Habakkuk lived through trouble like we have never known. He faced the divine promise that the Chaldeans would invade, conquer, and devastate the land he had always known and loved. The Chaldeans would overrun … Continue reading... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Trust is a difficult word. It is not difficult in its spelling. Nor is the concept that difficult to wrap our brains around. But simple trust is hard to do. Interestingly, children instinctively know … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The weather was so hot and humid, it felt as if we had been swimming, but we hadn’t even been in the water. My two friends and I were not in the water. We were floating on it in a … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
The Chaldeans are coming! The Chaldeans are coming! If Paul Revere had lived in Judah at the time of Habakkuk, this would have been his warning. Habakkuk, the prophet who dared to ask why, … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Reformation Sunday is usually the Sunday before October 31, Reformation Day, the day when Martin Luther nailed his ninety five theses on the door of the Wittenberg College Church. The ninety-five theses were statements of truth for a proposed... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“You will go forth in ministry everywhere, wherever the Lord Jesus sends you. And wherever in ‘everywhere’ you pitch your tent, you are to go to everyone. And the ‘I am with you’ will be your strength.” With these words, Dr. Malcom …... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
“We have nothing to fear except fear itself.” President Franklin Roosevelt uttered these words in the midst of the worse economic crises in American history. He said this because fear frequently is our greatest enemy, not the cause of the …... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Habakkuk is God’s prophet in a tough place. God has decided to dispense judgment on His people Judah. His judgment would be a Chaldean invasion destroying Judah as Habakkuk knew it. Habakkuk responded to this revelation from God with a …... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
What do Wayne Gretzky and Jackie Gleason have in common? They were both known as “the Great One.” Admittedly, both men exuded talent. Yet, were they really “great?” Some may want to debate the point. While not hockey players or … Continue... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
We left Habakkuk clinging to the reality that he knew to be true about the character of the true and living God and at the same time wrestling with God over His plan to judge Judah. Marvelously, our God, who … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
