The King of Kingdoms – The Book of Daniel

The God We Serve :: February 2, 2025

Daniel chapter 3 is not about Daniel. Daniel actually, surprisingly, does not appear in this chapter himself! So it’s not about him. But it’s also not about his friends. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. I mean, it is kind of about them. They are in the story. They aren’t called Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. They are…

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The God of Heaven :: January 26, 2025

Daniel chapter 2 is about “The God of Heaven.” I know that’s kind of obvious, and yet it’s also quite easy to miss. It’s easy to think that Daniel chapter 2 is about Daniel. And it is, and we need to dare to be like him. But it’s really not about Daniel. And it’s easy…

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The King’s Service :: January 19, 2025

Daniel is a daunting book to preach. It’s a unique book. There’s nothing quite like it. It’s classified among the Prophets in our English Bibles, but it’s in the “Writings” like the Wisdom literature in Hebrew Bibles. It’s got history and prophecy in it. It spans the genres. There’s nothing quite like it.  In the…

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