How to Rest While in Exile (Daniel 9:20-27)
Daniel receives a rather mathematical communique from Gabriel. But do the numbers mean exactly what they seem to mean?
Daniel receives a rather mathematical communique from Gabriel. But do the numbers mean exactly what they seem to mean?
It’s a new day and a new empire, and Daniel once again finds himself in line for promotion. But his subordinates play politics and set him up to get eaten.
Daniel’s people are finally heading home and rebuilding. Daniel is finally Prime Minister. All is finally right with the world! — and then Daniel receives a piece of bad news that just keeps on getting worse.
An angel reads Daniel a long passage from the Book of Truth, outlining — in far too much detail — the next three hundred years of history.
The angel finishes his reading from the Book of Truth, and Daniel is told it is time for him to retire, even though his work is not finished.
We are a diverse congregation, which means we need to answer one particular question: what is the best way for Christians from different cultural backgrounds to love one another — especially if we have different responses to the pandemic?
Peter outlines the first step of his new training program: start by making sure you are on the right track yourself.
For the second step in his training program, Peter gives Christians a simple, two-part way to test the truth.
Peter tells his friends that they will often be out-numbered by false teachers and false believers — but this does not mean that God’s plan has failed.
Peter gets into the details of how a false teacher is born, and what they look like when they are full grown.