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sthr”, th 16-yar-ld daughtr  a Christian pastr in Uzbkistan,was brutally batn by th plic
until sh was uncnscius bcaus sh tidt pvnt thm m haassing h ath.
Sh sud appalling injuis and is nw ina whlchai.
A small Brthrn assmbly in nrth-ast
Knya has sn tw  its mmbs mudd
in a th-mnth pid, nt lng at a
Bthn chuch-plant in Uganda had bnkilld.
Ugandan Past Uma Mulind, wh
sught t stand up  his aith, was butallyattackd with acid in th ac, and his y was badly damagd.
Ths cnt stis a but a w
ampls  th gwing catalgu  dath,injuy and sh butality that is bing mtdut t Chistians in many pats  th wld.Thy ais a qustin: why? Why ds Gdallw His ppl t su t such a dg?
Why ds H nt intrvn? Why is H silnt?
Th ppht Habakkuk in chapt 1  
his bk aiss a simila qustin. In vs1 h is dscibd as a psn wh “saw”a budn (NKJV). Th Hbw wd  
Gd’s “acls”, which was tn usd by th pphts, als mans “budns”. Th budnthat Gd causd Habakkuk t s was that  his ppl bing cushd by a butal invading
rc. Thir surings wuld b appalling. H
cis t Gd, but Gd sms t b silnt (1:2).
This is all the more difcult for Habakkuk to
cmphnd sinc h knws that Gd lvs
His ppl. S hw can a lving Gd bing  allw such butality  ths H lvs?Habakkuk’s qustin is natual,  hlvs his Gd and h lvs his ppl. Manyhav aisd th distubing issu  suing,
whth it b th ppht Jb  Jsus u 
Saviu dying n th css with th cy, “MyGd, My Gd, why hav Yu sakn M?”
(Matthw 27:46). Th apstl Paul and his
cmpanins wr “burdnd bynd masur,
abv stngth, s that w dspaid vn  
li” (2 Crinthians 1:8, NKJV). Burdn quals prssur, and th prssur can b s havy that
n’s vy li is squzd ut by it.
Chistians tday wh su pssus
that sm bynd thi ability t ba sldmqustin thi cicumstancs. It is ths  us
watching m th utsid wh ask why. It
wuld b asy t shut ur ys t what is taking plac simply bcaus w cannt bar t s thsuring  ur brthrs and sistrs. But i it isGd wh causs us t s ths vnts and i it
is H wh placs ths budns upn us, thncan w ightly vad thm? In 2 Cinthians1 Paul uss his pinc  immns, li-
crushing prssur t cmmunicat t thrs in
d t ncuag thi pay and suppt.
Is Gd ally silnt? In chapt 2Habakkuk dcids that h will watch t s
what Gd will say t him (2:1). B lngh is ady t spak  Gd bing in His hly
tmpl with all th arth in silnc br Him
(2:20). In chapt 3 Habakkuk dscibs Gdas a maching amy that will vanquish ths
wh hav prscutd and brutalisd His ppl
and dliv His ppl in th ultimat victy.
In chaptr 2 h had alrady sn th rmarkabl
vision of the day when the earth shall be “lled
with knwldg  th glry  th Lrd as th
wats cv th sa” (2:14).
But what  nw? Nw w must liv
with uncertainty and potential difculties: the barren g tree and vine, the empty cattle stall
(3:17-18). But thugh th Ld may sm
silnt, H is wking His pupss ut, bth
amng th pscutd chuchs and amng
us,  His wn gly, in which w shall shan day.
In th wds  th ancint Litugy  
St Jams:
Let all mortal esh keep silence,
and with a and tmbling stand;Pnd nthing athly-mindd, with blssing in his hand,Chist u Gd t ath dscndthu ull hmag t dmand.*D Patick SkhdIntnatinal Dict 
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Contents
Building up faith through Biblesand books; care for pastor’sdaughter beaten by police
4 Compassion in Action
Genocidal anti-Christian violencein Nigeria; shadow of sharia inTunisia
8 Newsdesk 
What does the Bible say about theTrinity?
PULL-OUT Equipping the Church
Petition makes strong start;schools receive Christianresources from Barnabas Fund
11 Campaigns
Qatar: key player in the ArabSpring
12 Analysis
Partnership in Philippi and withBarnabas
14 Biblical Refection
Barnabas UK Supporters’ Days,
June
16 In Touch
Imprisoned and intimidated in Iran
18 Learning from the Persecuted Church
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The Silence of God
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