Posts by Josh Moody
Ezekiel 16: The Love of God
Ezekiel 16, Job 5, John 8:21-30, 2 Peter 2:17-22 Ezekiel 16: A beautiful parable, with startling application to God’s people, and final hope after all the crying of judgment and condemnation. First, we are told of how God’s people are from the land of Canaanites, their father an Amorite and mother a Canaanite (16:3). We…
Read MoreEzekiel 13-15: Stick to God’s Word
Ezekiel 13-15, Job 4, John 8:12-20, 2 Peter 2:10-16 Ezekiel 13-15: Ezekiel is told to prophesy against the prophets of Israel (13:2). The reason for this is because they are prophesying “from their own hearts” (13:2) and they “follow their own spirit” (13:3). In other words, these prophets who claim to be speaking God’s word are actually speaking…
Read MoreEzekiel 9-12: The Power of the Word
Ezekiel 9-12, Job 3, John 8:1-11, 2 Peter 2:1-9 Ezekiel 9-12: This section begins with a wonderful, evocative description of the prophet’s experience of hearing God’s word. God “cried in my ears with a loud voice” (9:1). Unmissable, unmistakable, indubitably important: God’s Word came to him loud and clear. Those who have the “mark on…
Read MoreEzekiel 4-8: The Worst
Ezekiel 4-8, Job 2, John 7:45-53, 2 Peter 1:12-21 Ezekiel 4-8: How do you communicate judgment to a recalcitrant people, a hardened people? In chapter 4, the answer is by Ezekiel being told to dramatically portray siege and judgment upon God’s people. And then in chapter 5, by a razor and shaving hair and casting…
Read MoreEzekiel 1-3: The Glory of the Lord
Ezekiel 1-3, Job 1, John 7:37-44, 2 Peter 1:1-11 Ezekiel 1-3: If Jeremiah’s call is not one to be desired for its own sake, Ezekiel has perhaps an even tougher mandate. He is among the “exiles” (1:1), and in preparation for the tough calling that he is to receive as God’s mouthpiece to these “rebellious”…
Read MoreWhat Does It Mean to Be an ‘Evangelical’?
By Josh Moody What does it mean to be an ‘evangelical’? In some ways this is a perennial question, but recent developments in Evangelicalism, especially in America, mean that the question needs to be addressed again. What recent developments, you say? Well, the most recent is the book Shepherds For Sale (which I have not yet read, and…
Read MoreOctober 26-31, 2024
In keeping with the Bible reading plan we are using, the last days of each month are designated as “free days.” October 26-31 then are intended to allow you to catch up on reading you may have missed or to study passages more in depth that intrigued you during the first 25 days of the month.…
Read MoreLamentations 4-5: For All Generations
Lamentations 4-5, Song of Solomon 8:8-14, John 7:25-36, 1 Peter 5:8-14 Lamentations 4-5: “How the gold has grown dim” (4:1)! Part of the tragedy of calamity is recalling how wonderful things were before the doom fell. The author of Lamentations does that repeatedly in this chapter, but also describes the horrors of a city that…
Read MoreLamentations 3: His Mercies Are New Every Morning
Lamentations 3, Song of Solomon 8:1-7, John 7:14-24, 1 Peter 5:1-7 Lamentations 3: We come to the heart of Lamentations, or at least to its most famous chapter and verses. Here we find evocative words of great distress that meet the lovingkindness of the person of God. In a brilliant turn of phrase, the chapter…
Read MoreLamentations 2: The Wrath of God
Lamentations 2, Song of Solomon 7, John 7:1-13, 1 Peter 4:12-19 Lamentations 2: The anger of God is not a common subject these days. In fact, so rare is it that when we talk of God’s “wrath” it becomes almost embarrassing. It is like mentioning a subject that is impolite, indelicate, or inappropriate—certainly not politically correct. The result…
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