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Foreign Minister Penny Wong went to the United Nations last week, and berated the Middle East’s only liberal democracy for ‘not playing fair'. While it’s a given that everyone wants peace, the Israelis might be well advised to ignore everything our government says.

God did sometimes ask His people to do some rather odd things as recorded in the Bible. It is possible He might ask us to do some strange things as well. But generally speaking, we have the whole of Scripture to give us directions and guidelines as to both proper speech and proper action.

The Western church today is now in its own Babylonian captivity. We are now strangers in a strange land. How, then, are we to respond to all this? There are at least seven main responses from the story of Daniel that we should bear in mind as we ponder our situation today.

Our hearts are not as they should be. Our souls are not as they should be. Our spiritual condition is in a real bad way. We are all in need of radical spiritual surgery, or we are all goners. There are many biblical texts that speak to this.

Christians today have plenty of questions as to what exactly is happening in the world and why God might be allowing different things to happen. This is true not just in our own personal lives, but in the affairs of nations.

When dealing with sin in the church, there are two extremes that we must avoid. On the one side is greasy 'grace' in which sin is minimised, overlooked, and even covered up. On the other side is haughty 'holiness' in which the sinner is condemned without mercy.

This shows us the seriousness of the false prophets. They put the lives of everyone at risk. Jackals are known for inhabiting ruined and desolate places, tending to themselves. They do not contribute anything of use, but are just scavengers.

What actually happened to Jesus? The eyewitness reports from the Bible portray an incredible unfolding of terrible events. All four accounts from the Bible have been carefully combined to show you what happened in Jerusalem about 2000 years ago. This, then, is the story.

Christian history towards the Jewish people has been one of misunderstanding and ignorance. More recently, the church in Australia has been mostly silent about one of the most hideous acts of terrorism the world has ever seen.

The New Testament has an awful lot to say about the sin of pride, especially when it comes to pastoral ministry. Ultimately, the path to greatness in the kingdom of Heaven comes through the path of suffering.

We do have a divine commission to speak truth and not worry about how others will take it. Telling people the truth is the most loving thing we can do, so we had better do it.

Some of the squeamish believers of today who say we should never call out pagans, or pagan rulers, or pagan nations, because they are not Christian, are greatly mistaken.

What spiritual and political lessons can we learn from Israel in exile?

What does it mean to seek the welfare of the city?

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