Category Archives: Daniel Study

Moved to Prayer

What impact does watching the news have on you? What impact does the Word of God have on you? Sometimes, it should be the same - intense prayer. The pain, suffering, and depravity we see on the news should drive us to call out to God. The wonder, awe, and terror that come from getting…

Help for Understanding God’s Ways

When things go bad in the world, we often start to wonder what God is doing. Why is He allowing so many problems, so much trouble? We are tempted to think, to worry, that maybe God has faded from the scene or stopped caring. Because He knows our humanness and our tendencies, God has taken…

From Disillusionment to Joy

"He is Risen!" was not the first words some of the disciples said when they heard about the empty tomb. Most were saying "He is Missing!". Maybe that is how you feel sometimes. Sometimes we expect God to show up in a certain way: heal a friend, fix a problem, calm this chaotic world. Sometimes…

Customs and Convictions

Probably the most familiar story from the book of Daniel is his rescue from the lions den. Are you familiar with it? Daniel's excellence gets him a promotion and that brings great jealousy among his peers. They set out to ruin him but the job is hard because he is too good so they... you'll…

Learning from other’s mistakes . . . or not

George Santayana said: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". It might be more accurate to say, "Those who don't learn from the past are condemned to repeat it" because it is possible to know something without really benefitting from that knowledge. I'm afraid I can testify that it happens a…

How do you handle success?

We often hear that difficult times are what reveals a person's true character, but I think that prosperous times might be just as telling, just as likely to produce a fall. How a person handles success and prosperity is just as telling of there character than how they handle a trial. Maybe more so. In…

In Your Eyes, How Big is Your God?

One way we know very quickly how big our God is to us is when we have to chose between Him and something else, especially if that something else is our life. In America, in our lifetimes, it has been very rare that someone has had to choose between their allegiance to God and their…

Trusting the God Who Holds the Future

Can anyone accurately tell the future? Even more significantly, can anyone control the distant future, especially as it concerns world events? If you met such a person, would you trust them? Daniel chapter 2 clearly states that no human can tell the future. It also states, however, that God can. In fact, He doesn't just…

The Importance of One

Do you feel frustrated and helpless when watching the news, wondering what you can possible do to bring good in such a dark time? What can one person do? Do you feel small in a world where powerful companies and superstars seem to dominate everywhere? Do you feel insignificant when you look at the talented,…

Handling an Impossible Situation

Sometimes we can find ourselves faced with a crisis that just appears out of the blue. Maybe it is a sudden health emergency, the unwelcome news of a job ending abruptly, a fire, a family member in trouble, or a crisis at work that you have to deal with unexpectedly. What do you do? What…