{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvertical.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fteaching-may-17-26-hBtnKE_d","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Conviction without Compromise | Daniel 1 | Nathan Hughes","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/9689ac23-2320-4b64-bf07-a443a5ebe021/1044ccb0-f630-4de6-8057-d06a77913e0c/danielseriesfinal.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"In a culture constantly trying to redefine truth, identity, and worship, how do followers of Jesus remain faithful without compromising? In Week 1 of our Daniel series, we explore what it means to live as exiles in a modern-day Babylon.\n\nThrough Daniel 1, we see a young man surrounded by pressure, temptation, and a system designed to reshape his identity — yet he chooses conviction without compromise. Babylon wanted Daniel’s mind, loyalty, and worship, but Daniel shows us what faithful presence looks like in a hostile culture.\n\nThis message challenges us to ask:\n• What is shaping our identity?\n• Where are we tempted to compromise?\n• How do we serve culture without bowing to it?\n\nAs followers of Jesus, we are called to live differently — not isolated from the world, and not assimilated into it, but faithfully present within it. We seek the good of the city while remembering our citizenship is in Heaven.\n\n“Babylon can have our service, but it can’t have our worship.”\n\nScripture References:\nDaniel 1\n1 Peter 2:11-12\nJeremiah 29:1, 4-7\n\nIf this message encouraged you, make sure to like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs encouragement to stand firm in their faith."}