Pastor Steve

There are a number of important lessons in Daniel beyond the lesson of the Bible’s reliability (see last week’s “Heads Up”). Today, please let us give them briefly and then apply them in a slightly wider way.

Belshazzar’s Feast is a circa 1635 painting by Rembrandt. It is held in the The National Gallery, London. Rembrandt is considered to be one of the greatest masters of Dutch painting and even Western painting. Belshazzar gave a party in Daniel 5 and he “invited all his friends.” What a party it was! The king…

In Psalms 8:4-5 (Hebrews 2:6-7) there is a description of man that reads, “What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor.” These verses fix man in an…

The unique name for God that we find six times in Daniel four is “the Most High.” What does this name signify? If you get out a concordance and look to see where else it occurs in the Old Testament, you find that the first time the name appears is in Genesis in connection with…

William Blake’s depiction of Nebuchadnezzar from the book of Daniel tells of a ruler who through hubris lost his mind and started eating grass like a cow. The “mad king [is] crawling like a hunted beast into a den among the rocks; his tangled golden beard sweeping the ground, his nails like vultures’ talons, and…

North Koreans are indoctrinated from an early age to adore “The Eternal Leader” and his two sons, including the current dictator. Last fall, Christian Solidarity Worldwide described testimony from defectors: “Christians are reported to have suffered brutal violence. Forms of torture include beatings with fists or implements such as electric rods, wooden pokers, metal poles,…