Honor and Fame
If Hollywood producers filmed the story of Daniel, we can imagine them ending with the passage above: a young man, brought to a foreign land, miraculously selected to receive the finest training, then...
View ArticleSerious Prayer
Darius had no choice. When Daniel, his most trusted advisor, was caught praying to God, Darius knew he was required to sentence him to the lion’s den. He’d been tricked into approving a law that no one...
View ArticleOne Person’s Prayers
What difference can one person make? Sometimes we look at problems and conclude there is nothing we can do. Everything can seem hopeless! But the Bible tells us that the prayers of even one person can...
View ArticleThe Blessings of God
Alexis de Tocqueville, who was born in Paris on this day in 1805, grew up in a French culture soaked with revolution. This revolution began in 1789 with the overthrow of the monarchy, and it birthed a...
View ArticleSeeking Things Above
Concerned about how French society was developing, Alexis de Tocqueville decided to visit the United States in 1831. There, he observed that “nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality...
View ArticleNow Is the Time
Farmers know they don’t break up their unplowed ground, plow the fields, or plant seeds just once. They must always be thinking about what they must do that day to lay the groundwork for a future...
View ArticleKnow Your Enemy
“Know your enemy,” is a phrase probably derived from the Art of War, written in the second century BC by Chinese strategist Sun-Tzu. He wrote that “one who knows neither the enemy nor himself will...
View ArticleThe Light of the World
Born in London in 1827 to a Christian family, William Holman Hunt spent considerable time reading the Bible as a child. Gradually, he began dreaming of becoming an artist. Through many struggles, he...
View ArticleShrewd Lies
Adolph Hitler was a master of deception. In his book, Mein Kampf, Hitler wrote, “By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell—and hell...
View ArticleAbundance under Attack
Not only is Satan a liar, he’s also a thief! He doesn’t come to bring you prosperity, blessing, or encouragement. No! He comes “only to steal and kill and destroy.” If we want to know his real...
View ArticleDouble Agents
While a student at Cambridge University, Kim Philby became a Communist and then a Soviet agent. In 1940, he was recruited into the British intelligence service by a man who was a double agent. Philby...
View ArticleAvoiding Traps
It seemed like a moment of triumph for the European armies. They faced the mighty Mongol hoard near the modern German-Polish border on April 9, 1241. The first charge of the European cavalry was...
View ArticleVulnerable but Victorious
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson understood the keys to victory. In 1862, during the early days of the American Civil War, he was given responsibility to lead the Southern forces in the Shenandoah region of...
View ArticleProtected from Deception
By definition, deception is the “practice of misleading somebody,” making them think one thing, but then doing another. Frederick the Great, king of Prussia for four decades in the 18th century, loved...
View ArticleBreak Thou the Bread of Life
Mary Lathbury was a successful artist, writer, and teacher. She was also a lifelong Christian. Born on this day in 1841 in Manchester, New York, her father and two brothers all were ministers. Mary’s...
View ArticleSubtle and Crafty
In C.S. Lewis’ classic book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, one of the boys, Edmund, entered the kingdom of Narnia alone and encountered the White Witch. She used her magic to produce a...
View ArticleDefeating Your Enemy with the Word
Sometimes we can think the Bible is a kind of hidden treasure, unknown to our spiritual enemies. But the Bible makes it clear that Satan and his demons know God’s Word, and they know it very well. They...
View ArticleA Diabolical Prince
The classic definition of a kingdom is “the territory over which a king or queen has authority.” Within a kingdom, the royalty has the right to rule, govern, and issue commands. The Bible tells us...
View ArticleExposing Schemes
General Robert E. Lee thought “Order Number 191” might contain the key to victory in the American Civil War. His Army of Northern Virginia was about to invade the North for the first time, hoping this...
View ArticleStealing God’s Glory
It didn’t take long for Paul to be attacked after he arrived in Philippi, bringing the Gospel to Europe for the first time. Soon after his arrival, a woman named Lydia became the first convert....
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