Andrews UMC

During my early years of discipleship, biblical training as a follower of Christ, I was exposed to Biblical Eschatology. Eschatology is an ancient Greek word that means “last-ology”, or the study (“ology”) of what comes last. From a Biblical perspective it is the...

Our study of the book of Daniel in the Bible has revealed that it is possible for a believer to not only survive but thrive in a foreign or strange culture that is adverse and even hostile to faith in God. We’re only getting the highlights of Daniel’s experience. It’s...

Today we are going to finish up chapter 6 of Daniel. This is the last chapter that we will really talk about Daniel’s experiences as a Stranger in a Strange Land. Chapters 7-12 are basically a collection of Daniel’s visions from God about the future including the...

At the end of Daniel Chapter 5, we are introduced to a new character, Darius the Mede who takes over the kingdom. However, Darius is not Babylonian. He is a “Mede” or Akkadian. The Medes were an ancient Iranian people who allied themselves with Babylon to defeat the...

Since the book of Daniel is only twelve chapters and spans a period of about seventy years, we aren’t getting a very detailed account of all that is going on. Daniel is basically giving us the highlights from his vantage point. Nebuchadnezzar’s reign ends abruptly and...

23Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you; it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I tell you; it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Matthew...

Even though Israel’s Babylonian captivity was the result of their disobedience to God (see Jeremiah 25:1-14), God didn’t abandon them. He didn’t just leave them there and walk away. God is never absent even when we blow it. He was still with them and working on and...

“LIVING IN THE TENSION” SERMON Transcript by Robby Morris for June 19th, 2022. INTRODUCTION: I don’t know about y’all, but it’s hard to make heads or tails about anything anymore.  We live in a culture where UP IS DOWN and DOWN IS UP. It’s not real clear what’s true...

Daniel Chapter 3 contains one of the most intriguing moments in the Bible apart from the obvious big events like Creation, the Flood, parting of the Red Sea, the 10 Commandments, David & Goliath, Jesus miracles, Crucifixion, Resurrection, etc.  Daniel in the...

Wow, we’re on part 8 and we are just now starting the third chapter of Daniel.  Chapter three is my favorite part of the book, and one of my favorite events in the Bible, not because three people get thrown into a “fiery furnace”, which is pretty intense, but I get...

Bizarre dreams are commonplace, everyone has them.  We wake up wondering where in the heck it came from.  Sometimes dreams have something to do with what we watched, talked-thought about, or ate before we went to sleep.  Having a full bladder can even have an...