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...
Mar 14, 2010 | Daniel
It’s not a phrase which people hear very often, but it pops up every once in a while. People sometimes refer to the preacher’s favorite theme as his “hobbyhorse.” An “hobbyhorse” used to be a child’s toy. It was a stick with...
Mar 14, 2010 | Daniel
I don’t know that it is the case with you particularly, but many would be unhappy that I’ve read so many verses. We’ve done this three or four times over the last three weeks in our study of chapter 4, and here we are beginning our next study by...
Mar 7, 2010 | Daniel
This evening I’d like to tie together some loose ends before moving on. I believe that we’ve sufficiently covered the importance and the lessons of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. But there are some things which I think are fascinating, and which if...
