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Every day, government pressure mounts on the Christian faith. How should believers react? We can look to a similar time of hardship long ago for guidance. The place was Babylon, and the minority Jews were facing government oppression.

Daniels friends went along with their Babylonian captors, but drew the line when their consciences told them to say no. Some life situations force us to make tough choices. In this message we learn how to live by the Bibles principles when facing hard decisions.

When the government says do one thing, and the Bible tells us to do the opposite, what do we do? The answers are not always clear, since we are called to obey those who rule over us. How four men handled this in ancient Babylon can give us guidance.

Christians in America are rapidly becoming like Daniel and his friends in Babylonout of sync with their pagan environment. How do we reconcile what we believe with what we have to do to live in such a culture? In this message we look for the answers.

God told His people in the Babylonian captivity to have large families and support the country they lived in. Could this be a blueprint for how American believers should react to increasing hostility? In this message we find important lessons from Jeremiah chapter 29.

Christians were once a dominant force in American culture. That day has passed. So how do we live as a minority in a now-pagan culture? The surprising answers come from Jeremiah chapter 29, where God tells captive Israel how to live in a faraway land.

Should believers living under national judgment circle the wagons and live off the grid, or engage their flawed culture with enthusiasm? The surprising answer comes from Gods instructions to captive Judah living in Babylon.

In the midst of darkness, light is easy to see. Jeremiahs eyes were full of tears as he prophesied the righteous judgment of God against a sinning, rebellious Jerusalem. Through his sorrow, he recalled a word of hopea word we need today.

Jesus looked on Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives and wept over the destruction He knew the Romans would soon bring. Many centuries earlier, the prophet Jeremiah wept when the city was destroyed. Do we weep for our nation, soon to feel judgment?

Those who lived in Jerusalem did not realize their destruction was imminent. They never thought God would bring them to account, since this was where His Temple stood. Jeremiah rightly wept as he foresaw the terrible hand of Gods judgment.

When the judgment of God falls, things we hold dear are often laid waste. The city of Jerusalem with its temple was sacked and looted by invading armies whose actions came in the plan and will of God.

What might it be like when God judges America for its personal and national sins? We need to see what God did to Judah in the days of Jeremiah, when both the righteous and the wicked suffered. In this message we learn more lessons from those ancient days.

When Jeremiah proclaimed the coming judgment of God, his fellow Israelites paid him no heed. Life went on with no thought of a day of accounting. The lessons they ultimately learned are lessons we in America must learn, because God is still the same.

When Gods judgment comes, there is no escape. Jeremiahs warnings to Judah were disregarded, and the people and their king paid a great price. In this message we examine what happened to a sinning nation, and how judgment might look as our nation feels the wrath of God.

In a time of coming judgment, Jeremiah wept over the fate of his people. Do we in America weep for the many sins of our nation? In this message we learn the take-home principles from a time when everything in Israel was upside downa time much like today.