There is a slogan which a certain company has promoted and which accurately reflects the spirit of the age and the lifestyle of the worldly youths today. “Just do it.” It is a simple phrase, yet packed with much meaning. This phrase could rightly be called the creed of the worldly youth because in it […]

What do you think Daniel was praying for at this time? If you were in that chamber and you knew that you would be cast into the lion’s den, would you be praying: “Lord deliver me?” Earlier we read that he asked his friends to ask, in prayer, for the mercies from the God of […]

Part 1 “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.” Daniel 6:10. Usually when we think of Daniel, […]

This is the conclusion of the speech Mr. Kalsbeek give at the 1995 Young Peoples Convention.   Young People, be not deceived! In Daniel, God provided a powerful example for us to follow. Daniel understood that if in the beginning of his sojourn in Babylon he joined the activities of Babylon, in the end his […]

So, he had to go. It didn’t matter that he didn’t want to go. It didn’t matter that he was a godly man. It didn’t matter either that his parents didn’t want him to go. It didn’t matter that he was only a very young teenager. Nor did it matter that he was of the […]

INTRODUCTION My dear friends in Christ, you are learning this week of convention that God wills and calls you to be courageous young people, spiritually strong and brave and confident in the face of danger. And you are learning what this means and how to be this by looking at aspects of the life of […]

When the believer reads the Word of God, it is at the same time both crystal clear but so deep that he can never see to the bottom. The book of Daniel is one example. The smallest children can understand and love the story of Daniel and his three friends. But when it comes to […]

The story of Daniel and the lion’s den is a story with which many of us are familiar. When Daniel was living under the rule of King Darius, the king established a decree saying that no one under his rule could pray to any god except the king. Anybody that disobeyed the decree was to […]

For most of us the first thing that comes to mind when we think of witnessing is that it is what one does when he tells others about God and about being a child of God, a Christian. That is certainly true. But witnessing is more than that. Witnessing begins, not with telling others about […]

Whom will you serve? God or man? This is the issue that faces the child of God every day of his earthly pilgrimage. It was also the issue which faced the three friends of Daniel when they were commanded to bow before the golden image set up by Nebuchadnezzar. It was the purpose of Nebuchadnezzar […]