Category Archives: Response to Turbulent times (book of Daniel, OT)

This is  the last posting for the book of Daniel and our theme, “Responding saintly to trying and turbulent times.”  Next week, I will begin a series of postings based upon the Old Testament book of Joshua and this theme:  … Continue reading →

Last week in Daniel 10, we learned that Daniel concluded that he was inadequate to serve God.  We also learned that humanly, we are like Daniel, especially when we face trying and turbulent times.  While we are inadequate, God’s sovereignty … Continue reading →

It has been a while since my last posting.  Between vacations and travel, there has been no time to write posts.  With the business of July over, weekly postings will resume. Today’s focus will be Daniel chapter ten, continuing the … Continue reading →

After seven weeks of postings evolving around the family, we return to the Old Testament book of Daniel and our theme, “Responding to Trying and Turbulent Times.”  Our focus for this post is Daniel 6 which involves Daniel’s rise to … Continue reading →

Last time, we learned that we trust God because He is all-powerful and sovereign.  We may not see or understand God’s power and sovereignty as it works in men, nations and governments; nevertheless, God is in control and His decisions … Continue reading →

In the last posting, we explored how our circumstances, especially or feelings, can influence us to think subjectively about God—“He love me, He loves me not.” Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego did not think subjectively about God when they did not … Continue reading →

In the last posting, we discovered that on the race course, the obstacle and distractions which causes us to stumble and leaves us bruised is the fear, worry, stress and anxiety which is produced by the unknown and the seriousness … Continue reading →

As we continue to look at how a child of God responds to turbulent and trying times, it was stated that reaching the goal of godliness begins at the starting line called faith.  Faith is the believing response to a … Continue reading →

We learned in part one of “Responding to Turbulent & Trying Times” that the goal for every believer, in both good and bad times, is godliness.  In addition to this goal, we found that the regiment of a good diet … Continue reading →

We live in rapidly changing times. As a forty-one year old man, I have never seen such unrest and upheaval in our country and the world. What we see on television, hear on talk radio, and read in the many and various forms of media both invoke strong feelings and influence our thinking. With inflation rising and the amount of our paychecks either shrinking or remaining stagnant, our level of anxiety, worry, stress and fear grows.

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