Living in Babylon

With each passing year, it becomes increasingly clear that we are in the midst of moral, spiritual, and cultural change in a way we have never experienced before. There are intellectual, moral, and spiritual philosophies that have been slowly growing from subtle influence to mainstream norms. Some have called them worldly-views, as they represent the thinking of worldliness in opposition to godliness.

Wilkens and Sanford have identified "individualism, consumerism, nationalism, moral relativism, scientific naturalism, New Age, postmodern tribalism, and salvation by therapy as the most prominent worldlyviews that, 'because of their stealthy nature,.. find their way behind the church doors, mixed in with Christian ideas and sometimes identified as Christian positions"(Steve Wilkens and Mark L. Sanford, Hidden Worldviews: Eight Cultural Stories That Shape Our IVP Academic, 2009), 12).

Many who claim to be Christian have become increasingly worldly, while the world has become increasingly intolerant of the views of Biblically faithful Christianity.

How does a follower of Jesus live a Biblically faithful life in the midst of an increasingly hostile world?

The Book of Daniel provides one of the greatest and most compelling answers to that question. The Bible often uses Babylon as synonymous with "the world." Daniel is carried off as a captive to the foreign land of Babylon and immersed in its culture. There he rises to a level of influence that is hard to imagine, while never forsaking His God.

The book of Daniel provides a snapshot of the History of the world from 605 BC to the end of time, from the vantage point of prophecy. This is a series you do not want to miss.