by Benjamin Robinson | Jul 4, 2013 | Devotions
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (Mark 11:24) My wife and I recently had dinner with a member of our congregation that is in the midst of a very difficult season in his life. We were greatly...
by Benjamin Robinson | Jul 3, 2013 | Relationships
So I’m sitting here at SFO right now, trying to write my new blog entry, but I can’t concentrate on it because there’s a couple sitting across from me fighting like cats and dogs. They are frustrated as all get out! Their hands are flailing, veins...
by Benjamin Robinson | Jun 28, 2013 | Relationships
I’m writing today in defense of marriage. I’m writing today to declare that the Spirit of God has enacted a new Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and it is a DOMA that cannot be put down by any court or any government. And I’m writing to call the...
by Benjamin Robinson | Jun 27, 2013 | Relationships
Last week Sunhee and I had a lunch meeting with a young, dating couple. We were in a cafe, and I was about to order food for us. When I asked her what she wanted, she said, “Don’t order me anything, just let me have a couple bites of your sandwich.”...
by Benjamin Robinson | Jun 20, 2013 | Devotions
Freely you have received, freely give. (Matthew 10:8) This statement is not fundamentally about the power of Christ to heal, but about the impetus by which Christ releases his power to heal. For in bringing healing to humanity, Christ does not merely release his...
by Benjamin Robinson | Jun 19, 2013 | Devotions
In him and through faith in him we approach God with freedom and confidence. (Ephesians 3:12) We approach God? It makes sense to speak of God’s coming to us, but it doesn’t make much sense to speak of our going to God. Can we really go to God? I mean, how...
by Benjamin Robinson | Jun 18, 2013 | Devotions
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. (Galatians 5:1) Freedom is neither the absence of responsibility nor the obsolescence of obstacles. The experience of true freedom requires the act of overcoming, for true freedom is only experienced as such when...
