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  • Asia Life College Intensive: May 2007

    Sunday, August 26th, 2007

    I get so many valuable things through this leadership class. I’ll keep one of those in my heart: “Jesus places ministries and people in each church to train and mend the people to be better able to minister to still others.”  Thanks Jesus, I see Father’s heart through Pastor Daniel. –Erna, Indonesia

    As spiritual leaders, we [...]

    Excerpt from “Asia Life College Intensive: May 2007”

  • Bible Study Intensive: January 2008, Aptos, California

    Sunday, January 6th, 2008

    “The main struggle of my life has been the condemnation I feel after speaking with people. As Daniel taught us how to hear God’s voice to us personally in the Bible, I actually received a Biblical foot to stand on where I can tell the enemy to flee! I am certainly not the only one [...]

    Excerpt from “Bible Study Intensive: January 2008, Aptos, California”

  • Church Planter’s Intensive: August 2007

    Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

    Daniel,
    Thank you so much for CPI in Virgina in February. Now that a couple of months have gone by, I just want to express my appreciation for your ministry. Your writings/lectures/sermons have been a tool helping me to form my own philosophy of ministry and encouraging me in trying times.
    And, amidst the last 2 or [...]

    Excerpt from “Church Planter’s Intensive: August 2007”

  • Coastlands Interns: A Compilation of Thanks

    Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

    Over the years, dozens of men and women have come to The Coastlands from all over the world. Each one has dedicated six to twelve months (sometimes even more) of his or her life to learning the ways of God’s kingdom… in the context of service and relationship among the extended Coastlands family. Click on [...]

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  • Commended to The Word

    Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

    by Daniel A. Brown, PhD
    I wish I could say that I had come to the understandings and realizations concerning God’s Word, contained in the following pages, by the time I graduated from high school. I wish I could say they had become part of my Christian experience before I finished my undergraduate work in college. [...]

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  • Companions, Counselors, Friends: Psalm 119:8

    Thursday, September 4th, 2008

    Verse 8: “I shall keep Thy statutes; Do no forsake me utterly!”
    Once again the Psalmist speaks of keeping God’s statutes in the same way that someone might affirm that he or she will keep to a path without veering off. We often use the expression “keep to your right” or “keep your appointment” when [...]

    Excerpt from “Companions, Counselors, Friends: Psalm 119:8”

  • Discipleship

    Thursday, October 9th, 2008

    “And the things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, these entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.” 2 Timothy 2:2

    Entrust = paratithemi = place along side, present to, deposit (as a trust) commend, set before– commit to one’s charge
    Faithful men = pistos = trustworthy, [...]

    Excerpt from “Discipleship”

  • Field Ministry Academy (FMA): April 2009

    Friday, May 1st, 2009

    Pastoring is complicated, difficult work, and the lessons-to-be-learned seem to multiply faster than personal experience / study alone can teach us. Feeling a bit daunted and uncertain about where and how we’re supposed to lead our flock isn’t a statement of inadequacy, as much as it is a reminder of our dependence on God. Duh.  [...]

    Excerpt from “Field Ministry Academy (FMA): April 2009”

  • Final Frames, Part 1A: Hanging in There with a Good God

    Saturday, September 30th, 2006

    This teaching is part of the “Final Frames” series, a compilation of Bible studies Daniel taught in his final weeks as the Coastlands’ Senior Pastor in late-2006. The Scriptures shared in this series were pivotal in Daniel’s life and helped form his ministry.
    Wait on the Lord. Know His ways. Did you ever wonder what these [...]

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  • Final Frames, Part 8: Weighty Wisdom from Above

    Sunday, December 17th, 2006

    This teaching is part of the “Final Frames” series, a compilation of Bible studies Daniel taught in his final weeks as the Coastlands’ Senior Pastor in late-2006. The Scriptures shared in this series were pivotal in Daniel’s life and helped form his ministry.
    Wisdom and authority go hand in hand in the spiritual realm; authority cannot [...]

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  • Leadership Intensive: April 2007, Norway/Estonia

    Monday, August 27th, 2007

    I am learning a lot about how to read the Bible with new, spiritual eyes. Now I can understand more of what God would like to tell me through His Word and share it with others. –H. Bringsjord, Norway

    Excerpt from “Leadership Intensive: April 2007, Norway/Estonia”

  • Leadership Workshop: 2007

    Friday, December 14th, 2007

    From a Pastor:
    Dear Daniel,
    Thank you for the great job you did at our conference at [location]. You were right on the mark! There’s not a way to adequately describe how refreshing and encouraging your words were, but I want you to know your comments (some of the best were the discursive ones ) were etched with [...]

    Excerpt from “Leadership Workshop: 2007”

  • Power of Testimony

    Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

    Introduction:  The point of church is to celebrate the Lord and to learn more about Him—who He is and what He does in our lives.  While the best way to learn about Him is in His word, we can also discover many things about His character and power by listening to how He has worked [...]

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  • Prophetic Foundations for Ministry Breakthrough

    Thursday, March 19th, 2009

    by Daniel A. Brown, PhD
    There is, of course, a world of difference between natural wisdom and spiritual truth. They relate to entirely different dimensions of reality, but sometimes folk knowledge and popular truisms echo spiritual principles—and make scriptural truth a bit easier for us to remember. For instance, we all know the saying, “Great gifts [...]

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  • Russian Discipleship Seminar: Summer 2007

    Friday, July 13th, 2007

    Thank God for His gift to the Church of God–for Daniel Brown. At this Seminar on Discipleship I was blessed by a clear understanding regarding how Church of God to be built, regarding discipleship. All the searches of my heart, of the truths of God’s Word about that, obtained clearness. The matter is: I want [...]

    Excerpt from “Russian Discipleship Seminar: Summer 2007”

  • Stretching…But Which Way?

    Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

    I’ve been thinking about the pain that comes from being stretched by the Lord into/for more ministry. When we “go through” difficult trials or when God has us in seasons of lesson-learning and character-shaping, it isn’t fun. It hurts. It’s tempting to opt out of such an ever-expanding training process. And many people do! The [...]

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  • Testimony of Deliverance

    Sunday, April 20th, 2008

    When you have seen people freed from demonic torment and seen their lives absolutely radically transformed, it builds your faith like very few other things that I know. “By my little finger, I cast out demons,” Jesus said, “The Kingdom is here.”

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  • Timely and True Spirituals, Part 6

    Sunday, December 4th, 2005

    Small Beginnings
    If God really wants us to learn the difference between naturals and spirituals–between the earthly dimension and the spiritual realm–then surely He would provide tools to make the whole thing a little less mysterious. And so He has! As Daniel continues to flesh out the spirituals we’ve been discussing these past several weeks, we [...]

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  • VBS Kickoff: 2006

    Saturday, April 1st, 2006

    We began the 2006 Vacation Bible School season with a reminder of what happened last year (as seen in a slide show) and an invitation for the adults to be the first to sign up for a week of adventure. Anne Piros, our VBS Director, shared that VBS this year, for those who come, will [...]

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  • Woman Pastor Sharing a Vulnerable Issue

    Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

    Daniel responds to a woman pastor’s inquiry about being vulnerable with the women in her church regarding a delicate issue from her past.
    (Letter from Woman)
    Hi Daniel,
    Welcome back to the east coast!  I hope you are doing well.  I was just writing this email and happened to find your Day 1 blog about your trip. [...]

    Excerpt from “Woman Pastor Sharing a Vulnerable Issue”