Daniel: Faith Under Pressure

Bringing the Bible to Life

by Tremper Longman III, Janet Nygren, Karen H. Jobes (Series Editor)

If you want to move from the biblical text to contemporary life on solid ground, this series has been written for you. The Bringing the Bible to Life series, a companion to Zondervan’s NIV Application Commentary, is intended to bring both the historical meaning of the biblical text and its contemporary significance. Each guide provides an introduction to the biblical book, six to twelve sessions with discussion questions, and a closing section that assists the group in responding to God’s Word together or individually. The included Leader’s Guide helps busy people prepare to lead the study. Sessions on Daniel include: • Who’s in Charge? • True Wisdom • Saving Power • Pride Goes Before a Fall • Weighing In • Prevailing Law • The Horror of Human Evil • How Long, Lord? • How Then Shall We Pray? • A Great War

128 pages, Paperback

First published February 2, 2010

About the author

Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. Before coming to Westmont, he taught at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia for eighteen years. He has authored or coauthored numerous books, including An Introduction to the Old Testament, How to Read Proverbs, and commentaries on Daniel, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, Jeremiah and Lamentations, and Song of Songs.

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 1 out of 5]

This study was NOT my cup of tea. The book of Daniel is rather confusing. There was a lot of prophesying going on, empires changed radically, and several miracles were performed. I already knew this about the Book of Daniel, so I thought that this go-round, I would buy a study and see if it could take me more in depth and let me know what was going on in the world when this book was happening and give me practical applications of this scripture for life today. This is what the book description promised, but it did not deliver. My biggest problem was that in the middle of a study, the author would say, "Now look at these random passages from different books of the Bible. How do these passages apply to what is happening to Daniel now?". This seems normal, but to me it felt like someone was looking through a concordance at any passages of the Bible that had some of the same words as the verses in Daniel and threw it together and put a very badly tied bow on top. By the end of the study, I was just looking at the leader's notes and not even bothering to answer the questions myself. I just feel like this whole thing was very badly done and I did not walk away feeling any more enlightened on the book of Daniel than I did just reading it with my study Bible.