Lance Brown

We are doing a series on redemptive relating. How does God relate to us? How can we emulate that in building relationships in our lives? Last week we looked at WITH. God is WITH us. What does it mean for us to be WITH people? This week we look at FOR. God is FOR us. What does…

Great relationships don’t just happen. They must be built, tended to, and invested in.  Redemptive relating (relating the way God relates within the Trinity and with us) is our model for redemptively relating to the people in our lives. These are some of the tools of the trade.  Over the next several weeks, we’ll look…

This coming Sunday is Sanctity of Life Sunday. This week’s devotions are not about the politics of abortion, nor are they about the legality of abortion. We will look at, what does the bible say about “life?” Does the bible have anything to say about life in the womb? When does a person become a person?

We’ve looked at how we’re included in the wondrous dance of the Trinity. It is the place where everything we long for most happens. We long to be loved, accepted, to know we matter, to be included, and a host of other deep longings. You will find these needs nowhere else for very long. Church…

God’s people are to related in three communities. 1. We enjoy the incredible love of the Holy Trinity and participate in it!  2. We build the Church Community, the body of Christ, as we serve and love.  3. We enter the Lost Community, to be God’s agents of redemption.  Your purpose of life is found in…

As Christians, we are to live IN three communities. The “community” of the Trinity–God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God includes us in the life of that community! We live in community together as God’s people. We live in the community of lost people. We are to be salt and light. …