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		<title>“Will You Judge the Bloody City?” (Ezekiel 22:1–5) – Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Read Part 1 here. An Exile Speaks to a Doomed City To read Ezekiel 22 responsibly, we must remember where Ezekiel was when he spoke these words. In 597 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon captured Jerusalem and deported King Jehoiachin to &#8230; <a href="https://claudemariottini.com/2026/10/01/will-you-judge-the-bloody-city-ezekiel-221-5-part-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>“Will You Judge the Bloody City?” (Ezekiel 22:1–5) &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With this post, I begin the study of Ezekiel 22. As I explained in the introduction to this series, the chapter contains three oracles, each introduced by the words “The word of the LORD came to me” (22:1, 17, 23). &#8230; <a href="https://claudemariottini.com/2026/09/30/will-you-judge-the-bloody-city-ezekiel-221-5-part-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ezekiel 22 and the Anatomy of a Corrupted Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An Introduction to the Series Years ago, I served as a curriculum writer for the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, where I developed Spanish-language lessons to help adult Sunday School teachers prepare their classes. One series of &#8230; <a href="https://claudemariottini.com/2026/09/28/ezekiel-22-and-the-anatomy-of-a-corrupted-society/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ezekiel: The Man and His Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The book of Ezekiel is a fascinating book. The task faced by the prophet Ezekiel was to communicate a message to the people in Jerusalem and to the captives in Babylon. The people in exile were a community without a &#8230; <a href="https://claudemariottini.com/2026/09/16/ezekiel-the-man-and-his-book/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Psalm 23 Still Speaks to Broken Hearts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Few passages in Scripture have been read, memorized, and returned to as often as Psalm 23. It is recited at gravesides and whispered in hospital rooms. It is taught to children and clung to by the dying. Across centuries, languages, &#8230; <a href="https://claudemariottini.com/2026/09/15/why-psalm-23-still-speaks-to-broken-hearts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Psalm 23: &#8220;And I Shall Dwell in the House of the LORD My Whole Life Long&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the last study we saw that God’s goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your life. Now the psalm reaches its final line, the destination toward which everything else has been moving: “and I shall dwell &#8230; <a href="https://claudemariottini.com/2026/09/14/psalm-23-and-i-shall-dwell-in-the-house-of-the-lord-my-whole-life-long/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Psalm 23: &#8220;All the Days of My Life&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the last study we saw goodness and mercy pursuing you. Now the psalm tells you how long that pursuit will last: “all the days of my life.” It would be easy to read past this phrase too quickly, as &#8230; <a href="https://claudemariottini.com/2026/09/09/psalm-23-all-the-days-of-my-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Psalm 23: &#8220;Surely Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Me&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the last study your cup overflowed at the host’s table. Now the psalm turns from that banquet to sum up your entire life: “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” Notice the reversal &#8230; <a href="https://claudemariottini.com/2026/09/08/psalm-23-surely-goodness-and-mercy-shall-follow-me/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Introduction to 2 Samuel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The book of 2 Samuel continues, without interruption, the story begun in 1 Samuel. In the Hebrew canon, the two books were originally a single work, “Samuel,” and were divided only in the Greek translation (where they appear as 1–2 &#8230; <a href="https://claudemariottini.com/2026/09/05/an-introduction-to-2-samuel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Psalm 23: &#8220;My Cup Overflows&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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