Living in Exile Daniel 1 Strangers in the Land

First Baptist Rocky Top Tennessee · Jan 11, 2026 · 31m

In today’s message, we launch a new sermon series through the Book of Daniel called “Living in Exile.” Most of us know the famous stories — Daniel in the lions’ den, and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace. But Daniel is far more than a collection of dramatic deliverances. It is a book about faithfulness in a world that has forgotten God, a book for people who feel displaced, pressured, and surrounded by a culture that does not share their convictions.In Daniel 1 we meet four young men taken from Jerusalem into the heart of Babylon — a land of pagan power, deep idolatry, and…