Deported But Devoted (27 of 66)
Series: Route 66: A Road Trip Through the Bible
Tony Thomas
Daniel
In 1838, Philip Paul Bliss was born to Methodist parents in Clearfield County, PA. He left home at the age of eleven to earn his own living, at 17 he earned his credentials to teach, at 18 he married a Presbyterian girl and joined her church, and at 24 he moved to Chicago where he sang and taught music.
After meeting Evangelist Dwight L. Moody, he began to teach a Sunday School class and one week he wrote a song for his students to sing:
Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone!
Dare to have a purpose firm! Dare to make it known!
Standing alone has always been a difficult task and the problem is called peer pressure! We all want to fit in. We all want to be liked. Nobody wants to be different or to stand out in a crowd. Not teenagers, not senior citizens, and not Daniel!
Daniel 1:8 reveals that, ''Daniel made up his mind not to defile himself.'' From the school yard to the work place, the world does its best to squeeze us into its mold. But when we're tempted to compromise, it's important to draw strength from the bank of our convictions.
We're in a series called Route 66, and we're taking a Roadtrip Through the Bible. We're in Daniel, and almost everybody knows that Daniel was forced to spend a night in a den of lions. But there's more to his story than lions. Daniel was a courageous teenager who stood alone.
Psychologist Ruth Berenda tested a group of teenagers to determine how they handled group pressure. The teenagers were put into groups of ten. They were asked to raise their hand when the leader pointed to the longest line on a flip chart.
However, nine of the students were told ahead of time to choose the next-to-shortest line as the longest line. Barenda wanted to see how the tenth student reacted when faced with an obvious difference of opinion. 75% of the time, the stooge ended up voting for the next-to-shortest line - instead ...
Series: Route 66: A Road Trip Through the Bible
Tony Thomas
Daniel
In 1838, Philip Paul Bliss was born to Methodist parents in Clearfield County, PA. He left home at the age of eleven to earn his own living, at 17 he earned his credentials to teach, at 18 he married a Presbyterian girl and joined her church, and at 24 he moved to Chicago where he sang and taught music.
After meeting Evangelist Dwight L. Moody, he began to teach a Sunday School class and one week he wrote a song for his students to sing:
Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone!
Dare to have a purpose firm! Dare to make it known!
Standing alone has always been a difficult task and the problem is called peer pressure! We all want to fit in. We all want to be liked. Nobody wants to be different or to stand out in a crowd. Not teenagers, not senior citizens, and not Daniel!
Daniel 1:8 reveals that, ''Daniel made up his mind not to defile himself.'' From the school yard to the work place, the world does its best to squeeze us into its mold. But when we're tempted to compromise, it's important to draw strength from the bank of our convictions.
We're in a series called Route 66, and we're taking a Roadtrip Through the Bible. We're in Daniel, and almost everybody knows that Daniel was forced to spend a night in a den of lions. But there's more to his story than lions. Daniel was a courageous teenager who stood alone.
Psychologist Ruth Berenda tested a group of teenagers to determine how they handled group pressure. The teenagers were put into groups of ten. They were asked to raise their hand when the leader pointed to the longest line on a flip chart.
However, nine of the students were told ahead of time to choose the next-to-shortest line as the longest line. Barenda wanted to see how the tenth student reacted when faced with an obvious difference of opinion. 75% of the time, the stooge ended up voting for the next-to-shortest line - instead ...
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