God comes and meets Nebuchadnezzar in the peak of his own sinful mythology, and He brings him low, in grace, to restore him to a new understanding of who God is, and what that means for the earthly king.

As the world stands untethered from the Lord, His people will find themselves caught in the chaos, subject to criticism and even conflict, but found confident in the community of God's people.

As Daniel interprets the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar, what we see is nothing less than a total reframing of all of human history, and our place, regardless of our circumstances, in it all. God gives us a New Way, a New Reality, and a New Kingdom, one not made with hands, but purchased by and established in Christ, the stone the builders rejected.

Continuing in our study of Daniel, we find that the king of Babylon, who is said to reign, doesn't even have control over his own dreams. We're challenged to remember and rest in our ruling and reigning God, who is living and active in the world today, even when we tend to forget it.

Our first message in our study of the Book of Daniel, seeing how God is both present and at work in the mess of Babylon, ruling in sovereign authority, sovereign supply, and sovereign deliverance.

Closing out our series looking at the Missio Dei, we were reminded that "God does not have a mission for the church. He has a church for the mission." And He has given His church ascension power for the mission.

Continuing our look at the Missio Dei in Acts 1:8, we consider how Jesus is commissioning and sending out His people into the Judea and Samaria around us, to the people we are naturally drawn to, and to the people we might be tempted to avoid, with the hope of God's mercy and grace that's found for sinners in the Gospel.

In this, the first of three messages looking specifically at the mission of God and out place in it, we are challenged not just by the geographical, but also the relational proximity of what Jesus says in Acts 1:8. As we consider our Jerusalem today, and our hesitation to bring gospel proclamation into it, we're reminded that Jesus not only commissions, but He empowers.

Closing out our series in Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, we're reminded that for those who are in Christ there is an enemy, that there is a spiritual battle, that we are in it, and that Jesus will carry us through in the strength of His might.

Continuing in Ephesians 6, looking at God's vision for His people in every relationship, we're reminded that all of His people are members of His body, male and female, young and old, and slave and free.