by Benjamin Robinson | May 4, 2013 | Devotions
This is the victory that overcomes the world; even our faith. (1 John 5:4) Spink! That’s the sound I made when I ran smack dab into the teatherball pole on the playground when I was in the second grade. I was playing football with my friends, and I was going...
by Benjamin Robinson | May 3, 2013 | Devotions
He who is in me is greater than he who is in the world. (1 John 4:4) When I was about 11 years old I joined the Alameda Boys Club. On my first day, I was walking around meeting new people, and I met two kids who were about my age. The younger one sized me up and...
by Benjamin Robinson | May 2, 2013 | Devotions, Theology
And surely I am with you always; to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:20) The very end of the age . . . When might that be? The Jews espoused what we might call a two-staged eschatology consisting of a present age and culminating in the age of the Messiah. Then...
by Benjamin Robinson | May 1, 2013 | Devotions
You destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. (2 Timothy 1:10) My father got the giggles at his grandfather’s funeral when he was a boy. It wasn’t his fault, really. He was sad for the loss of his grandfather, just like...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 30, 2013 | Devotions
Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. (Luke 15:31) When the father says, “All that I have is yours,” he also means, “All that you have is mine (or has come from me).” You have nothing that has not been received from me. All...
by Benjamin Robinson | Apr 29, 2013 | Devotions, Relationships
I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (Psalm 23:6) There is a difference between staying in someone else’s house and living in your own house. I don’t care how hospital your host is, you just can’t feel fully at home as long as you are...
