by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 27, 2013 | Devotions
Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. (Hebrews 13:5) Doing these meditations every morning at times feels as though I’m spinning in circles. Isn’t this about the fifteenth time I’m being called upon to provide a reflection based on this...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 25, 2013 | Devotions
And surely I am with you always; to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:20) Most of us feel like we are waiting in time for something to happen. Jesus promised that he would be with us through time . . . to the very end of the age. The promise means that there is...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 24, 2013 | Devotions
I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. (Psalm 73:23) Rachel went into labor as she staggered towards Bethlehem. So intense was the labor that it would clearly cost her her life. Knowing this to be the case, she used her last breath to ensure that her pain...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 23, 2013 | Devotions
Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. (Luke 15:31) In the story of the prodigal son, the two brothers suffered from antithetical thinking disorders. The older son suffered from a sense of acute neglect. No matter what he was given, no matter what...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 22, 2013 | Devotions
I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 23:6) My brothers and I used to spend a few weeks at my grandmother’s house every summer, and typically our three cousins on my mother’s side would be there with us. The six of us had so much fun...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 22, 2013 | Sermons
This blog entry contains notes from and a link to the message I preached at Living Hope this weekend, entitled “Reclaiming the Wild.” Primary Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12 Central Theme: The church should look more like a jungle than a zoo. But the...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 21, 2013 | Devotions
A slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. (John 8:35) Slavery has become a dull term to us; it doesn’t incite in us the type of indignation that is appropriate to its’ character. The picture above should do the trick. This...
