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...
by Benjamin Robinson | Jun 14, 2013 | Devotions
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. (1 Corinthians 2:12) In this Christian life we face two very different kinds of enemies. I might characterize...
by Benjamin Robinson | Jun 12, 2013 | Devotions
In him and through faith in him we approach God with freedom and confidence. (Ephesians 3:12) Don’t you love it when God confronts you with the depths of your hypocrisy? Doesn’t it just make you feel good? Last week I met with a member of our staff who was...
by Benjamin Robinson | Jun 11, 2013 | Devotions
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. (Galatians 5:1) Today I have a confession to make: I have addiction, and I need help. I’m not addicted to a drug, but an anti-drug. Drug addicts can’t stop; I can’t seem to keep going. Drug addicts take...
by Benjamin Robinson | May 29, 2013 | Devotions, Theology
You destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. (2 Timothy 1:10) Question: What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Answer: One of them is proved an impostor! Theoretically, if an unstoppable force were ever...
