{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Windsor District Baptist Church","title":"Patient In Affliction #8 | Unholy","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3091,"description":"31st May 26   Patient In Affliction   Unholy Daniel 8\nBible Reading: Daniel 8\nPreacher: Pastor Jonathan Hoffman\nDate: 31st May 2026\nBig Question - How do we keep hope when the wicked keep winning?\nBig Idea - God not only knows our history; but he wrote himself into it. \nSERIES OVERVIEW\nAs we continue our 2026 spiritual focus on hope, we turn to the book of Daniel in a new series titled Patient in Affliction. Set during Israel’s exile in Babylon, Daniel depicts the people of God living as a displaced minority within a powerful and demanding imperial culture. In the face of uncertainty and opposition, Daniel and his friends embody faithful endurance marked by courage and steadfast trust in the Lord.\nThrough familiar narratives such as the fiery furnace and the lions’ den, and through Daniel’s visions of kingdoms rising and falling, the book affirms that God remains sovereign even when life appears unstable. This series calls us to patient perseverance and prayerful dependence, trusting that the Lord is at work even when His purposes are not yet fully visible. Daniel assures us that our hope is secure because God’s kingdom will outlast every empire, and His people may therefore endure affliction with deep confidence in Him.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Z3XNESapZwqwwFJV_lJBjv5_GSLz7ledG_5C6JLwoyM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI2NzY5LzE2ODYy/Nzk0NTItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}