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You lay Your crushing hand Your mighty hand On me gently — Terry Scott Taylor (“Crushing Hand” from Nazarene Crying Towel) Ezekiel felt the crushing gentle hand of Yahweh. In fact, he had felt it for more than a decade now. What were you doing 10 years ago? Can you remember? Ezekiel remembered: I will make your [...]

Hi everyone, I’m in Killarney hiking (probably through a lot of rain) this week.  We’ll continue with the good news section of Ezekiel next week. Thanks for reading, Steve.

The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer (The Cost of Discipleship) Have you ever been so inundated with bad news that it became impossible to even visualize a way out of the problem? I feel this way when I look at the [...]

When various changes are taking place, some think that God sports with the affairs of men, and others, that everything is directed by the blind violence of fortune. . . . Very few are aware that these things are appointed and regulated by the purpose of God. — John Calvin (Isaiah I) A company “goes [...]