Walking through the word: Habakkuk 2:15-17: Gazing on their Nakedness (Episode 5)
Episode 5. Habakkuk 2:15-17. Getting people drunk. Gazing on the nakedness. Rejoicing over their shame.
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Episode 5. Habakkuk 2:15-17. Getting people drunk. Gazing on the nakedness. Rejoicing over their shame.
Read MoreEpisode 4. Habakkuk 2:9-14. Knowledge of God’s glory will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Read MoreEpisode 3. Habakkuk 2:1-8. In this strong word we find the most famous sentence in the book of Habakkuk and one that changes how we live.
Read MoreEpisode 2. Habakkuk 1:12-17. Why does God use evil people to accomplish his purposes? And, does Jesus pick up Habakkuk’s language when he gathers his first disciple-making disciples?
Read MoreThere is a single word that makes the rounds and coils guts of Christians into knots that boils blood, five syllabatic sounds: Predestination, like a sharp garrotte does cut at root of many sapling trees and even with those more mature: unease Yet on this simple doctrine Paul is clear God chose us before the […]
Read MoreOver the next few weeks, I’ll will be releasing a short video devotion weekly. These were made with my church family in mind, but may be a blessing to others as well. Habakkuk is the book of the Bible that tells us how to walk with God when things are really hard. It’s only three […]
Read MoreI was named after Ruth in the Bible. I may be biased, but I’ve always thought she was pretty special. I’ve always been interested in the book named after her. As a child, I thought it was the loveliest of love stories. As an adult I still think it’s within the top five loveliest of […]
Read MoreLook at this diagram from Our World in Data, trusted by the BBC, CNN and the New York Times. Take out the earthquakes and the graph is even more dramatic. If there are more extreme weather events in recent times, and yet less people are dying from them, then something is enabling human beings to […]
Read MoreI’m going to let you in on a little secret. A secret in my marriage that I have never discussed with my husband. Nor has my husband discussed it with me. Are you ready? Andrew and I have completely different ways of hanging towels in a bathroom. I didn’t say it was an exciting secret. […]
Read MorePut on the full armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. (Ephesians 6:11) We heard a great sermon this weekend on standing firm in Jesus Christ, and our preacher rightly warned us about the role of the evil one. In the Zoom question time afterward someone asked me […]
Read More“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Jesus. Matt. 11:29-30) Jesus […]
Read MoreCan a piece of timber lead you to hell? Can it make you turn your back on the true and living God? Read the Bible, and you’ll find the answer is yes. Think about the wooden instrument you tap with a mallet and the practice of serving idols, and you’ll have our very rare word, […]
Read More1. A God given liturgy for future generations Does God tell his people exactly what to say when they gather to serve him? Does he give a liturgy for his people to follow in perpetuity? For the most part, he seems not to. Look throughout the Scriptures and notice that wedding and funeral services […]
Read MoreI wrote this title almost a year ago, a long time before the infamous ‘toilet paper dash of 2020’. It feels odd writing it now, knowing how desperately short of toilet paper the supermarkets, and many homes, became for a time this year. But it is my story to tell, and this was the […]
Read MoreYears ago I made the mistake of reading a few of H. P. Lovecraft’s short stories. My recollection might be blurred, but I remember a similar thread in each. The protagonist investigates macabre events, ominous signs, cultic symbols, and unexplained happenings. But there is never a good resolution. Some things are better left covered. In […]
Read More“I don’t know how you coped so well.” “I don’t know how you do it.” “You seem to be doing so well.” I can’t tell you the number of times I heard these statements during the year my son was sick, and the year after his death. Statements meant as an encouragement, statements that came […]
Read MoreI’ve had the privilege of growing up in a Christian household, where going to church weekly, and often more than once weekly, was just the way we lived. It was a pattern that I neither questioned, nor particularly thought about. Most children don’t think about why school is Monday through to Friday, even if they […]
Read MoreCan a man be at the same time a father and a son? Of course. If he couldn’t, the human race would quickly disappear. But, what about Jesus? Isn’t it blasphemous to call him father since he never married and sired children? And furthermore, doesn’t this confuse the members of the God-head, since he reveals […]
Read MoreAncient church leaders posed deep questions about the relationship between philosophy and Christianity when they said, “what has Jerusalem to do with Athens?” I’m asking something more figurative. What does the Jerusalem Temple have to do with Gardens ‘R’ Us? Or perhaps more precisely, what does the Lord’s temple have to do with gardens, and what does that have to with us?
Do you see yourself as a tree planted in the temple of the Lord?
Read MoreIt’s not only bombs that destroy a church. White-anting also happens from within. When there is no acknowledgement of the King of Kings, the people determine what is right in their own eyes. The Bible may be paraded in the pulpit and even studied diligently, but judges sit in the polycarbonate chairs, stand behind the […]
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