Habakkuk 1:6 Nasb

There’s an amazing logic to the Sermon on the Mount when you hear how Jesus addressed his honour/shame culture.…

The story of Cain and Abel is the story of the first act of violence in the Bible. The first act of violence in the Bible was not divine violence; it was human violence. Before there was divine vio……

This word means “one who is called.” Habakkuk was called by God to address the evil that was destroying Judean society after the death of Josiah and at the time the Babylonians were emerging as the new power in the ancient Near East. His name then would mean “Embrace.” Habakkuk’s message is introduced as “an oracle.” The Hebrew word massā’ has been translated in different ways by the English versions: “oracle” (NRSV), “pronouncement” (TNK), “burden” (KJV), “charge” (NJB), “prophecy” (NIV). For a work is being done in your days that you would not believe if you were told.” What is hard to believe is that God was about to deliver the people of Judah into the hands of the Babylonians, a wicked people who were more wicked than the people of Judah.…

The book of Habakkuk presents the thinking of a man who was responding to the impact of the international crisis on the people of Judah. The prophet openly challenged the concept of divine justice ……

Why does Paul appeal to Caesar? What about his Jewish roots, and his faith in God’s Messiah as Saviour of the world?…

Why does Paul appeal to Caesar? What about his Jewish roots, and his faith in God’s Messiah as Saviour of the world?…