Lance Brown
LOST, Part 5: The Downward Spiral Toward Hell
Our secular hates the reality of hell and just naturally assumes that if it is real, really, really bad people might go there, but not someone like me. That notion is filled with assumptions that may lead you to ever wonder is hell might be in your future, unless, something drastic is done to awaken you…
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LOST, Part 4: The Downward Spiral of Foolishness
This week we look at the downward spiral of foolishness and folly. Modern man loves to claim he is wise, but the wisdom he is thinking about is worldly wisdom. The wisdom we need is God’s wisdom. When we turn away from God’s wisdom to pursue our own “wisdom” we have set ourselves on the downward…
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A Hymn From My Father
As I come upon my parent’s anniversary, my thoughts sometimes linger back to when I was a child. We would visit grandpa’s farm, in my dad’s old blue pick-up truck, which he named Beulah. In a deep, rich bass, he would sing a hymn that has become a favorite of mine, and it would forever…
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LOST, Part 3: The Downward Spiral of Indulgence
Last week we looked at willful ignorance as we ignore all the wonder and beauty around us that necessitates a creator and instead assume we know better. This week we are looking at what happens when God allows us to try and fill the God sized whole in our hearts with our own indulgences and…
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LOST, Part 2: The Downward Spiral of Man
We continue to week 2 of our new series: “Lost.” While claiming to being “open-minded” we actually are quite closed-minded, only hearing what we want to hear, only believing what we want to believe. Instead of being driven by rationality, we are driven by our passions and desires–for either lesser things, or wrong things. This has…
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LOST, Part1: Man’s Dire Predicament
If you continue to be surprised at your pattern of sin, in spite of “knowing better,” you should dive into the devotionals for this week. We will never truly understand who we are and why we do what we do until we take a realistic view of our dark side.
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