Daniel: An Expositional Commentary

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“The great and most important theme of Daniel is that there is but one God, who is Jehovah, and that he is sovereign over the events of history.” (Page 15)

“3. They were willing to die for their convictions.” (Page 46)

“Well, it was a small thing. Yet that is just the point. For it is in the small matters that great victories are won. This is where decisions to live a holy life are made—not in the big things (though they come if the little things are neglected), but in the details of life.” (Page 22)

“There are times in life when you do not want to debate the pros and cons of a position. If you do, you will very likely choose the wrong side. There are times when you have to respond the right way and do the right thing instantly, or you will probably fail the test.” (Page 44)

“The interesting thing about his beginning of the book, however, is that it is not the four men, whose stories will be told in subsequent chapters, who are said to have been brought back to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar but rather ‘the articles from the temple of God’ that Nebuchadnezzar ‘put in the treasure house of his god.’ That is no incidental or irrelevant beginning. On the contrary, it is the theme of the book and the key to everything that follows.” (Pages 14–15)