God's preparation of a person is a thing of wonder. It was so in Daniel's life, and it is so in our own. It is vital to remember that God is always more concerned about the worker than He is about the work. While we focus attention on the ministry,...

Even though Daniel was only about 14 when Nebuchadnezzar brought him into the Babylonian court, he refused to compromise his beliefs. He drew the line where God drew the line.

Without question there were enormous pressures to "give in." He...

Nebuchadnezzar's officials did not deem all hostages worthy to serve the king. They chose only a few of the best. The men selected had to pass certain tests:

1. They had to be young. The word in the original language usually means between ages 14...

The Bible was written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. The OT is in Hebrew except for Daniel 2:4—7:28; Ezra 4:8—6:18; 7:12–26; and Jeremiah 10:11, which are Aramaic. The NT was written in Greek with a sprinkling of Aramaic words. Because Aramaic was the...

When Babylon conquered Judah, they took the cream of the crop from Jewish families back to Babylon—like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah—to serve in Nebuchadnezzar's court. But, with amazing displays of courage, these four young men refused to...

There is little doubt that the most fundamental sin is pride. Pride is nothing more than an exaggerated and dishonest self-evaluation. It says, "I want people to notice me, to admire me, to praise me, to flatter me, to idolize me. I want people to ascribe to me a value, an...

Why did God so severely judge the Babylonian Empire? Promiscuity among the leadership, profanity against the God of heaven, a zealous pursuit of pleasure among the people, presumption by the military rulers, and plain, old, ugly pride, were the deadly viruses...

Those who are committed to the exposition of Scripture really have no choice. The Bible is one-fifth prophecy. Of the one-fifth that is prophetic, one-third concerns the second coming of Jesus Christ and the events that surround His return.

Next to faith, no...

The kingdom of Jesus Christ superseded everything that happened on the bottom half of the screen, the kingdoms of humanity. In every way, it was better. In every way, it was greater.

• Unlimited. In Daniel's description of the kingdom of Christ, we find...

Some Bible scholars think that the detailed events in Daniel 8–11 could not possibly have been predicted in advance. Some who refuse to acknowledge the Bible as the Word of God explain this with something called ex eventu prophecy, a term meaning...

The perpetuity of God's people. Daniel sat a captive in Babylon, away from his people for 69 years, and wondered if God had forgotten him. God gave Daniel this prophecy to tell him He had not forgotten about him or His promises to the...

The prophet Daniel was nothing if not a man of prayer. During his time of captivity in Babylon, while serving in the royal courts of Babylon and then Persia, it was his practice to pray toward Jerusalem three times a day (Daniel 6:10; see 2 Chronicles 6:38-39)....