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Ezekiel's name means "God strengthens." Every time the prophet's name was mentioned, God's people were assured of his help and reminded of his promise to "strengthen the weak." Ezekiel lived in times of great political turmoil and witnessed the final collapse of Judah to the Babylonian empire. His total, unquestioning willingness to do God's will, often at great cost to himself, during the long...

the doves he noticed doing so when a sudden noise disturbed their tranquillity (Ps. 55:6). This was not wise (for it is often not God’s plan that we run away from trouble), and Pan’s memorable line, while it makes for good fantasy, is decidedly unwise as a healthy philosophy of life. Some Christians approach their reading of the Bible a bit like Alice (looking for the pictures), or else like Pan (avoiding the difficult bits in favour of the well-known and familiar). Fans of Alice will be drawn to
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