{"product_id":"the-message-of-ezekiel-a-new-heart-and-a-new-spirit-9780830824250","title":"The Message of Ezekiel: A New Heart and a New Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003eEzekiel comes to us as a stranger from a distant time and land. Who is this priest who, on his thirtieth birthday, has a dazzling vision of God on a wheeled throne? Who is this odd prophet who engages in outlandish street theater and speaks for God on international affairs? Who is this seer who paints murals of apocalyptic doom and then of a restored temple bursting with emblems of paradise? Are we bound to take this literally, reading prophet and newspaper side by side? Or is there a better way?Christopher Wright is a proven interpreter and communicator of the Old Testament, and in this commentary he masterfully opens our eyes to see and understand the message of Ezekiel. Ezekiel's vision of the glory of God--its departure and return--is first set within Israel's history and then in the culmination of God's promises in Christ. Embedded in the pattern of the strange, the bizarre and the wonderful is a word that still speaks to God's people today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher J. H. Wright (PhD, Cambridge) is international ministries director of the Langham Partnership, providing literature, scholarships, and preaching training for pastors in Majority World churches and seminaries. He has written many books including commentaries on Deuteronomy, Jeremiah, Lamentations, and Ezekiel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mission of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCultivating the Fruit of the Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOld Testament Ethics for the People of God\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKnowing Jesus Through the Old Testament.\u003c\/i\u003e An ordained priest in the Church of England, Chris spent five years teaching the Old Testament at Union Biblical Seminary in India, and thirteen years as academic dean and then principal of All Nations Christian College, an international training center for cross-cultural mission in England. He was chair of the Lausanne Theology Working Group from 2005-2011 and the chief architect of The Cape Town Commitment from the Third Lausanne Congress, 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184837984530,"sku":"9780830824250","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ee96030-c4d9-4ced-9003-39a640904dfc.jpg?v=1744579042","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-message-of-ezekiel-a-new-heart-and-a-new-spirit-9780830824250","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}