Yet I Will Rejoice in the Lord: The Book of Habakkuk
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The Lord is My Strength
The book of Habakkuk begins with the prophet in anxious despair and lament but ends with him in hopeful peace with praise on...
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Rejoicing in Times of Trouble
Habakkuk knows that Jerusalem is about to be invaded by the Babylonians and left in ruins. Having the...
Living Quietly in Peace in Times of Trouble
Habakkuk’s encounter with God has changed him. He is no longer plagued by...
Waiting Quietly for God's Promise
Habakkuk’s encounter with the Lord began in frantic, desperate prayer concerning...
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Fear and Trembling
The prophet Habakkuk was granted a dialogue with God and a vision of judgment and...
Christ's Enemies Self-Destruct
God catches the crafty in their own snares. In Habakkuk’s vision of...
Christ the Divine Warrior
In the theophanic vision of Habakkuk, Yahweh comes in battle. As the...
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The Lord Engages in Battle
The vision in Habakkuk 3:3-11 shows God coming as the Divine Warrior, readied for battle. He will...
The Arrival of God the Warrior
As the prophet Habakkuk mourned over the wickedness in Judah, the Lord answered his...
The Awesome Power of His Coming
Habakkuk’s theophanic vision of God coming to judge sin and save His...
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The Splendor of His Coming
In Habakkuk’s vision, He sees the Lord coming in glorious splendor to judge and to...
The Holy and Impartial Lord
The Scripture is not primarily a book of propositions. It is the history of...
The Holy God Comes to Judge and to Save!
The book of Habakkuk is a journal describing the oracle he received in...
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In Wrath Remember Mercy!
In chapter 3, we find a different Habakkuk than the prophet we met in...
The Sound of Silence
The final woe against Babylon is a condemnation of idolatry. False gods are...
God is Not Mocked; You Reap What You Sow
In Habakkuk 2:6-17, the Lord assures God’s people that the wicked Babylonians He was raising up...
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Betrayed By Pride
The proud and self-reliant are corrupt in heart and shall not survive but, those who have faith in God are...
A Righteousness Not Our Own
God’s declaration that “the righteous shall live by faith” has been called the watchword of...
Living by Faith
There are significant parallels between the situation in Habakkuk’s day and the struggles of...
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Righteous by Faith
God’s pronouncement in Habakkuk 2:4, “the righteous shall live by faith,” is foundational to the Gospel of...
Deadly Pride
In Habakkuk 2:4, the Lord contrasts the way of life and the way of death. Those on the path of death are perverse in heart because of...
Wait for It...God's Plan in God's Time
God answers Habakkuk’s second complaint by giving him a vision to record on tablets of...
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Bracing for the Lord's Answer
After God’s response to Habakkuk’s initial prayers for Judah, the prophet questions and...
Even the Wrath of Man Shall Praise You
As God tells Habakkuk His plans for judging Judah’s sin, the prophet is...
The Lord Does Not Countenance Evil
After Habakkuk’s first complaint and cry for help, he is confused by God’s answer. He knows the Lord is...
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I Know You Are Sovereign and Holy
After the Lord answers Habakkuk’s cry, the prophet is more perplexed than ever. God is raising up...
Sovereign Over All
As God answer’s Habakkuk’s first complaint, the prophet is told that...
Look! See! Wonder and Be Astounded!
In prayer for Judah, the prophet Habakkuk asked how long God would make him see...
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The Burden Habakkuk Saw
The prophet introduces his encounter with the Lord as “the oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.” The word...
Where Are You Lord?
For quite some time the prophet Habakkuk had been praying for God to intervene over Judah’s descent into...
It Was the Worst of Times: Yet I Will Rejoice in the Lord
After King Josiah died, Judah descended into abject idolatry. The nation was plagued by...
Speaker
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Stan McGehee, Jr.
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