My friend, Ed Gatchalian has a good explanation: "In theBook of Habakkuk, the prophet was begging the Lord to help the Hebrew nation from many problematic and painful situations happening. Ordinary times Dr Kwape further commended the church, which would turn 80 years next year, for a smoot...
The Book of Habakkuk The Book of Habakkuk In the Face of Oppression A prophet here questions God: Why the misfortune that oppresses the people? Habakkuk lived around 600 B.C. After the disappearance of Assyria, another empire controlled the Near East and settled its people in Syria and ...
Examines various aspects of the book of Habakkuk. Use of old English poetry; Commentary translation of Theodore of Mopsuestia; Issues on the source of Habbakuk.doi:10.1080/00138389408598912Andrew BreezeEnglish StudiesThe Book of Habakkuk and Old English Exodus", English Studies 75, pp. 210-3....
Meredith Anne Miller, the author of the book “Woven,” has really opened my eyes to the extent in which we do this when we teach kids the Bible. She advocates for a different approach, which she calls “God centered storytelling” – read a passage/story, make a list of things you n...
most people think they know the Bible better than they really do--especially in the faces of such questions as: What significant event in Jesus's life happened by the brook Kidron?; Though he doesn't identify himself in the book, who is generally considered the author of Mark?; What was...
The stones in the walls of their homes will cry out. And the wooden beams will echo that cry. “How terrible it will be for the Babylonians! They
“Teichert increasingly felt it was her responsibility to tell the Book of Mormon story in images so that “he who runs may read,” a common phrase from the time taken from the book of Habakkuk. So after finishing the Manti Temple mural, she set out on what she expected to be her mast...
Another confidence-building scripture is tucked into the book of Nahum: “The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him” (1:7). If we put our minds to it, every one of us can attest to the truth of those statements, because the Lord is go...
Habakkuk 1:13 –“Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity:“ God also says we will be judged for our sin: John 3:18 –“… but he that believeth not is condemned already, …“ Hebrews 9:27 –“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, ...
Additionally, Korie cautioned against creating a “child-centric home,” one where the kids command all your best love and attention. As she put it in her book,Strong and Kind,“I love my children with all my heart and soul, but I’m in love with their daddy, not with them. That’...