Daniel is a hero for twenty-first-century Christians . He found himself in a society that was hostile to his faith and was determined to undermine it by all kinds of public and private attacks . The story of how Daniel survived as a believer is a story we need to hear again in our culture—how
When we study and preach or teach Acts today, we are struck by how distinctly unfamiliar yet strangely familiar it is. We are not first-century persons, hampered by all the physical and cultural limitations of a prescientific society. At the same time we have our own limitations: we do not live
During the Caesarean phase of Paul’s Palestinian “ministry in chains,” Luke highlights a persistent Jewish opposition that hopes to capitalize on the moral weaknesses of Roman governors. Still, humanly speaking, Roman law continues to be Paul’s final line of protection. The innocence of Paul