Parallels between the message of the Old Testament prophet Habakkuk and the crisis-ridden West are still powerfully relevant to our own times.
The country was on the brink of a devastating invasion. Famine threatened. Violence and social injustice filled the land. Habakkuk the Old Testament prophet had every reason to sink into despair. Where was God in these turbulent times?
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones was one of the twentieth century's foremost preachers and Bible teachers. The parallels he draws between the message of Habakkuk and the crisis-ridden West are still powerfully relevant to our own times. Here is the secret of the problem of history. No event, however catastrophic, fails to find a place in God’s loving purpose for humanity. Habakkuk's great assertion of faith, in the midst of enormous personal upheaval and emotional strain, can be ours: 'Yet I will rejoice in the LORD ... The Sovereign LORD is my strength.'
Contents
Introduction
Outline of the book of Habakkuk
The strangeness of God's ways
The prophet's perplexity
| Contributors | D Martyn Lloyd Jones |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781844747047 |
| Format | eBook |
| First published | November 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IVP |
