Lance Brown

This week we are going to spend some time looking at the three greatest questions of life:  The first question is, “why am I alive?” It is the question of existence.  The second question is, “does my life matter?” The question of significance.  The third question is, “what is my purpose?”   The question of…

Next week, Pacific Church will being Rick Warren’s 40 Days of Purpose campaign.  This study will help you prepare you to begin to identify more clearly your God-given purpose for you life. It is my hope that by the middle of February, you will be locked in on God’s purpose for your life.

It’s Christmas time again! The season of giving (and getting), is upon us. We can have a great time being with Family and celebrating together, but if all we focus on is the shadow and we miss the form, then the time is wasted. Jesus is the form that casts all shadows, He is the…

It’s easy and “normal” to assume we’re a “loving person.” As long as love is defined by our feelings, and driven by how some people already love us, then “love” is easy.  It takes no divine power or divine example to do that. “Anyone” can “love’ like that. But we are called to a much higher…

A pastor once told me, in all honesty, that he didn’t know what joy was. When we think of joy as “euphoric” joy, which is how the world defines joy, then we will be very confused about why our “joy” is so elusive.  The bible says that the kind of joy God is building in…

During Advent season, as we anticipate the birth of our savior, we live as people of hope. This life is not all there is. There is coming a day when every pain and suffering will be redeemed, when the sadness of this world will turn to joy forever, when evil will be finally and completely judged…