Daniel had lost almost everything he knew and loved. He served in the foreign court of his oppressors for over seventy years. He started as a teenager, and he ended with a head of gray. Could anything good come from any of it?
Why are we here? Why are we put on this earth? It’s a question people have asked since the dawn of time. But despite all the confusion, there is an answer.
This sermon is a summary of our teaching series through the entire book of Daniel. We again put ourselves in Daniel’s shoes, look at three key passages that highlight the essence of the book as a whole, and then zero-in on an overarching theme that continues to be 100% to us today.
As Mark Batterson writes: “It's time to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.”
