Moments For You
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Purpose of Heart
A prison chaplain noticed an inmate who had been tasked with mending uniforms. Greeting the man cheerfully, he said, “Good morning, friend! Sewing?” “No, sir,” replied the inmate with a grim smile. “Reaping!” As the book of Daniel opens, the southern kingdom of Judah is about to reap a bitter... Read more →
Kings, and a Kingdom
“In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him” (Daniel 2:1). Already in the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar was having divinely prompted nightmares. Daniel, through wisdom given to him by God, describes the king’s... Read more →
Unquenched Fire
“When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee” (Isaiah 43:2). We have now reached the well-known story of Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image, his rage at the three Hebrews who refused to worship it, and his casting them into the furnace of... Read more →
Daniel in the Den
“My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me” (Daniel 6:22). Who does not know the story of Daniel in the lions’ den? Yet there are precious thoughts here not always noticed. In this story, Daniel typifies our blessed Lord and... Read more →
Seventy Weeks
“Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city” (Daniel 9:24). The first thing that I want you to notice is that this is a prophecy concerning something which cannot be changed. The weeks are “determined”—they are all set and fixed and planned by Almighty God. The... Read more →
“Not For Himself”
The conversion of Marcus Bergmann, who translated the Scriptures into Yiddish, is exceedingly interesting. His father belonged to the strictest sect of Jews in Germany, the Chasidim, and died when Marcus was only a year old. Six years later, Marcus and his mother went to live with an uncle, and... Read more →
The Critics Den
Because of its miraculous prophetic revelations of kingdoms and of Christ, no other book in the Bible has been attacked like the book of Daniel. For more than 1,700 years, the book has been in the “Critics Den” and fiercely assailed by sceptical writers. Their claim is that instead of... Read more →
Greatly Beloved
One of the fallacies taught by some media evangelists is that those who come to faith in Christ will find that their troubles will evaporate and they will have good health, peace, and prosperity for the rest of their lives. Such teaching is contradictory to Scripture and to our personal... Read more →