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Continue reading →: Our God Is Able
Daniel 3:17 contains one of the boldest statements recorded anywhere in Scripture, and it’s easy to read past it quickly without letting the weight of it land. “If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will…
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Continue reading →: Nothing Left To Threaten
When you read Daniel 3:16 slowly and you’ll notice something remarkable about the tone. “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.” No panic. No scrambling. No frantic search for the right words to save themselves.…
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Continue reading →: One More Chance
There’s a moment in Daniel 3 that deserves more attention than it usually gets, because it’s not really about ancient Babylon at all. It’s about exactly how temptation still operates on every one of us. Nebuchadnezzar, furious that three men have defied him publicly, has them dragged before him. And…
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Continue reading →: Conviction Always Becomes Visible
Thousands of people bowed down on the Plain of Dura that day. Government officials, military commanders, judges, princes, entire crowds gathered from every corner of the empire, all dropping to their knees before a ninety foot golden statue at the same moment. And when the dust settled, Nebuchadnezzar never heard…
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Continue reading →: Before The Furnace Opens
Here’s something worth remembering about the story of the fiery furnace before you ever get to the fire itself. The real battle in Daniel 3 was never about flames. It was about worship. It was about allegiance. It was about who or what actually holds the throne of a person’s…
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Continue reading →: Three Men Standing
Picture the Plain of Dura the moment the music starts. Government officials, military commanders, judges, princes, and captives from every corner of the empire, packed shoulder to shoulder as far as the eye can see, all gathered before a ninety foot golden statue gleaming in the sun. Then the command…
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Continue reading →: The Soundtrack Of Surrender
There’s a reason Daniel takes the time to list out every single instrument in the orchestra on the Plain of Dura. The horn, the flute, the harp, the lyre, the sound of every kind of music playing in symphony together. He’s not padding the description. He’s telling us exactly how…
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Continue reading →: Everybody Bows To Something
There’s a phrase our culture repeats so often we’ve stopped noticing how much it’s actually asking of us. Follow your heart. Live your truth. Do what makes you happy. Be true to yourself, you get to define who you are. It sounds like freedom. It’s actually just Babylon with better…
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Continue reading →: It Was Never About Gold
Sixteen years after Daniel and his three friends were dragged into Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar built a statue. Ninety feet tall, nine feet wide, standing out on the Plain of Dura, gleaming under the sun. And if you read the chapter and think this was just an ancient king with an ego…
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Continue reading →: God Never Had To Leave His Throne
By the time you reach the end of Daniel Chapter 1, one truth rises above everything else happening in the story, and it’s simple enough that it’s easy to underestimate how much it actually changes. God was still on His throne. Everything in this chapter looks, on the surface, like…
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