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Against the flow : the inspiration of Daniel in an age of relativism / John C. Lennox.

By: Publisher: Oxford : Monarch Books, an imprint of Lion Hudson plc, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 434 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780857216212 (paperback)
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Contents:
Why we should read Daniel -- Daniel 1. A matter of history -- City of idols -- A question of values -- A question of identity -- The resolution and the protest -- The world-view of Babylon -- The manner of the protest -- The logical structure of Daniel -- Daniel 2. Dreams and revelations -- A succession of empires -- Daniel 3. When the state becomes God -- Daniel 4. The testimony of Nebuchadnezzar -- Daniel 5. The writing on the wall -- Daniel 6. The law of the Medes and Persians -- Daniel 7. The four beasts and the Son of Man -- Daniel 8. The vision of the ram and the goat -- Daniel 9. Jerusalem and the future -- The seventy weeks -- The seventieth week -- Daniel 10. The man above the river -- Daniel 11. The book of truth Daniel 12. The time of the end -- Appendixes. The nature of the kingdom of God -- Translation of the text on the Cyrus cylinder -- The structure of the book of Daniel -- Daniel 11 and history -- The dating of the book of Daniel -- Questions for reflection or discussion -- Bibliography.
Summary: Daniel's story is one of extraordinary faith in God lived out at the pinnacle of executive power. It tells of four young men, born in the tiny state of Judah around 500 BC, but captured by Nebuchadnezzar, emperor of Babylon. Daniel describes how they eventually rose to senior positions of administration. Daniel and his friends did not simply maintain their private devotion to God; they maintained a high-profile witness in a pluralistic society antagonistic to their faith. Their story matters: It carries a powerful message for us today. Society tolerates the practice of Christianity in private and in church services, but increasingly it deprecates public witness. If Daniel and his compatriots were with us today they would be in the vanguard of public debate. This is a lucid and erudite examination of the life of Daniel -- what was it that gave them the strength and conviction to be prepared, often at great risk, to swim against the flow? - Back cover
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Corinda 221-224 Old Testament Corinda 224.506 LEN AGA 2015 CORINDA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2966

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why we should read Daniel -- Daniel 1. A matter of history -- City of idols -- A question of values -- A question of identity -- The resolution and the protest -- The world-view of Babylon -- The manner of the protest -- The logical structure of Daniel -- Daniel 2. Dreams and revelations -- A succession of empires -- Daniel 3. When the state becomes God -- Daniel 4. The testimony of Nebuchadnezzar -- Daniel 5. The writing on the wall -- Daniel 6. The law of the Medes and Persians -- Daniel 7. The four beasts and the Son of Man -- Daniel 8. The vision of the ram and the goat -- Daniel 9. Jerusalem and the future -- The seventy weeks -- The seventieth week -- Daniel 10. The man above the river -- Daniel 11. The book of truth
Daniel 12. The time of the end -- Appendixes. The nature of the kingdom of God -- Translation of the text on the Cyrus cylinder -- The structure of the book of Daniel -- Daniel 11 and history -- The dating of the book of Daniel -- Questions for reflection or discussion -- Bibliography.

Daniel's story is one of extraordinary faith in God lived out at the pinnacle of executive power. It tells of four young men, born in the tiny state of Judah around 500 BC, but captured by Nebuchadnezzar, emperor of Babylon. Daniel describes how they eventually rose to senior positions of administration. Daniel and his friends did not simply maintain their private devotion to God; they maintained a high-profile witness in a pluralistic society antagonistic to their faith. Their story matters: It carries a powerful message for us today. Society tolerates the practice of Christianity in private and in church services, but increasingly it deprecates public witness. If Daniel and his compatriots were with us today they would be in the vanguard of public debate. This is a lucid and erudite examination of the life of Daniel -- what was it that gave them the strength and conviction to be prepared, often at great risk, to swim against the flow? - Back cover

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