Against the Grain; Daniel Series

3/31/24 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain; Rise and Shine

Daniel 12:2, ESV

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3/22/24 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain; The People Who Know Their God

Daniel 11:32, ESV He shall seduce with flattery those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.

3/17/24 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez Against the Grain; War in Heaven

Daniel 10:19, ESV

And he said, “O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.” And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”


3/10/24 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain; One Nation Back to God Again

Daniel 9:4, ESV

I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments.

11/29/2020 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain ~ One Nation Back to God

Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. Daniel 9:17, ESV

11/22/2020 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain ~ Dark Days

He said, “Behold, I will make known to you what shall be at the latter end of the indignation, for it refers to the appointed time of the end. Daniel 8:19, ESV

11/15/20 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain~Monsters & Messiah

And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Daniel 7:27, ESV

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11/8/20 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain; One Man’s Faith

Daniel 6:16 Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”

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11/1/20 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain; The Writing is on The Wall

Daniel 5:5 Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote.

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10/25/20 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain ~ Be Humble

Proverbs 16:18 ~ Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

10/18/2020 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain ~ Worth Dying For

If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” Daniel 3:17-18, ESV


10/11/2020 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain ~ Rock of Ages

The king answered and said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a
revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.” Daniel 2:47, ESV

10/4/2020 Sunday’s Sermon by Nick Perez

Against the Grain ~ Small Choices
But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. Daniel 1:8, ESV