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Resources For Daniel 8 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Aaron VanderVeen - WaterShed Preacher From NIV Application Commentary by Tremper Longman That leads us back to the function of the highly symbolic numbers in Daniel and elsewhere, which are so difficult to figure out. Their purpose is not for date-setting but for comfort. They remind us that God knows what he is doing. God is sovereign and has set a limit on how long the present evil world will oppress us. These facts should comfort us by reminding us that God is in control of the situation. I submit for our consideration that the misuse of these apocalyptic dates is an attempt to wrest control from God and place it firmly in our own sinful grasp. But the result is disruption in the church and in our lives. Such vain speculation leads, as in the case of the people I mentioned above, to a complete disregard for present realities. God calls us to live in the present while waiting with hope for the future. Pastor Bill Lindner - Ce...

Resources For Daniel 5 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Bill Lindner - Celebration Preacher Freshman Humanities Class and the Book of Daniel - my Blog Post -  CLICK HERE  I was taught as a college student that there was no mention of King Belshazzar apart from Daniel 5 and that the Bible was not trustworthy in its history.  At that moment, a  rebuttal was sitting in a Berlin museum waiting to be translated.  A real-life archaeology story that is not as adventurous as Indiana Jones, bur far more consequential. Daniel - The Bible Project - CLICK HERE to go to YouTube. This a well-done animation that gives a 9-minute overview of the structure and message of Daniel.  They point to "the pattern and the promise" intended to give hope to God's suffering people in many times and seasons. From Daniel: Reformed Expository Commentary by Iain Duguid This is why the humble are exalted: not because their humility is meritorious, but because they fix their eyes on th...

Resources For Daniel 4 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Aaron VanderVeen - Watershed Preacher From Daniel: Reformed Expository Commentary by Iain Duguid As we contemplate Christ, once humbled and now exalted, we are reminded over and over of the profound fact that the only thing we contribute to our salvation is our utter depravity. Yet at the same time we are also reminded that, foul as we are, we are far more loved than we ever dared to hope. p. 75 Pastor Bill Lindner - Celebration Preacher "Me & Nebuchadnezzar" - From Heavenwad - Daily Prayer Blog by Scotty Smith - CLICK HERE   I love the daily postings of prayers by Scotty Smith.  His October 6 posting was built from our sermon text, Daniel 4.  Note: just to the right of the prayer is a box that lets you subscribe to his daily posts and have them sent to your email inbox each morning. The True & Perfect -  Tim Keller with Clever  Animation -   CLICK HERE This is a favorite visual for communi...

Resources For Daniel 3 From Each Harderwyk Preacher Pastor Bill Lindner - Celebration Preacher From Daniel: The Gospel Transformation Bible Notes Sadly, Nebuchadnezzar does not yet acknowledge this God as his own; he only honors “the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego” (vv. 28–29). The words remind us of the importance of trusting Christ personally, not just acknowledging him as a religious icon or concept that others accept. - p. 1128 From Daniel: Reformed Expository Commentary The question of whether this fourth person is a Christophany (a physical appearance of Christ before his incarnation) or merely an angel cannot be resolved from the text, which would fit either instance equally well. In either case, however, it is a physical demonstration of God’s presence with believers in their distress. God did not simply rescue his servants from the fire, he sent his personal emissary to pass through the fire with them, a presence that takes richer dimensions in the New Testament, when...

  Our collaboration on Daniel has been really rich, so I'm taking an idea we have talked about for a while and will try and massage it into a workable form that we can sustain week by week.  I'm hoping to collect material from each Harderwyk preacher that was really interesting in our preparation, but that we either decided not to use or want to more clearly reference, and then put it into a weekly blog post.  Sort of like picking up pieces of a film from the cutting room floor. Use the comment section to tell me what you think and guide our future development of these resources.