The Gospel recognizes, redeems and reconciles our (cultural) differences as a church community.

Habakkuk is a book about joy. God wants you and I to have an incorruptible, untouchable, everlasting joy regardless of whatever earthly circumstances we may be facing. And here, in these closing verses, he is showing us how to get it!

You’re struggling with something. Right now. We all are. Life is hard. But, even still, hear this: God is fighting for you! And because he is fighting for you, even in the roughest of circumstances, you can find deep rest in him.

How do we move from grumbling to singing? What steps can we take? Habakkuk shows us the way. We start with quieting ourselves before God; then we open our Bibles and read; we fight for faith in the things revealed; and in this we start to find our...

When we put our trust in idols, we become like them: silent and dead. But when we turn from such things and trust in Jesus, we come alive!

As we acknowledge Jesus as Lord, we respond by loving Him, treasuring His Word, and sharing His Word with the next generation.

When we aren’t secure in Jesus, we end up trying to prove our worth by measuring ourselves against others. We compare and compete. We try to get glory for ourselves by shaming them. But such things are never sufficient. Only Jesus offers us a way...

We’re all tempted to try to make a name for ourselves apart from God, but such efforts are doomed to fail. Only Christ can give us an identity that is stable and secure and able to stand the test of time.

In our attempts to keep ourselves safe from the reach of harm, ironically, we often put ourselves right in harm’s way. When we leave God and his word to pursue security on our own, we leave the only one place true and lasting security is found!

Jesus warns us that sometimes we may think we are close to God when in reality we might be closed to God.