Hearing the Message of Daniel, Christopher J. H. Wright
Hearing the Message of Daniel, Christopher J. H. Wright
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Hearing the Message of Daniel
Sustaining Faith in Today’s World

Author: Christopher J. H. Wright

Narrator: Matt Addis

Unabridged: 9 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/19/2020


Synopsis

In many corners of the world these days the climate of hostility hangs over any overt Christian faith commitment. Any kind of Christian commitment is now assumed to imply intolerance and often prompts reactions that range from a low-grade hostility and exclusion in the West to the vicious and murderous assaults on Christian believers in Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Syria and Iraq and elsewhere.  Such issues are not new. Christians have faced them ever since Nero’s lions, and even before that. Jews also have faced the same questions all through their history, most tragically sometimes enduring horrendous persecution from states claiming to be Christian. So it is not surprising that the Bible gives a lot of attention to these questions.  The book of Daniel tackles the problem head on, both in the stories of Daniel and his friends, and in the visions he received. A major theme of the book is how people who worship the one, true, living God—the God of Israel—can live and work and survive in the midst of a nation, a culture, and a government that are hostile and sometimes life-threatening. What does it mean to live as believers in the midst of a non-Christian state and culture? How can we live “in the world” and yet not let the world own us and squeeze us into the shape of its own fallen values and assumptions?  The book was written to encourage believers to keep in mind that the future, no matter how terrifying it may eventually become, rests in the hands of the sovereign Lord God—and in that assurance to get on with the challenging task of living in God’s world for the sake of God’s mission. 

About Christopher J. H. Wright

Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright is Global Ambassador for the Langham Partnership International. His many books include Hearing the Message of Ecclesiastes, Hearing the Message of Daniel, Knowing Jesus through the Old Testament, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, Deuteronomy (Understanding the Bible Commentary), Salvation Belongs to Our God, The Mission of God, The God I Don't Understand, and The Mission of God's People. Chris and his wife Liz, who have four adult children and eleven grandchildren, live in London, UK, and belong to All Souls Church, Langham Place.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jimmy on February 13, 2017

Christopher J. H. Wright has turned out some terrific commentaries on Old Testament books in the past, and now provides us with a little jewel on the Book of Daniel. This time out he does not provide us a commentary, but a book of expository preaching. As he explains in his preface, he does not get......more

Goodreads review by Tom on September 04, 2021

Helpful, practical. Doesn’t get too deep in the weeds, but gives a great sense of the whole. Also very applicable to people who are working in difficult situations, socially and politically.......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on December 18, 2023

This was a handy companion to the book of Daniel: not a commentary (as Wright makes explicit in the introduction) but more an application of the book's principles, though it proceeds chapter by chapter. For me, I found the most helpful portions to be those that dealt with the history -- placing Dani......more

Goodreads review by Steve on February 03, 2025

This is such a good book, I really liked it. The narrator on Audible is amazing as well. It's not a commentary/expositional study of Daniel, but a dive into the messaging/teaching of the book. My main takeaways. When Daniel and his buddies were taken into Babylon, we all know they asked to not eat the......more

Goodreads review by Pauline on August 13, 2023

Reading a book about the book of Daniel would generally not be my first choice, since so many of them focus on trying to figure out details of the end times. But Wright puts his focus instead on what it means for us, in the current cultural/political situations of the world today. He explains what i......more