In our third session, Rev. Richard Bout discusses how God wants his servants to thrive, not just survive, in ministry. Ministry burnout is a real thing and God's servants must be spiritually prepared for the battle they will face in the ministry.

In our second session, Rev. Richard Bout discusses how hospitality is the key to reaching the nations, people of different backgrounds, as we seek to fulfill the Great Commission.

What is the content of our prayers? Would some of it be thanksgiving? What are we thankful for? Is it that the gospel is bearing fruit in our lives and in the world? Let us consider Paul's thanksgiving for the Colossians ...

In this introduction, we cover the background and occasion for Paul's letter to the Colossians. There were familiar false teachings spreading through the church and they needed correction. Like they say, 'there is nothing new under the sun.'

When will all things come to an end? When will Christ arrive with his kingdom? The rest of this chapter in Daniel is a reminder of the way the world is, the suffering that God's people will go through, but also, it is a call persevere.

God is the Author of history. In this text, there is a lot of history, but God's will for his people is underlying this entire section. Let us find out what that is ...

Many have been duped into believing that we wrestle against flesh and blood. We believe that a political victory is what Christians need to usher in the kingdom of God. That is a different picture than what the Scriptures paints for us.

As we consider a very difficult text, we need to stick to some basic rules of interpretation. 1) Consider the context. 2) Interpret Scripture with Scripture. 3) Stick to what is clear and not to speculation. Let us consider a hotly debated text in Daniel 9.20-27.

We can fill our prayers with only petitions of self-interest. But is this how we were taught to pray? Let us consider Daniel's prayer of response to what has been revealed to him.

How we believe Christ will return, often informs how we respond to life in a fallen world. How are we to respond? Daniel gives us an example in 8.26-27.