Thought for the Week

I want to look at another of my heroes. First we look at three others. I take them as a group because it is impossible to separate them. They are Hananiah, Mischael, and Azariah. You may not know them, at least not by their Hebrew names. If I told you they were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego you might recognize them better. Actually, their Hebrew names are used more often in their introduction than their Babylonian names but for some reason, the Babylonian names are more familiar. They were taken prisoner, along with Daniel, at the fall of Jerusalem, after siege by Nebuchadnezzar. He intended...