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Daniel 1:17-21, The Excelling of the Hebrew Young Men

This first section of Daniel’s book highlights a basic theme of the work, which is Yahweh’s care and concern for His people who obey Him while they are in exile from their homeland. Israel was in exile

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Daniel 1:8-16, The Test of Faith

Sometime prior to 1975 I attended Bill Gothard’s Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts, a ministry which has since been discredited by its extreme teachings and its founder’s immorality. But it taught

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Daniel 1:3-7, Training to Be a Chaldean

When I was 14 I began attending a new school. In each class they called roll and they had my first and last name on the roll. I went by my middle name but I answered, “here,” and so was being called

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Daniel 1:1-2, History of Daniel’s Coming to Babylon

The book of Daniel the prophet begins by giving the historical setting and the reason for Daniel’s and his friends’ situation in Babylon. It is because of the judgment of God on Judah and the nearing

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