Ezekiel Outlines
JP: Various outlines of Ezekiel. Charles Lee Feinburg (The Prophecy of Ezekiel) Prophesies of Jerusalem’s destruction (Chapters 1-24) Prophesies against the nations (Chapters 25-32) Prophesies of Israel’s blessings (Chapters 33-39) The Millennial Temple and Sacrifices (Chapters 40-48) ESV Study Bible – introductory article Inaugural Vision (1:1–3:27) Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah (4:1–24:27) Oracles against Foreign Nations (25:1–32:32) After the Fall of Jerusalem (33:1–39:29) Vision of Restoration (40:1–48:35)

Happy Thanksgiving
JP: An antique Thanksgiving card from my Sister in Law’s collection. Click for full size image.

The wrong way to pray for our President
The correct way: Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior (1 Timothy 2:1-3) What’s wrong with the bumper sticker? Read below

The Puritans gave America a pedagogy of work
JP: Interesting read from the Wall Street Journal. Idle Hands: Some Puritan Advice for the Unemployed Excerpt: With Thanksgiving just around the corner, encouragement may come from an unexpected source: the Puritans. Often misunderstood and perennially maligned, the Puritans—tested first by religious persecution and later by the elements in their primitive surroundings—grew not into the fuddy-duddy party-poopers of modern history books, but into a tenacious and stalwart people. They developed by sheer necessity one of the most highly defined

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
JP: Thought many would find this interesting: The Background, Poetry and Scripture of “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” More on the author of this hymn