The Tony Evans Bible Commentary Quotes

“12:13 These final words from heaven are for Daniel personally: you will rest, and then you will stand to receive your allotted inheritance at the end of the days. Daniel had demonstrated extraordinary faithfulness throughout his life. He served God as an exile in a pagan world (1:3-6). He obeyed God’s law regardless of the outcome (1:8-16) and delivered God’s message loyally (2:31-45). He stood up to kings (5:13-29) and withstood persecution from those who wanted to take his life (6:1-28). He was a student of God’s Word (9:2) and a man of prayer and fasting (9:3-19; 10:2-3, 12). Daniel served many kings and saw many kingdoms rise and fall, but his ultimate allegiance was to the agenda of only one King. A kingdom man like that will certainly not lose his reward.”
― Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary

“The name Jesus is the Greek version of the Hebrew name Joshua, which means, “The Lord saves.”
― Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary

“Here is another indication, then, that divine election is to service and not eternal life.”
― Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary

“This book has two goals: to encourage Christians to live righteous and holy lives in light of the prophetic timetable that is to come and to challenge unbelievers about the judgment ahead if they reject Christ.”
― Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary

“If Jesus is the Messiah, how could he be put to death?”
― Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary

“We are happy to have God in our vicinity even though he is not in our midst. We like to have God in general, but we think we don’t need God in specific.”
― Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary

“A kingdom man accepts his responsibilities under God and faithfully carries them out. When this man is faithful, God will move even pagan powers and other forces and circumstances on earth to support his kingdom man doing his kingdom business. Jesus is the perfect example of a kingdom man in his earthly ministry (Gen 18:19; Exod 34:23-24; John 17:4; 19:30; 1 Cor 11:3; Phil 3:7-14).”
― Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary

“The sovereign prerogative of God to choose individuals, families, groups, and nations to serve his kingdom purposes as he so wills. Election is specifically related to service, usefulness, and blessings—not individual salvation. Jesus died for all human beings without exception and desires for all to be saved (Rom 9:10-13; 1 Tim 2:4; 4:10; Heb 2:9; 2 Pet 3:8-11; 1 John 2:2).”
― Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary