by Wendy Widder | Jul 20, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
All right. It’s time. We’ve been merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily making our way through the first half of Daniel, loving such well-told stories as the fiery furnace and the lions’ den. But the current changes when we arrive at chapter 7, and we’ll be paddling...
by Wendy Widder | Jul 6, 2014 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, How to read the Bible, The Book of Daniel
I started warning you early about the second half of Daniel (and by “early” I mean within the first month of this blog’s life), and now that we’ve finally arrived, I’m reposting something I said way back then just to get things started… — I’m teaching Daniel to...
by Wendy Widder | Jun 8, 2014 | Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
Although this blog has only made it through Daniel 6, I’ve been commentary writing in Daniel 7 for weeks already. (Someone’s paying me to do that, while none of my five blog readers has sent me any money to get a new post up, already. You can see where my priorities...
by Wendy Widder | Apr 7, 2013 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
My first disclaimer is that I don’t care about college hoops. Every couple years I get moderately interested in mid-March and sorta follow – but really, Don’t Care. However, on a particularly dull day at work a few weeks ago, I joined the company’s “NCAA Challenge”...
by Wendy Widder | Dec 12, 2011 | Aramaic, Christmas, Daniel 2, Daniel 3, Daniel 4, Daniel 5, Daniel 6, Daniel 7, How to read the Bible, The Book of Daniel
’Tis the season for getting upset about people using “X” in place of “Christ” in “Christmas.” I don’t deny that a good number of people do want to take “Christ” out of “Christmas,” but using “Xmas” isn’t really the way to do it; nor should “Xmas” be a huge issue to...
by Wendy Widder | Oct 26, 2011 | Daniel 7, How to read the Bible, The Book of Daniel
I’m teaching Daniel to a group of urban ministry leaders on Monday nights this semester. They love the book because it preaches so well, and I love teaching them because it’s a dream to teach students so enthusiastic about the material. At least, it’s a dream for the...
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