Lance Brown
Mother’s Day Message
Even though children are a gift from God, we don’t really OWN them in a conventional sense. God has given us the privilege to shape them, love them, prepare them, and then our job is to release them into the world, for His purposes. When we recognize that our goals for our kids should be…
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Is God Barbaric or Crude?
We often hear critics quote the Bible out of context, “An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth!” without understanding the implications that the Bible intends, and the Hebrews would have well understood. But if we dig a little deeper, we can see that, even in this, God’s desire to extend mercy…
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Is God’s Wisdom Timeless?
The western world continues to turn away from absolute truth. More and more, it only sees “relative truth” as foundational to life. On what basis can one claim that this world is governed by relative truth? Says who? And if that is true, what happens when your relative truth runs into your spouse’s relative truth?
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Is God a Moral Monster: Are God’s Commands Capricious?
The story of Abraham being commanded to sacrifice his son, Isaac, is a very puzzling story. What are we to make of it? We must first understand the context of Abraham life and God’s dealing with him. There are four important insights that will help us better understand this story.
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Is God A Moral Monster: Is God Petty, Jealous, or Easily Provoked?
Many famous atheists picture God as somewhat of a mean-spirited jerk or a bully. That God is so immature, that He insists that we worship Him instead of other Gods or else He will pour out His wrath upon unsuspecting man to illustrate His pettyness. Is this the nature of God…no, not really.
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Dancing with my Daughter
As part of my daughter’s senior year in National Charity League, she participated with her senior class in a special ceremony called senior recognition where the girls are recognized for their service to the community with various charitable leagues and foundations. It’s really kind of a big deal. Picture a wedding, with 15 brides! :-0…
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