Brandon Brown

  • brownsquirrel
  • Waukesha, WI
  • recovering deconstructionist, adolescent advocate, randomly curious, father & husband, joining God as he makes all things new.
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  • Acts 8:8

    Acts 8:8 (TNIV)
    So there was great joy in that city.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Acts 8:5

    Acts 8:5 (TNIV)
    Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Acts 11:21

    Acts 11:21 (TNIV)
    The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Acts 8:1

    Acts 8:1 (TNIV)
    And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Acts 8:2

    Acts 8:2 (TNIV)
    Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.

    Created 7 months ago

  • Inspiration?

    What questions does a passage like this raise about applying the OT?

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 10:5 (TNIV)

  • Deuteronomy 12:30

    Deuteronomy 12:30 (TNIV)
    and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same.”

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • the gospel of Jesus (in Mark)

    35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. This passage actually creates an interesting dilemma for many. How can Jesus…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 8:35 (TNIV)

  • Touch

    The human person of Jesus is often hidden in the details. In this verse, Jesus is brought yet another blind man to heal. Jesus takes the blind man by the handand leads him outside. This small detail…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 8:23 (TNIV)

  • Jesus sighed deeply

    Its the details that reveal Jesus humanity more than anything. In the first three words of this verse - He sighed deeply - we find a person who we can deeply resonate with. An everyman (or everywoman).…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 8:12 (TNIV)

  • Mark 8:12

    Mark 8:12 (TNIV)
    He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.”

    Created about 1 year ago

  • hardened

    It is interesting that this passage is talking about the 12. THEY have hardened hearts at this point in Jesus life and ministry, yet they have already been sent out to preach, heal, and call other people…

    Created about 1 year ago

    Mark 6:52 (TNIV)

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  • Mark 4:26

    Mark 4:26 (TNIV)
    He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Mark 4:27

    Mark 4:27 (TNIV)
    Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Mark 4:28

    Mark 4:28 (TNIV)
    All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Mark 4:30

    Mark 4:30 (TNIV)
    Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Jeremiah 16:18

    Jeremiah 16:18 (TNIV)
    I will repay them double for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.”

    Created over 1 year ago

  • Hebrews 4:16

    Hebrews 4:16 (TNIV)
    Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Hebrews 4:14

    Hebrews 4:14 (TNIV)
    Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Hebrews 4:12

    Hebrews 4:12 (TNIV)
    For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Jeremiah 10:21

    Jeremiah 10:21 (TNIV)
    The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the Lord; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Deuteronomy 4:9 (TNIV)
    Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-01-31

  • Temple = Safe... but not really.

    Process of Idolatry? God blesses and protects them from the temple. The Temple become associated with God's protection and blessing The people turn from God, but continue to trust the temple to protect…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 7:8 (TNIV), Jeremiah 7:9 (TNIV), Jeremiah 7:10 (TNIV), Jeremiah 7:11 (TNIV), Jeremiah 7:12 (TNIV), Jeremiah 7:13 (TNIV), Jeremiah 7:14 (TNIV)

  • Galatians 3:26

    Galatians 3:26 (TNIV)
    So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • bearing fruit

    The disaster that is coming on Israel in this passage is the result of their own schemes bearing fruit. Galatians 6 what we plant, we will harvest. If we plant seeds against God's way, they will in…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 6:19 (TNIV)

  • crossroads

    Knowing the right path and being willing to walk in it are two different things. We need to find the ancient paths and have a heart ready to follow the path, even when it doesn't lead to all the places…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 6:16 (TNIV)

  • Jeremiah 6:10

    Jeremiah 6:10 (TNIV)
    To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • listening requires more than ears

    Even though Israel had perfectly functional ears, God cannot find anyone to listen to Him. His words have become offensive to his own people. Today, it is much the same. We pick te verses we like, ignore…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 6:10 (TNIV)

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  • assurance

    We are assured of our faith because in this world we are living and loving like Jesus.

    Created over 1 year ago

    1 John 4:17 (TNIV)

  • 1 John 4:17

    1 John 4:17 (TNIV)
    This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Daniel 12:3

    Daniel 12:3 (TNIV)
    Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Philippians 2:15

    Philippians 2:15 (TNIV)
    so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Revelation 21:3

    Revelation 21:3 (TNIV)
    And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Revelation 4:11

    Revelation 4:11 (TNIV)
    “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Rest for your souls

    Jesus alludes to this passage: Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart,…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 6:16 (TNIV)

  • Jeremiah 6:16

    Jeremiah 6:16 (TNIV)
    This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Bookmarks

    2011-01-12

  • Love Language

    God views Israel's unfaithfulness as a unfaithful love. While he has not forgotten His vows to his beloved people, they have wandered from his. To fully get this passage, it helps to think about who…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Jeremiah 2:2 (TNIV)

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  • face down

    How people respond when they see God, or an image of God: they fall face down.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Ezekiel 1:28 (NLT)

  • While it is easy to look at this passage and think,…

    While it is easy to look at this passage and think, "what a fool," it is hard not to see the connection with our own lives. Who is so dumb as to think that the wood statue that they carved with their…

    Created over 1 year ago

    Isaiah 44:13 (TNIV), Isaiah 44:14 (TNIV), Isaiah 44:15 (TNIV), Isaiah 44:16 (TNIV), Isaiah 44:17 (TNIV)

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  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-01-10

  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2011-01-10

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2010-12-25

  • care for the flock

    Shepherding responsibility for those who are the sheep. Looks forward to Jesus definition of leader. The first must be the servant of all.

    Created over 1 year ago

    Ezekiel 34:2 (TNIV)