Jul 11, 2010 | Daniel
Daniel was not a great and important man simply because it was divinely ordained that he be great. It was ordained that David and Solomon would also be great and important men. But remember that David fell far short of Daniel in character and honor, and Solomon fell...
Jul 11, 2010 | Daniel
In a vision, as Daniel was facing one who appears to be the Son of God, his strength failed him. He fell prone to the ground – flat on his face. In this position and condition, he was forced to focus on the words which the Lord gave to him. And then an angelic...
Jul 4, 2010 | Daniel
Whenever the subject of the Antichrist is raised, people who are ordinarily not interested in the Bible can quickly become very interested. The Antichrist is someone who can consistently sell tabloid newspapers. He is someone about whom lots of people have opinions,...
Jun 27, 2010 | Daniel
I mentioned last week that I deliberately chose not to study all of Daniel’s seventy weeks at one time. I have my reasons: First, under the circumstances of last week, we might have lost our attentions by the time we reached the seventh week, long before we got...
Jun 27, 2010 | Daniel
Earlier in this study of Daniel, we had a lesson on angels. It was a doctrinal message, dealing with some of the general information that the Lord has given to us about His very special messengers. Then about 6 or 8 weeks later, when we came to Daniel 8, I referred...
Jun 20, 2010 | Daniel
I’m going to try to avoid overburdening you this afternoon. This is one of the most important scriptures in all the Word of God, so we need to go slowly and to try to get it right. And then there is the fact that many of you have eaten more than you should...
Jun 20, 2010 | Daniel
When Judy and I were still in Canada, we sometimes watched a television news magazine called “W-5.” It was on the same line as “60 Minutes,” “Dateline,” and “20/20” here in the States. I’m not thinking about the...
Jun 13, 2010 | Daniel
If you had all the resources available to any human being, and you could become world famous through one of those means, what would you choose as your avenue toward fame? Just about everyone knows the name Al Capone. His name is famous, or perhaps we should say...
Jun 6, 2010 | Daniel
In the course of Daniel’s confession of Israel’s sin, he mentioned a warning made by Moses. Commentators argue just a bit about to what place in the writings of Moses Daniel refers. John Gill summarizes those quarrels to either Leviticus 26 or Deuteronomy...
Jun 6, 2010 | Daniel
On Wednesday nights, for a couple of months now, we have been looking at lessons which come from David’s terrible sins of adultery and murder. If it was nothing but the sin itself, it would be a very sad and painful study – yet still it would be...
May 30, 2010 | Daniel
In my reading over the last few weeks, several authors have reiterated to me what I have also said… One of the primary problems with modern Christianity – and obviously the world in general – is the incorrect and very low perception that people have...
May 30, 2010 | Daniel
This is a chapter of prophesy, and so, in a special way, it is important. But it is more important than most prophecies in the sense that it is also now history. If this chapter, which is so hated by God’s enemies, can be placed before the mind of the agnostic,...
May 23, 2010 | Daniel
You may think that I have gotten lazy, or that I’m not prepared this evening, but such is not the case. I have spent hours looking at this chapter, trying to come up with some marvelous sermon outlines. Unfortunately – I have not been successful. Despite...
May 23, 2010 | Daniel
One of my concerns, as I was first thinking about preaching from this book, was that I wasn’t always going to be able to find subjects which I considered appropriate for our Sunday morning services. I have always pictured you inviting most of our visitors to...
May 9, 2010 | Daniel
Last Sunday night, we got an overview of Daniel’s dream – without a lot of explanation. Then this morning we cut out Daniel’s vision of the Ancient of Days, examining Him in more detail. Tonight let’s go through the chapter again, paying more...
May 9, 2010 | Daniel
Daniel has been given a dream – more specifically, a vision about four vicious beasts. I am reasonably sure that we can identify the meaning of these beasts and some of the details about them. I did that last Sunday night, but without proving my case. Tonight I...
May 2, 2010 | Daniel
“In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed.” With the end of Daniel 6 we come to the conclusion of the historical part of the Book of Daniel. The second half of this book, begins long before...
May 2, 2010 | Daniel
We need to remind ourselves from time to time that the basic purpose of the Bible is to reveal God. Yes, there is a great deal that we can learn of Jehovah through the study of biology, sociology, mathematics, physics and other sciences. But as we know, because...
Apr 25, 2010 | Daniel
According to my records we have been looking at this chapter for four weeks now. And of course, most of you have known the story of Daniel and the lions for decades before that. But how many times in the last four weeks have you thought about Daniel’s visit by...
Apr 25, 2010 | Daniel
Last week, as we read this chapter, I paused at verse 16 and pointed out that you should see some similarity with this and the entombment of the Lord Jesus. A few minutes ago we read from Matthew 27 and saw that Joseph laid the body of Jesus in his own tomb. Then the...
Apr 18, 2010 | Daniel
This chapter gives us the opportunity for a study of faith – in a couple of different ways. It involves the faith of three different people or groups. We can see genuine faith, weak faith and false faith. It’s not the fullest study that you’ll ever...
Apr 18, 2010 | Daniel
I have a habit in preparing for these messages – a habit which you might classify a “bad habit.” I have the habit of rereading the chapter under consideration – from the beginning. Even though our previous message may have ended with verse 13...
Apr 11, 2010 | Daniel
Exodus 20 reads – “And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any...
Apr 11, 2010 | Daniel
Have I mentioned that I like Daniel? Have I mentioned that there are few, if any Bible characters, who are as pure and exemplary as this man? We cannot go wrong in studying him four or five times throughout each of our children’s lives. We cannot go wrong in...
Apr 4, 2010 | Daniel
Last Wednesday, as we began to delve into David’s sin with Bathsheba, I said that I was not excited about doing so. Some sins are just so odious and reprehensible that to study them, even for the most righteous of reasons, becomes distasteful. I find that to...
Apr 4, 2010 | Daniel
Let’s say that a visitor from another galaxy, through a malfunction of his teleportation device, dropped into our world this morning. He is totally unfamiliar with our solar system; he didn’t even know that it existed. But his highly developed technology...
Mar 28, 2010 | Daniel
Before we move on to the next chapter, I’d like us to take a step back for a few moments. In these three verses we have an illustration of the work of the evangelist. This is something not confined to 500 BC and the work of Daniel, or to 50 AD and the work of...
Mar 28, 2010 | Daniel
On the night that the great city of Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians, the king of Babylon was enjoying a feast with a thousand of his family, his lords and his associates. He was probably thinking – foolishly thinking – that his city was safe and...
Mar 21, 2010 | Daniel
I suppose that I could find the same thing on the internet, but some of my old habits still linger. I used to collect, and still possess a great many different kinds of reference books. Quite often in the past when I went into a book store, whether new or used books,...
Mar 21, 2010 | Daniel
I have many, many times, been talking to someone on behalf of the Lord, or as an ambassador of my church, and knowing that my opportunity was coming to close, asked this common question: “If you died today, do you know – without a doubt – that your...
