24-0428: God is Sovereign over all, and His people will persevere because He has appointed the time of the end to rescue unto eternal life all who believe in Jesus Christ. Daniel’s final vision is the longest and most complicated of all, and for a reason. The angel not only explains to him what will be in the future of history, but to the time of the end. But before the angel can help Daniel understand the vision, a whole chapter is dedicated to strengthening Daniel enough to listen and hear. The season of intercession he’s been in has left him completely deplete because the burden of what h ..read more

24-0414: God reveals His glory by His sovereignty, and while Christ-followers will suffer, we glorify Jesus’ Name by trusting Him as worthy for all people to worship Him. Daniel’s dream leaves him overwhelmed. He has seen the work of evil, wicked rulers, and the suffering of his people, and it has appalled him. Daniel has shown us God’s sovereignty over most every realm in creation. In Daniel 8 we see His sovereignty over evil rules, and the suffering of His people. The importance of understanding and trusting God’s sovereignty is significant when you consider that the greatest reason cited ..read more

24-0407: God is the Ancient of Days who will sovereignly judge the kingdoms of this world to reward His people to rule His kingdom with Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, when He returns. Daniel 7 makes a decisive shift in the book, both in literary genre and historical timeline. But the shift is intentional as he provides a historical overview from an eternal perspective. His aim is to encourage God’s people to not lose hope and continue to trust in God. He does this by sharing his dream and vision, and helping the people to focus on matters of truth that matter. In this message, Pastor Lane wal ..read more

24-0324: God is sovereign and able to save all who trust in Him and to deliver those who live as a faithful witness for His glory. At the apex of the narrative portion of Daniel we find the account which most marked his life, the lion’s den. This well-known account is a powerful story of faithfulness that can easily get quickly passed over by familiarity. But when the reader takes time, the riches of this story are a deep well of living water that resonate the gospel of Jesus and exhort every Christ-follower to a life of faithfulness. In this message, Pastor Lane traces Daniel’s faithfulness ..read more

24-0317: God is sovereign and worthy of all honor, glory, and praise because He holds life in His hands and gives eternal life in His Name. Daniel is called in for another Babylonian king, Belshazzar, to interpret a writing on the wall. He tells him that he too, like his predecessors, have hardened their spirit to the Most High God and now they will be called to account for their lives. And on that same night the king is killed and the kingdom passed to another. God is sovereign over all things, includes earthly kingdoms, and He rules according to His purpose. In this message, Pastor Lane id ..read more

24-0303: God delivers those who trust in Him and uses their life to testify, so the nations see His glory and worship Him. The demand of King Nebuchadnezzar to worship his golden idol was overwhelming in scope and threat, not unlike the pressure one feels to worship false idols in any age. But the three young men in this story had their heart anchored in God Almighty. They knew what they believed about Him. But more important, they trusted not only what He could do but that He would, however He chose, to deliver them. In this message Pastor Lane identifies four issues they faced and how Jesus ..read more

24-0218: Jesus is the King of Kings who came to earth as perfect wisdom and power from God, so that all who believe in Him would live in His eternal kingdom. We live in a world where kingdoms for dominance and prominence, but there is a Kingdom that will tear down every other and rule above all. The reality of our sin-stained mix presents a hopeless reality that the kingdom of this world is powerless to do anything about. But the Kingdom of Heaven has come in Jesus Christ, the “unhewn stone”, to reveal the mystery of eternity. In this message, Pastor Lane shows how Daniel’s service to God be ..read more

24-0204: God is sovereign and worthy of full surrender to live for the purpose He ordains for His glory. The book of Daniel holds some of the most iconic of all Bible stories, and in only twelve chapters. The fiery furnace and the lion’s den may be most notable, but many more stick in the mind and heart as well. The book spans seven decades, multiple foreign rulers, and cultures that were worlds apart. And in the midst of it all are four men whose lives were fully surrendered to demonstrate the faithfulness of one sovereign God who was sufficient to empower them to fulfill the destiny of His ..read more

24-0128: Jesus proves sufficient to hold life firm when He is the center of all hope and faith. King Ahaz rejected God’s offer for a sign to receive his promise, and instead let his fear drive him to make a deal with the devil. But that was no deal. God warned him that his fear would cause him to run right into the hands of God’s judgment. And when that judgment came, it would come faster and be more severe and all-pervasive than Ahaz or the people could imagine. God expands His warning to all the people so that any who heard and believed could turn to Him and live. This passage raises the q ..read more

24-0114: Jesus makes every person who trusts in Him by the gospel a new creation to center our whole life on Him. It is important for every Christian to see clearly and understand their new identity in Christ for the way one follows Jesus and lives their life. In this message, Pastor Lane identifies the first two of four core elements of a Christ-follower’s new identity, and provides Biblical qualities of each. As you hear this message you will learn what Christ has done for you in salvation, and how He is re-making you in His likeness. We pray this message helps and encourages. Sermon Manus ..read more