This Sunday, we began a new series on the book of Daniel, “Living in Exile.” Our first stop is Chapter 1 which sets the context for what is to come: the challenge of living faithfully when the cultural backdrop is literally designed to redefine the central tenets of one’s core commitments. But in Daniel, we see a theology of faithfulness that models “Staying True When It’s Hard.” Behind the fidelity of God’s servants, though, is God himself, who not only superintends history and individual lives, but ultimately stays true in the hardest of times.