Daniel 9:1-19 We have moved forward in Daniel’s life. We’re now in the 66th year of his exile from Judah, so he’s in his 80’s now. What Daniel did and saw in this chapter dates from 539 B.C., the first year of Darius the Mede’s (Gobryus’) rule as king over the Persian province of Babylon […]

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God opposes and humbles the proud Daniel 4 God pickles the proud and makes preserves of the foolish Questions: What has pride cost you? What has God’s grace gained you? Which is the better paymaster? Chapter 2 records the Living God revealing to Nebuchadnezzar, the source of the greatness of his kingdom and rule over […]

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Isaiah 44:28-45:5, Ezra 1:1-2 With all the changes in our society, the confusion and clashes in our government and among nations, one is inclined to wonder, “Just who is in charge of all this?” God’s people have historically taken comfort in the answer to that question, found in the pages of the Bible: God is […]

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Nehemiah 7:73-8:12 What does a genuine, Biblically grounded, Spirit-driven revival of a people look like?There have been revivals of different kinds in history. America has had several. Wales had one. Europe during the Reformation period. Some obviously driven by the Spirit using His Word to pierce and change minds and hearts and lives. Some driven […]

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God’s Word, Its Clarity, pt1, #2

Nehemiah 8:1-8 Is the Bible understandable and its meaning plain and clear? Or is it obscure, requiring mother church and a priestly caste to safely unravel its mysteries? This was the line in the sand drawn by men like John Wycliffe,William Tyndale, Martin Luther, and Miles Coverdale. They went to great lengths, some even to […]

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Jeremiah 23:28-32 Jeremiah the prophet, speaking the word of the LORD, stood like a rusty but grim sign with its skull and crossed bones, warning about the presence of a lethal mine field. Immovable, he stubbornly stood for many years and warned the LORD’s own, the people of Judah, of their eventual destruction because of […]

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