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Watch Pastor Cole teach, live.
Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 PM. Two hours walking one passage of Scripture all the way through, start to finish — the same way we work through a text on Sunday mornings. It is free, and you can watch from your couch.
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Watch live on YouTube ↗Pumpkin Party — Sunday, October 18
Pumpkins at 5:00 PM in front of the church. Every kid goes home with one.
Sunday evening service at 6:00 as usual — we are giving the night to Pastor Sparjan, who will share about the work in India. Come for the pumpkins, stay and hear him.
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The Spiritual Operator’s Manual is out.
Pastor Cole’s book on studying and teaching the Bible is now on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
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What to expect on Sunday
- Come as you are. Jeans, boots, Sunday best — you'll fit right in.
- Kidz @ the Creek has a safe, loving place for your children and nursery for the littlest ones.
- Park anywhere, walk in, and somebody will find you and say hello. Sit wherever you like.
- Stay after. The best part of the Creek happens in the fellowship hall and the parking lot.
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Where it goes
Habakkuk 2:2–5
Take God at His word. Live by faith while you wait.
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Where We Are
- Habakkuk has waited for God’s answer. Yahweh now speaks about the unrighteous, the righteous, and the relentless.
I. Judgment Is Coming to the Unrighteous (2:2–3, 4a)
- God tells Habakkuk to write the vision and make it 1. His warning is meant to be understood and heeded.
- The written word stands as a witness: when it happens, people can know that Yahweh said it and Habakkuk spoke His word.
- The vision awaits its 2 time. God has not given Habakkuk a date, but He has guaranteed its fulfillment.
- If it seems slow, 3 for it. God’s timing does not make His word uncertain.
- The 4 person is puffed up with himself; his soul is not upright. He trusts his own judgment above God’s word.
- Comparing ourselves with other people cannot make us righteous. Our standard is the holiness of 5.
II. Life Will Come to the Righteous (2:4b)
- The righteous shall live by 6. They take God at His word and live in dependence on Him.
- In Jeremiah 21:8–9, God told those facing the siege to 7 to the Chaldeans and live. Believing His warning required a response.
- Our confidence for salvation rests in 8, rather than our own works. He gives us the righteousness we cannot earn.
- Jesus bore the 9 of the law for us. We receive God’s promise through faith. (Galatians 3:13–14)
- Faith produces faithful obedience. Hebrews 10:36–38 calls us to 10 when trusting God becomes costly.
III. The Relentless (2:5)
- The arrogant man is never at 11. His appetite keeps driving him toward more.
- Like death, Babylon’s greed never has 12. One conquest only leads to another.
- Babylon may look unstoppable, but it remains under God’s 13. God can use it to judge Judah and still judge it for its own wickedness.
This Week
- Where do I need to take God at His word? What faithful step should I take while I wait?
My notes
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In the order the blanks appear:
- plain
- appointed
- wait
- proud
- God
- faith
- surrender
- Christ
- curse
- endure
- rest
- enough
- authority
Keep growing.
A little deeper on Sunday. Something to carry through the week.
Habakkuk
Bringing our questions before God.
Over the coming months, we’re walking through Habakkuk—bringing honest questions to God and learning to trust Him as we wait.
The world behind the words.
Habakkuk sees violence and injustice around him. He brings a hard question to God: how long will this continue?
A small kingdom in a changing world
Habakkuk speaks from the troubled world of Judah, the southern kingdom. Assyria’s power is fading, and Babylon is rising. The Chaldeans named in Habakkuk 1:6 are the Babylonians.
Scholars commonly place the book near the end of the seventh century BC. The exact date is uncertain: Habakkuk names no year or reigning king. This historical placement is inferred from the setting. Historical introduction ↗
Why God’s answer raises another question
The prophet first asks about violence and distorted justice among his own people (1:2–4). God’s answer introduces Babylon (1:5–11), raising a new question: how can a holy God use such a violent nation in judgment (1:12–17)?
Babylon’s power will not excuse its wrongdoing. The judgments in chapter 2 confront plunder, unjust gain, bloodshed, humiliation, and idolatry. Read Habakkuk 1–2 ↗
What to listen for as we study
Honest lament. Habakkuk brings his grief into conversation with God and keeps listening.
Justice and accountability. The book confronts wrongdoing among God’s people and powerful nations. It also invites us to examine our treatment of others.
Faith that perseveres. Habakkuk 2:4 connects life with faith. The New Testament returns to this verse in Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, and Hebrews 10:38. Waiting on God belongs within a life of trust and obedience.
From questions to trust.
This is a reading guide for the whole book. Follow along at your own pace.
Chapter 1 · Bring the hard question
Habakkuk asks about injustice. God answers, and the prophet wrestles with what he hears.
Read chapter 1 ↗Chapter 2 · Listen and wait
The prophet takes his place as a watchman. God’s answer calls for faith and exposes the abuse of power.
Read chapter 2 ↗Chapter 3 · Worship through uncertainty
A prayer remembers God’s saving power. Still trembling, Habakkuk resolves to rejoice in God even if crops and livestock fail.
Read chapter 3 ↗
Read. Reflect. Talk together.
- In 1:2–4, what troubles Habakkuk? What concern could you bring honestly to God?
- How do 2:4 and 2:6–20 connect trust in God with the way we treat our neighbors?
- In 3:17–19, what does Habakkuk choose when security is threatened? What might a faithful next step look like this week?
Explore the sources
- Read Habakkuk 1–3 (ESV) — the biblical text behind this guide.
- ESV Global Study Bible: Habakkuk — historical setting, dating uncertainty, and themes.
- BibleProject: Habakkuk — the movement of the book and its conversation with God.
Songs @ the Creek
Psalms, hymns, and songs of hope. Worship centered on Christ and grounded in Scripture.
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Bluff Creek
A country church on Highway 63 in Clinton, Louisiana — rooted in the Word, sharing Christ with our community and the world, and walking together as one family in Him.Southern Baptist · Baptist Faith & Message 2000
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What we believe
We affirm the Holy Bible as the inspired Word of God and the basis for our beliefs. Bluff Creek subscribes to The Baptist Faith & Message (2000) of the Southern Baptist Convention.
- Jesus is Lord. We are a body of baptized believers who have received Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, committed to sharing the good news of salvation with everyone.
- The ordinances are believer's baptism by immersion and the Lord's Supper.
- The church is a family under Christ, governed by its members, cooperating with the Louisiana Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention.
- Our purpose: to share Christ with as many people as possible in our church, community, and world; to worship; to grow together in the knowledge of God; and to minister unselfishly in Jesus' name.
Our covenant, in short
Having been led by the Spirit of God to receive the Lord Jesus Christ, we covenant to walk together in Christian love; to sustain the church's worship, ordinances, doctrine, and discipline; to give cheerfully and regularly; to raise our children in the faith; to seek the salvation of our family and neighbors; to watch over one another in brotherly love; and to be slow to take offense and always ready for reconciliation.
Becoming a member
Anyone may offer themselves for membership at any regular service. There are four ways home to the Creek:
- By profession of faith and baptism — you've received Christ and want to follow Him in believer's baptism.
- By letter — you're coming from another Baptist church.
- By statement — you've been converted and baptized in a Baptist church but a letter isn't available.
- By baptism if you come from a non-Baptist background and haven't been baptized by immersion.
What membership means
- Members 16 and older vote in church conference; members 18 and older may serve in elected offices.
- Members commit to the church covenant, to growing in Christ, to serving, and to giving regularly — the tithe is our biblical starting point.
- We're a family. When you move away, we'll help you find a church home there.
Ministries @ the Creek
One church, one family — every ministry is the Creek.
Sunday worship at 10:15a and 6:00p — theologically rich hymns, prayer, a word for the kids, and expositional preaching.
Nursery through 5th grade — Sunday School, VBS, Kidz @ The Creek, and a safe, loving place every week.
6th–12th grade. Wednesday nights, camp, DNOW, and discipleship — 6 on the 63.
Church-wide missions through the year, our association and Louisiana Baptists, and care for neighbors in need.
Classes for every age — preschool, children, youth, young adults, families, and adults. Find one that fits.
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Policies & safety
Your children's safety is not optional here. These are the standards we hold every leader to.
- Two adults, always. No child is ever alone with a single adult.
- Background checks for every adult who serves with children or students, and child-protection training before serving.
- Nursery & Kidz check-in — children are released only to the adult who checked them in.
- Youth safety — the same standards apply on trips, at camp, and on Wednesday nights.
Church documents
- Constitution & Bylaws — available from the church office.
- Committee guidelines and the church operations manual — kept in the church office and available to any member.
- Business meetings are held on a designated Sunday night; special meetings are announced one week ahead.
Questions about any policy? Contact the church office — we'd rather you ask.
Find us on the 63.
Clinton, Louisiana 70722