Habakkuk
How to live through catastrophe
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…
Wrestling to understand God’s ways
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,…
God’s surprising involvement in the world
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…
Our heart’s concerns and what they say about us
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…
Habakkuk intro
The person of the prophet Little is known of the prophet Habakkuk. He is not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, though the reference to his stringed instruments at the end of the book (Hab 3:19) suggests to some scholars that…