Hab 3:16-19 Perhaps one of the most searching questions in the Bible is asked in Job’s story, ‘Does Job fear God for nothing?’ (Job 1:9). The accusation made is that God has lavished His blessings on Job, so he is…

Hab 3:1-15 Among secular people today, as well as among many Christians, God is viewed as good, loving and kind, close when we need Him and caring for us. Our church buildings also reflect this perspective – they tend to…

Hab 2:15-20 The twentieth century novel, Lord of the Flies, is the story about a group of public-school boys who land on an uninhabited island. Without adult authority, their behaviour degenerates into violence and savagery with one boy eventually bludgeoned…

Hab 2:5-14 We finally begin to see in our reading an answer to Habakkuk’s question about the wickedness of the Babylonians and whether God is going to judge them (Hab 1:13). The portrait of the oppressor describes the way of…

Hab 2:4; Rom 1:16-17; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:32-39 The study of this famous verse, ‘The righteous will live by his faith’ (Hab 2:4) would not be complete without a reflection on how this line is used in the NT, most…

Hab 2:1-4 During a summer outreach to international students in the UK, I met a Russian girl on the team, who was particularly excited about the work and seemed to have aptitude for it. The mission that organised the event…

Hab 1:12-17 Where you stand determines what you see. It is self-evident in a physical sense that perspective is dependent on location, but it is equally true in a more abstract sense when we think of our context (intellectual, emotional,…

Hab 1:5-11 One of the most common questions that seekers of truth ask in a Western context is ‘If God is good, why is there so much suffering in the world?’. Suffering and pain are seen as the worst enemy…

Hab 1:1-4 Recently, a pastor friend shared how upset he felt about a new building of a sect and the false teachings about God that the members there are advocating. While a group of us gently teased him about getting…