Lance Brown
The Love of God
We all know “God loves us,” but that truth does not seem to grip us all that much. Why is that? In reality, we have many other “loves” that we are chasing, some good, some bad. What does God do to get this turned around? How can we expect Him to act? Let’s turn to two prophets:…
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The Wrath of God
There is great confusion about what the wrath of God is. We’ll take a look at what it is and what it isn’t by examining the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. It depicts Lazarus in heaven and the rich man in hell. The parable gives insight into the raw human nature of man, and…
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The Character of God: The Justice of God
Few things get the hackles up from an atheist than the belief that God is a judge. You frequently hear, “I don’t believe in a God who judges. I believe in the loving Jesus.” They would be surprised that in the New Testament, Jesus is the very one who warns us most about a coming…
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The Character of God: The Omnipresence of God
The omnipresence is more than a theological statement that “God is everywhere.” It means that God is fully present, everywhere, with every person. There is no where you can go where God can’t be with you. You have access to His person, character and love. This is especially vital when we go through the worst…
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The Character of God: The Omniscience of God
The omniscience of God is more than “God knows everything.” He knows what is true about Himself, life, human nature, relationships, and you. We desperately need His truth about all of those, since our “innate” understanding of all of these is faulty and foolish. If we just live based on how we think these things…
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The Character of God: The Sovereignty of God
We all like to believe in an all-powerful sovereign God. However, when God does things on his own timetable, He can seem very unfair, to us. In the story of king Cyrus, God fulfilled his promise to rescue the Israelites from Babylonian captivity, but why did it take him 150 years? God didn’t change His…
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