults in mid-April of last year and found that 42 percent labeled themselves “born-again” or “evangelical.” However, in a survey held one month later on 1,000 Americans, the poll found that only about a quarter of the population hold…

Ezekiel 40-48 Introduction When I grew up I remember a term that was used about our family. We were called “DP’s.” I remembered the term and what it meant. It meant “displaced persons” and referred to the fact that we were refugees from another country. I hadn’t remembered where and how it was used and…

Ezekiel 14 Introduction Last week we were encouraged from Ezekiel that God is a sovereign God, that He is the Lord of all the earth, the Lord of nations and the Lord of our lives. One of the implications of that understanding is that we believe that God acts. Remember last week when we mentioned that…

Ezekiel 18 I. Introduction There are a lot of proverbs and sayings that are a common part of our life and culture. “It never rains, but it pours,” “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” “Beauty is only skin-deep,” “All bad things come in threes.” Some…

Ezekiel 4-24 I. Introduction We knew a girl who had been told by her parents that she could not use the truck. Her parents had taken the car and were gone for a few days. She decided to disobey her parents and went to her boyfriends place. When they were driving on a country road, she lost control of…

Ezekiel 11 I. Introduction It interested me, when I was younger, that my father was born in Moscow, Russia (bring birth certificate). That was not their home, but his parents were in Moscow trying to get out of Russia just at the time when he was born. They did not succeed in getting out, but were sent…

Ezekiel 22 Introduction - story about the little Dutch boy who held his finger in a dike - Hans Brinker was made famous in the USA by Mary Mapes Dodge’s children’s novel Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, dating from 1865. In the chapter called ‘Friends in Need’ there is this story read out in class…

Ezekiel 36,37 Introduction Last Sunday, Amos mentioned a bone yard that they had on their farm where animals were hauled when they died. He said that as he went there, he never expected that these animals would be alive again. When our children were small, a bird died because it had flown into a window.…

Ezekiel 1 I. Introduction It is not very often that New Year’s Day is on a Sunday. Last time was 11 years ago in 1995. It is a significant day of the year. It is a new year, a new beginning, a time of direction setting, making new year’s resolutions. As we sit together today, it is good for us to think…

I. Introduction In an article in a church magazine I read the following, “More than 30 years of dictatorship by Mobutu Sese Seko, followed by seven years of civil unrest, have left Congo economically and socially bankrupt. Civil workers have been without pay for a long time; families find it difficult…

Ezekiel 38,39 I. Introduction Every once in a while things that happen in the news make me really upset because I can’t understand the evil of some people and what they do. The sexual assault and murder of young girls by Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka was one of those things. How could anyone do that…

Ezekiel 25-32 I. Introduction On January 14, 2006 the Daily Bread devotional began with the following illustration. “I was washing my car one evening as the sun was preparing to kiss the earth goodnight. Glancing up, I impulsively pointed the hose at it as if to extinguish its flames. The absurdity of…