Author Archives: Rick Wadholm

Ezekiel 22-23 – Jerusalem Under Judgment

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

22:1-5 – Jerusalem is named “city of bloodshed” (see the similar naming of Nineveh in Nahum 3:1).  The making of idols and shedding of blood were violations of the two-fold sense of the commandments: love the LORD your God with … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 20:45-21:32 – The Sword of Judgment

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

20:45-21:5 – What does the LORD mean by opposing “the south”?  There was never a forest of the Negev (one of the three terms used for “south” here and so not to be taken as referring to the Negev region … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 19:1-20:44 – An Inevitable End?

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

19:1-9 – Singing the prophetic lament (or dirge). The Lion Lament. “What a lioness was your mother” should read, “What is your mother? A lioness!” (see Block NICOT 595; Duguid NIVAC 247). What does it mean? Who are the two … Continue reading →

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ITS FINALLY HERE!!!

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

I was absolutely elated yesterday to get my copy of the newly published “Letters and Papers from Prison” (Vol. 8 in the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works).  This is the volume wherein Bonhoeffer (I believe) has been most misunderstood and misrepresented (though … Continue reading →

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Should Pastors Get PhDs? (a 3 1/2 min. interview with John Piper)

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

By: Rick Wadholm Jr.

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Why I Love the Hebrew Bible

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

In my first semester at Bible college I had to take a course on Old Testament Survey. I was expecting it to be boring and obscure. Up till that point I mostly thought the Old Testament was in the Bible … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 17-18 – Taking Responsibility

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

17:1-2 – What do “allegory” (Heb. hida “riddle”) and “parable” (Heb.  mashal “proverb”) suggest for reading what follows? 17:3-4 – What effect should the description of the great eagle have on us?  Lebanon is (and was) known for its cedars … Continue reading →

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Does the Historicity of Adam Really Matter?

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

I just read a great article by Michael Reeves at Reformation21 titled “Adam and Eve”. He discusses (rather cogently I might say, but don’t take my word for it) why the historicity of Adam would seem to matter (it impacts … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 15-16 – R-rated Jerusalem: Useless and Unfaithful

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

15:1-8 – What use are the clippings of vines? How is Jerusalem like a clipping of a vine? (cf. Ps. 80:8-19) What do the references to fire have to do with Jerusalem? (cf. Eze. 5:2, 4; Rev. 17:16) What does … Continue reading →

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Ezekiel 14 – When Righteousness Saves

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Rick Wadholm

14:1-5 – “Some of the elders”. This group represents the rest of the elders who seek the LORD outwardly but are inwardly idolaters. What does it mean when the LORD says He will answer such persons Himself? In what way … Continue reading →

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