Category Archives: Daily Devotions

The most famous story about Daniel is in Daniel 6.  It is, of course, the story of Daniel and the lion’s den.  However, the lions are a detail in the story and not the emphasis.  The point of tension is … Continue reading →

Belshazzar suddenly shows up on the scene, but some people have had doubts whether he was truly an historical figure.  For years he was found only in the pages of the Bible, but more recent texts in cuneiform have shown … Continue reading →

The king of Babylon once more sends for Daniel because he is troubled by a dream.  In this dream God addresses Nebuchanezzar’s pride and humbles him.  The Hanging Gardnes and the walls of Babylon were maginificent and the city contained … Continue reading →

The dispersed people of Israel would have been tempted to think that their God was beaten by Nebuchadnezzar and his gods Marduk and Ishtar.  Nebuchadnezzar seems to believe this when he forces everyone to worship the statue he sets up.  … Continue reading →

We are starting our read through Daniel.  In the first six chapters each chapter stands alone as a small story and so we have to deal with the chapters as a whole so we don’t break up the narrative.  In … Continue reading →

David was forced by his son Absalom to flee Jerusalem.  It was a tragedy which teaches us a number of key things about David.  He was not willing to use the ark as a means to ‘manipulate’ God.  He realises … Continue reading →

David does not go unpunished for his taking of Uriah the Hittite’s wife.  the murder of Uriah and his wife are played out within David’s own house and David shows his guilt by paralysis.  Amnon rapes his sister.  This is … Continue reading →

Republican candidate Herman Cain is fighting off allegations from a number of women that he abused positions of power by abusing and harrassing them.  The details in the news are quite graphic of the nature odf the allegations.  We find … Continue reading →

My wife’s father was a cripple.  It surprised me sometimes to hear him comment on American football games and if someone dropped a catch he’d call them a ‘cripple’.  There was an irony there that I think that he intended, … Continue reading →

When I was growing up I liked collecting medals.  I won medals for soccer, Bible recitation, running, and athletics.  I thought of them as giving me worth in some way.  My father had raised me with the ‘no-one-remembers-second’ mentality and … Continue reading →