University of Babylon.

Tomorrow is back to school for many of our college students. The secular college environment can seem hostile to those who hold a Christian worldview. In the first chapter of Daniel we learn that Daniel and his three friends were given a full ride scholarship to the University of Babylon. The purpose of the education was to make them effective civil administrators. But it was also to reshape their identity, from followers of the true God into members of the Babylonian political-religious system. Most of the young Hebrew students just blended into that system. But these four brave young men determined to keep their identity as followers of the true God. As as result they were able to challenge the very system that was designed to change them. As you head back to school, I am praying that you will be modern day Daniels who will keep your identity and challenge your world.