Daniel’s three friends preferred to die rather than renounce their faith, knowing that God would be with them no matter what.
If you have ever compared your life to someone else’s (who hasn’t?), you need to hear Jesus’ reply in John 21:20-25 to Peter’s curiosity...
God has always been with his people, in various ways and temporarily in Old Testament times and later and permanently in human flesh.
In Jonah 4, we find the most successful preacher of his day angry enough to die after his greatest triumph, because God had done...