Sermon Series: Daniel 1967 - 1972

The Captives in the Court of Nebuchadnezzar

Date: February 11th, 1968  |  Scripture: Daniel 1:1-21  |  Topics: Babylonian Captivity, Daniel, Exile, Nebuchadnezzar, Prophecy

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, aContinue Reading


Wine or Water

Date: February 18th, 1968  |  Scripture: Daniel 1:8-16  |  Topics: Abstinence, Authority, Daniel, Health, Responsibilities, Sobriety, Weakness, Wine, alcohol

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which arContinue Reading


The Dream of Nebuchadnezzar

Date: February 25th, 1968  |  Scripture: Daniel 2:1-24  |  Topics: Daniel, Dreams, Knowledge, Prayer, Suffering, Wisdom

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever:Continue Reading


The Sweep of Human History

Date: March 3rd, 1968  |  Scripture: Daniel 2:31-45  |  Topics: Babylon, Decline, Dreams, History, Persia, Prophecy, Rome, Scripture

Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brasContinue Reading


The Mystic Stone

Date: March 10th, 1968  |  Scripture: Daniel 2:34  |  Topics: Christ, Cosmos, Dreams, Empires, New Heaven, Prophecy

Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.


Do or Die Decisions

Date: May 3rd, 1970  |  Scripture: Daniel 1:8-9  |  Topics: Decision, Determination, Life, Peer Pressure, Tested, Trouble, Trust, Youth

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.


The Unfailing Word of God

Date: May 17th, 1970  |  Scripture: Daniel 2:45  |  Topics: Certainty, Dreams, History, Testing, Vision

Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.


The Image of Gold

Date: May 24th, 1970  |  Scripture: Daniel 3:1-16  |  Topics: Commitment, Daniel, Music, Nebuchadnezzar, Prayer

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. Then the princes, the governors, and captaContinue Reading


For God Forever

Date: June 7th, 1970  |  Scripture: Daniel 3:18  |  Topics: Compromise, Duty, Loyalty, Obedience, Youth

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.


In the Fiery Furnace

Date: June 14th, 1970  |  Scripture: Daniel 3:19-27  |  Topics: Daniel, Freedom, God's Will, Remnant, Satan, Separation, Trials

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast inContinue Reading