What do we do when our world is falling apart?
How can we carry hope and live wisely in the midst of political turmoil, spiritual warfare, and personal tragedy?
What does faithfulness to King Jesus look like as exiles in Babylon today?
Join us for the next ten weeks as we study the story of Daniel, an ancient prophet who experienced his homeland’s brutal downfall at the hands of an enemy empire, the temptation to compromise with the newly dominant culture, and the spiritual struggle to trust God and love others in the midst of it all.
September 20, 2026 | Speaker: David Wade
What do we do when our world is falling apart? How can we carry hope and live wisely in the midst of political turmoil, spiritual warfare, and personal tragedy? What does faithfulness to King Jesus look like in cultures that often openly reject him?
Join us for a new ten-week series through the book of Daniel, an ancient prophet who experienced his homeland’s brutal downfall at the hands of an enemy empire, the temptation to compromise with the newly dominant culture, and the spiritual struggle to trust God and love others in the midst of it all.
Our intro sermon emphasizes repentance, honest lament, and choosing love as we hold fast to the truth that God is sovereign and Jesus is on the way to restore all things.
September 27, 2026 | Speaker: David Wade
If we’re going to be faithful to Jesus in Babylon, with imperfect human governments and sometimes truly wicked political leaders, we need to get really good and recognizing and refusing the ways the dominant culture tries to woo our hearts and win our loyalty. What's at stake is the core of our identity as those who belong to God. Daniel's answer? Don't eat the king's food.
October 4, 2026 | Speaker: Meghan Bishop
God has set you somewhere. And sometimes in the places God sets us–families, workplaces, nations–we face trouble. What do you do when you're facing trouble in Babylon? Pray, don't just act. Act, don't just pray. Because Babylon may not be home, but it is your assignment.
October 11, 2026 | Speaker: Evan Wickham
Evan Wickham, pastor of Park Hill Church, explores how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse Nebuchadnezzar’s demand to worship a golden image and choose faithful obedience even under threat of a blazing furnace.
Key themes include how empire seeks our attention, affection, and use; the power of friendship to help us resist compromise; and the promise that God is present in our fires, able to rescue us, and with us even if deliverance does not come this side of heaven.
October 18, 2026 | Speaker: David Wade
In Daniel 4, God finally brings King Nebuchadnezzar to his knees, passing judgment on the ways he has offended the True King and dehumanized those entrusted to his care. Yet even in God's judgment we find mercy, compassion, and an opportunity to repent–and thanks be to Christ! He can take our disfigured souls and make them whole.
October 25, 2026 | Speaker: David Wade
Sometimes you make decisions that you can't undo. At Belshazzar's drunken feast, the misuse of Jerusalem's sacred vessels led to the terrifying hand writing on the wall that announced God’s judgment.
This sermon explores five 'fingers' :feast for fools, the finger of God, failure of fatherhood, false political saviors, and the fall of an empire, calling us to repentance, intentional discipleship, and trust in God’s faithfulness and saving power, even when we don't know what it will look like.