Lance Brown

Returning back to God is made simple by God. The enemy may want us to think that it’s hard to find our way back, but the truth is, it is not complicated. He invites us back. He tells us what to say.  He still promises we will see His goodness, and He delights in treating us…

Idolatry eventually comes with drastic consequences. It can torpedo elements of our personal lives, our most important relationships, our career, our finances. It also comes with a decreasing sense of meaning about one’s life. It begins as a slow descent but can then pick up speed into dysfunction at almost any level.

The loss of meaning is palpable in our culture and in people. Whatever we place our highest hopes on to make life meaningful, other than God, will eventually disappoint us, and if we persist in pinning our hopes on someone and something that is not God, we can get to a place where we are despondent,…

Idolatry fuels a loss of meaning. We become virtually “lifeless.” It can be felt as despondency or “there is no wind in my sails.” If we worship idols, we will become like the idols, and that likeness will drain and ruin us.  You will become as lifeless as the idols you worship. That is the…