It is almost surprising that this somewhat liberal theologian could write this excellent study on Habakkuk. Perhaps, as he reveals in its pages, life has a way of making you face realities you might have otherwise reasoned away. However it happened, this little book is worth your time, and it won't actually be much time at all. I read it in three sittings, and could have done so in one if I had had a little over an hour to do so.
Habakkuk, as you might know, is the prophet who dared to ask God why and then tell Him that his answer didn't make much sense to him. And far from striking the prophet with leprosy or lightning either one, God answered him. The author includes his own translation of the text, going so far as to tell us the words for which we really have no translation. In the middle one of Habakkuk's three sections, he offers an interpretation that is intriguing but seems totally relevant. And in the end, he tells us what that sentence found four times in the Bible means, The just shall live by faith.
And finally he answers those eternal questions about suffering with joy, those things we wonder in the black of night as we lie there unable to sleep for the constant roiling of our minds from the trials we endure. If you have ever suffered—and who has not?—this book may be what you need.
The Triumph of Faith in Habakkuk is published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. It is available new on Amazon and used through SecondSale, Thiftbooks, and AbeBooks.
Dene Ward
Habakkuk, as you might know, is the prophet who dared to ask God why and then tell Him that his answer didn't make much sense to him. And far from striking the prophet with leprosy or lightning either one, God answered him. The author includes his own translation of the text, going so far as to tell us the words for which we really have no translation. In the middle one of Habakkuk's three sections, he offers an interpretation that is intriguing but seems totally relevant. And in the end, he tells us what that sentence found four times in the Bible means, The just shall live by faith.
And finally he answers those eternal questions about suffering with joy, those things we wonder in the black of night as we lie there unable to sleep for the constant roiling of our minds from the trials we endure. If you have ever suffered—and who has not?—this book may be what you need.
The Triumph of Faith in Habakkuk is published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. It is available new on Amazon and used through SecondSale, Thiftbooks, and AbeBooks.
Dene Ward
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