Daniel: Our God Reigns
A common observation of those who have lived a long time is that many things are cyclical: one generation dies and another takes their place, one leader steps down and another steps up. Will these same patterns, and the patterns that we’ve seen repeating in the book of Daniel, continue forever? In Daniel 10-12, we’ll see that they will not: though wars will come, our God will deliver us. Therefore, be strengthened in his love, stand firm and act, and wait for the final deliverance
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Joe Sprinkle – Daniel: Evangelical Bible Commentary Series
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Read sermon transcriptDaniel grew up during a time when God’s people were together in the land God had given to them, but we’ve seen that the book of Daniel begins when he is being forcibly removed from the promised land and God’s people are scattered from their land, their friends, and in some sense, even from God. Christians today, too, live in this world as sojourners and exiles. We’ll see from Daniel 9 that our God will restore his people to his place…but not yet. We’ll look first at how God’s people pray for restoration, and then at how our God will restore his people.
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Joe Sprinkle – Daniel: Evangelical Bible Commentary Series
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Read sermon transcriptDo you believe there is real evil? If evil is real, how can we have real hope for the future that isn’t just wishful thinking? Daniel shows us that our God will end whatever evil he allows against his people. To see that we’ll look first at evil’s prosperity, and then at evil’s end.
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Joe Sprinkle – Daniel: Evangelical Bible Commentary Series
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Read sermon transcriptIn this sermon, Tyler asks the question, “what time is it?”. Though we are in the middle of the story, it is almost time for the saints of the most high to possess the kingdom. From Daniel 7, we’ll see that beasts will perish and the Son of Man will reign forever.
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As you look ahead to an uncertain future, who will you trust to save you? In Daniel 6 we’ll see that the one Daniel trusted is the one whom we also can trust, because our God saves the one who trusts in him. We’ll look at the character of the one who trusts in him, then why we can’t ultimately trust in anyone else, then we’ll look at the salvation our God gives, and finally we’ll consider the application to us.
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Joe Sprinkle – Daniel: Evangelical Bible Commentary Series
John Calvin – Commentary on Daniel, Vol 1
Read sermon transcriptWhen the authorities over us are wicked, what should we do? Should we give in to them to protect our safety? Or should we try to overthrow them and create a new order? For Christians, knowing that our God judges the proud changes everything. Pastor Mike Anderson shows us from Daniel 5 that the proud mock our God, our God convicts the proud, our God sentences the proud, and finally, our God executes the proud.
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Joe Sprinkle – Daniel: Evangelical Bible Commentary Series
John Calvin – Commentary on Daniel, Vol 1
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Read sermon transcriptWho do you think is the most powerful person in the world today? No matter who appears to be in control, above them, God the Most High rules over the kingdoms of men. We’ll see that Earthly kings flourish and fall, His truth is reveals and counsels, the cost of rejection, and that acceptance leads to humble praise to the eternal King.
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Who, or what, do you expect will deliver you from life’s hardest trials? This week, we’ll see that our God is able to deliver us from whatever the world throws at us, and we’ll see that in Daniel 3 by looking first at what the world throws at us, then our faithful response, and then our God’s deliverance.
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Joe Sprinkle – Daniel: Evangelical Bible Commentary Series
John Calvin – Commentary on Daniel, Vol 1
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Read sermon transcriptSpoiling the end of a book or TV series for someone is a major frustration. But when God tells Daniel what happens next in the story of his people, it gives him not frustration, but wisdom for how to live in the present. Pastor Mike encourages us that our God has revealed the mystery of his plan. First we’ll look more at why we need his revelation, then more at the God who makes the revelation, and then finally at what it is that he reveals.
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Joe Sprinkle – Daniel: Evangelical Bible Commentary Series
John Calvin – Commentary on Daniel, Vol 1
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Read sermon transcriptThe world puts an overwhelming pressure on believers in Christ to adopt its language, literature, pleasures, and identity. The prophet Daniel has much to teach us today about how to live in a world of pressure, and Pastor Mike shows us in this sermon that our God will exalt those who refuse to be defiled in the world. We’ll look at the pressure we face in the world, the purity we must pursue in the world, and the promotion of those who refuse to be defiled in the world.
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Vern Poythress – Artificially Intelligent
Joe Sprinkle – Daniel: Evangelical Bible Commentary Series
John Calvin – Commentary on Daniel, Vol 1
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