We like to think that, at the key and crucial times, we will be the ones to stand up and have courage and do what’s right. But will we? Do we? What does it take, this call to live well in the middle of a world that doesn’t understand us and opposes us? Where do […]
Most of us can stand strong in bad times….for a day. For a week. For a month. But what about when the hardship, the pain, the suffering keeps on coming, like one wave after another? What does it take to endure — and rejoice — for the long haul? When we are tired and weary […]
Daniel 5 deals with the judgment that comes on Babylon after the king takes what was meant for the temple, what was meant to be holy, and uses it for profane, sinful uses. Obviously, we aren’t Babylonians — but we are God’s temple! What does our sin mean before God? How does He deliver us […]
How relentless, how reckless, how amazing is the love of God for you? He will do whatever it takes, He will send you wherever He has to, in order to break you from your fatal self-reliance and pride and bring you back to Himself. He loves you that much! He can even use a pagan […]
God answers prayers….right? But what does it take? If we have enough faith….if we do what we’re supposed to….if we ask in just the right way….God will answer our prayers. Right? But what about when He doesn’t? If prayer seemingly goes unanswered…. Who failed? Was our faith defective? Or did God fail His people? What […]
What is the Book of Daniel about? It is about the preservation of God for His people whom He places and brings through this world as witnesses as He brings them securely to the day of reign of Christ that was won on the cross. Yes! But it is also about something else…. Here in […]
We recently finished a series about finding God’s grace and presence through seasons of suffering. But what about when you’re not in a season — but rather a tidal wave or absolute calamity of the worst possible comes, when tragedy strikes and everything in your world falls apart? That’s the picture of Daniel 2, as […]
We all want to believe we will be brave when the key moment arrives; that we will have the courage to stand and speak for what is right. But when that time actually comes (day by day), reality is so much harder. There is temptation all around us, and compromise, and our own failure can […]