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    Bob is the Associate Pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Usually an avid blogger, he does so now when the effects of cancer treatment have not clouded his mind and sapped his strength.

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Daniel 1-7 In Depth Study - Audio and Notes!

The following is both the audio from and my personal notes (in .pdf) used in my teaching through the book of Daniel.  It was done on Sunday mornings in one of our adult Sunday school classes which are usually more interactive with people asking questions and me doing my best to answer.  While the questions have been edited out you'll notice a slightly different feel to the audio than if it were a message given during the worship hour.

Introduction to the book of Daniel: author, date, setting, literary genre, theological context and theme. Download Study notes, Daniel Introduction

Daniel - Introduction  

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Ch. 1 (part 1) - Taken Captive in which is covered the LORD's Word fulfilled; His Sovereignty over the nations; and Nebuchadnezzar and the treasures of Jerusalem.  Download Study notes, Daniel 1, part 1

Daniel 1 - Taken Captive  

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Ch. 1 (part 2) - Standing For God In A Pagan World in which Daniel and his friends are in Babylon where they must maintain their faith and witness for the LORD in a culture of unbelief.  Download Study notes, Daniel 1, part 2

Daniel 1 - Standing For God In A Pagan World 

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Ch. 2 (part 1) - Dreams, Dreamers, and Interpretation of Dreams.  While engaged in learning the wisdom of the Babylonian astrologers and court magicians Daniel is immediately thrust into a desperate test of his faith when asked to interpret the king's dream on pain of death.  Download Study notes, Daniel 2, part 1

Daniel 2a - Dreams, Dreamers, and Interpretation of Dreams

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Ch. 2 (part 2) - Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of Things to Come, part 1.  Daniel astounds the king and his court by informing him both what he dreamed and its meaning.  This marks Daniel's rise to prominence in the king's administration.  Download Study notes, Daniel 2, part 2

Daniel 2b - Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of Things to Come, part 1

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Ch. 2 (part 3) - Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of Things to Come, part 2.  Daniel is elevated to the position of Head Wiseman in the king's court and president of the college of wisemen.  Download Study notes, Daniel 2, part 3

Daniel 2c - Nebuchadnezzar's Dream of Things to Come, part 2

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Ch. 3 - Daniel's Friends Take a Stand and Take the Heat.  Daniel's friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, better known as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, defy the king's edict to bow to his idols.  For this insolence they must pay with their lives - or so the king thinks.  Download Study notes, Daniel 3

Daniel 3 - Daniel's Friends Take a Stand and Take the Heat

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Ch. 4 (part 1) - Nebuchadnezzar's Personal Testimony.  Told in the first person, Babylon's greatest king shares his testimony of what seems to be a saving encounter with Israel's God.  Download Study notes, Daniel 4, part 1

Daniel 4 - Nebuchadnezzar's Personal Testimony

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Ch. 4 (part 2) - Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream.  The king is enjoying peace and prosperity which he, in his pride, attributes to his own greatness.  God reveals his impending judgment unless he repents.  The king does not and is humbled.  Download Study notes, Daniel 4, part 2

Daniel 4 - Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream

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Ch.5 - Belshazzar's Banquet, the End of an Era. God's word concerning His sovereignty over the rise and fall of nations (4:25) comes to pass in this stunning narrative of final hours of the neo-Babylonian empire.  Download Study notes, Daniel 5

Daniel 5 - Belshazzar's Banquet, the End of an Era

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Ch.6 - Palace Intrigue + Daniel's Faithfulness = Daniel in the Lions' Den.  Daniel, now 81 years old, again finds himself highly place in government, this time under King Darius the Mede.  Jealous subordinates plot to remove him, again to no avail.  Download Study notes, Daniel 6

Daniel 6 - Daniel in the Lions' Den

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Ch.7 - Daniel's Dream of the Four Beasts.  Taking place before the fall of Babylon to Medo-Persian forces Daniel has a dream of four beasts which parallels Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the statue in ch.2.  Download Study notes, Daniel 7

Daniel 7 - Daniel's Dream of the Four Beasts



 

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