Paul gives three commands. We are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, living a life that looks like the one Jesus would have us to live. We…
Daniel had been overwhelmed by the things revealed to him but is told to go his way until the end. With our minds full of the glory of God, we…
Gabriel is commanded to make Daniel understand the vision, but he does not understand all of it. Some things are made clear but others are not. He is told to…
Why refuse to worship the image, and be thrown into the fiery furnace? These men submit themselves to God's will and purpose. Serving God means giving things up, and it…
Nebuchadnezzar rejects Daniel's interpretation of his dream that other nations would rise up after him, and sets up an image that represents himself only. The text highlights the absurdity of…
These verses are like an advertisement for being a Christian: the world will hate us! Persecution is a mark of a real Christian. This is how we know we are…
Nebuchadnezzar's plan to hold his empire together is to make these young men thoroughly Babylonian, stripping them of their Hebrew identity as people of God. The world bombards us with…
Why does Paul pray for the Christian to have the Holy Spirit dwell in their heart? Is the Spirit not there already? What we see in people is not always…
These are Paul's last words to Timothy as He was being poured out like a drink offering. The church needs more of this willingness to pour out our lives in…
The Psalmist divides mankind into two camps: the righteous and the wicked. The righteous are blessed but not according to this world's version of happiness; it is by avoiding ungodliness…