It seems we could almost reuse many of the introductory comments for the books of the Bible in this corner of the canon. Like Isaiah and Jeremiah before it, Ezekiel is a significant text through which to wade. Opening his work on this book, Charles Dyer wrote, “For the average reader of the Bible, the Book of Ezekiel is mostly a perplexing maze of incoherent visions—a kaleidoscope of whirling wheels and dry bones that defy interpretation. This impression often causes readers to shy away from studying the book and to miss one of the great literary and spiritual portions of the Old Testament” (“Ezekiel,” BKC, 1224–25). Well, we won’t shy away, but mainly because we have a lot of help.
Dr. Rick Reed has served as the President of Heritage College and Seminary since January 2013 where he also teaches in the areas of preaching and pastoral theology. Dr. Reed—along with his wife, Linda—blogs regularly on his personal website. Listeners to this episode of Cover-to-Cover may be particularly interested in his ongoing series of devotional insights, Tuesdays with Ezekiel, as well as his recently published, free eBook.
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Dr. Rick Reed has served as the President of Heritage College & Seminary since January 2013. Before that time he was Senior Pastor at the Metropolitan Bible Church in Ottawa, Ontario. At Heritage, Dr. Reed teaches in the areas of preaching and pastoral theology and is committed to using Scripture and his ministry experience to glorify God in the training and equipping of men and women for life and ministry. Rick is married to Linda and, together, they have three grown children.
Josiah has served the Oakridge Bible Chapel family as one of its elders and one of its pastoral staff members since September 2018, before which he ministered as an associate pastor to a local congregation in the Canadian prairies. Josiah's desire is to be used by God to help equip the church for ministry, both while gathered (edification) and while scattered (evangelization). He is married to Patricia, and together they have five children—Jonah, Henry, Nathaniel, Josephine, and Benjamin.