UNFOLDING THE WORD With Dr. Gary Kuhne

The prophet Daniel was written during a period of history when the Jew seemed discredited before their neighbors, and when the God of the Jews seemed powerless before the false gods of the surrounding nations. The book of Daniel is written to correct this understanding of God. Daniel emphasizes that God is the actual “Lord of History”, that the timeline of history in under His control, and that all human kingdoms and rulers exist only by His permission! As the book opens, Daniel finds himself, at probably 12 or 13 years of age, torn away from his family and homeland and forced into exile and indoctrination in a foreign land.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Romans ends with a challenge about the danger of false teaching and false teachers. God underscores the necessity of church leaders confronting such people and teaching and protecting the church family from such influences. We are encouraged to be “wise in good” and “innocent in evil”, growing in Biblical knowledge and application and avoiding being pulled into seeing unnecessary details about the moral evil in the world around us.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

The “lists” in scripture are always there because God intended to teach us something by the list, perhaps a lesson of genealogy, or perhaps something about the composition of a group. In Romans 16 the list revealed to much about the nature of the church family at Rome, lessons about the diversity of the church, lessons about house churches and the fact the church is not a “building”, but rather a “family”, and the fact that the church is place filled with people facing real life together, gathering for mutual ministry.

Paul shared three important prayer requests with the Roman believers, underscoring that personal prayer was an important way of being supportive of one another. As the 16^th chapter opens, Paul underscores the importance of have something beyond the “platform image” of a Christian before granting credibility and authority to another believer.

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.

Paul had learned a number of lessons on life and ministry planning over the years of serving Christ. He certainly recognized that God wants us to use our lives in an organized manner, making the most of our time in this world. And making good use of time involves makes plans for the immediate and long-range future. In showing his plan, Paul also underscored that he (and we) need to always leave room in our plans for “Divine Detours”, maintaining a flexibility for redirection as God guides in our walk.

This was teaching from June 1, 2025

“SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS” are extended weekly Bible teaching times in which I go through a Book of Bible verse by verse. My current exposition is II Thessalonians. The SUNDAY EXPOSITIONS are posted on Sunday each week.