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Daniel JUNE 18 Reading 169 CAPTIVE’S COMMITMENT Daniel 1–3 “But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself in this way”(Dan. 1:8).The pressure to conform is intense in every society. But Christians today, like the teenage Daniel, are calledContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Daniel INTRODUCTION Daniel contains the memoirs of a young Jewish captive taken to Babylon in 605 B.C. He with other youthful members of the Judean nobility were trained for posts as civil servants in Nebuchadnezzar’s administration. The incidents and prophecies recorded in this little book span Daniel’s 70-year career as a high government official. TheContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

April 19HOSANNA, LOUD HOSANNAJennette Threlfall, 1821–1880Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest. (Matthew 21:9)The week preceding Easter Sunday is known as Holy or Passion Week. These seven days have been described as the most intense and important week of history. TheContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

April 18JESUS PAID IT ALLElvina M. Hall, 1820–1889“Come now, let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)It has been stated that all religious systems can be spelled with just twoContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

April 17BURDENS ARE LIFTED AT CALVARYWords and Music by John M. Moore, 1925–Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)Today’s featured hymn was written in 1952 by one of our contemporary song writers, John M. Moore, currently a Baptist pastor and evangelist in Toronto, Canada.Continue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”