Includes bibliographical references

Introduction
The historical background
The traditional view of the book
The theory of the Maccabean orientation of the book
The answer from the conservative point of view
The central theme of the book
its convincing unity and integrity
Daniel within the biblical tradition
Daniel 1: The issue and the answer
The people of God: new questions in theology and policy
Nebuchadnezzar: benevolence and despotism
The practical issues
co-operation or withdrawal?
The caretakers of the true Israel
Yes and no!
The first encounter
The issue, and the drawing of the line
A model for today?
The vow and the appeal
God takes over
Daniel 2: The stone and the shattered kingdom
Crisis in palace and city
Ultimate questions
Daniel the mediator
The mystery of the king's dream
The proclamation of the kingdom of God
The details of the image
The stone from the mountain
The king's first response. Daniel 3: The blazing furnace
The need for social cement
The Festival of the New Babylon
The miracle of resistance
The answer
The miracle of survival
Nebuchadnezzar
the moment of truth
Nebuchadnezzar
the moment of repentance
Daniel 4: 'I Nebuchadnezzar'
Evasion
The rejection of the sower with the seed
The clay in the hand of the potter
The Father who disciplines us
Daniel
companion and sign
Daniel
faithfulness in counsel
The lesson
The personal testimony of a converted soul
his peace
The personal testimony of a converted soul
his new-found life in God
Daniel 5: Belshazzar's feast
Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar
the drawing of a contrast
Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar and Daniel
even 'change' can change!
Daniel's attitude
Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar
the elect and the rejected
The rejected chooses his rejection
Nebuchadnezzar
mercy and judgment
Belshazzar
judgment and mercy
The writing on the wall
The act of sacrilege
The vessels of the Lord
The essence of sin
The pastoral word at the eleventh hour
The honesty and severity of love
The background of the human tragedy
Daniel 6: The den of lions
The mystery of the offence
Anyone who hates his brother ..
The unswerving witness of Daniel
The point of the offence
The injustice of the charge
Murder under the system!
The saving grace of discipline
Our need of habit
The law-and-order trap
The resurrection of Daniel
Darius
Daniel 7: The beasts and the son of man
A new look at world power
Questions for today
The ultimate and tormenting problem
Towards a final answer
The kingdom of the son of man
The son of man and the servants of the Most High
The haunting details of the last beast
The ten horns
The need for perspective
Reading the signs today
Justifiable depression?
The need for watchfulness
Daniel 8: The he-goat and the little horn
The vision
Alexander the Great and Antiochus Epiphanes
A history without a clue
the absurdity of the outcome
A foretaste and foreshadowing of the final Antichrist
Back to the king's business! Daniel 9: A prayer and a prophecy
Daniel, the community and the books
The books and the presence of God
The search today
The presence, the books and the prayer
An individual in community
Reality and liturgy in the Bible
Dates
or assurance?
The beloved man as an acceptable sacrifice
The angels and the answer
The God of angels and mankind
Is our God too small?
Seventy weeks of years!
The goal of history
The foreshadowing of events to come
The working out of the purpose of God
Daniel 10: 'I Daniel'
The final encounter
The shattering and exalting presence
The cost of involvement and the gift of understanding
The cost must be the same today
The communion of heaven and earth in the cosmic conflict
The decisive heavenly war. Daniel 11: The history inscribed in the book
Take-over by the spoken word
The history of the broken empire and its issue
God shapes the pattern of our ways
We have our responsibility
The transition to 'the time of the end'
Daniel 12: Waiting and watching for the end
The time of the end
The Antichrist
The tribulation
The separation
The finale
the gap between seeing and understanding
The need for steadfast patience
The need for wisdom
The final pastoral word
the way and the place
The final pastoral word
the promise of rest