by Justin Marple | Sep 29, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Faith under Pressure (Daniel), SERMONS
Daniel 4 shows us that to be proud is to be morally insane just as Nebuchadnezzar was driven mentally insane. His pride is pretty obvious reading the passage, but we are just as prone to be proud. Pride is when it is about me. And pride is pure crazy as this story...
by Justin Marple | Sep 29, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Faith under Pressure (Daniel), SERMONS
Daniel 3 provides us with a metaphor that describes nicely the world in which we live — it is a fiery furnace. The problem is that if we started shouting to people that there are flames all around them then they would assume that we had gone nuts. This is not...
by Justin Marple | Sep 27, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Faith under Pressure (Daniel), SERMONS
Do you remember your dreams? Daniel 2 tells us about a dream that King Nebuchadnezzar could not forget. It troubled him greatly. And all of the wise men of the day could not tell him what happened in his dream. Of course, no one can tell you what happened in your...
by Justin Marple | Sep 8, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Faith under Pressure (Daniel), SERMONS
The message on Daniel 1 today is the first in a series on faith under pressure. The faith of Daniel and his friends was under a great deal more pressure than anything we are likely to face. Nevertheless, they responded in an odd way to this pressure — they...
by Justin Marple | Aug 28, 2013 | COMMUNITY, Monthly Newsletters
Grace and Peace from our Lord Jesus Christ! Everyone knows that society runs so much more smoothly if people take oaths seriously. We want to be able to count on people telling the truth in a court of law. We want the President of the United States to keep his oath of...
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