When the prophet Habakkuk cried, “How long, O Lord?” he struck at the discrepancy between revelation and experience. How can we reconcile what we know about our good God with the moral and social chaos that we see around us? How can we reconcile God’s purposes for His people with …

Among the twelve Minor Prophets in the Old Testament is the book of the prophet Habakkuk. His book is not “Minor” because it is unimportant; it is “Minor” because, as many modern readers will appreciate, it has only three brief chapters, which take about ten minutes to read—that is, if …