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2016-11-01T15:51:54-04:00

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Embracing the True, the Good, and the Beautiful

Last updated on: November 1, 2016 at 3:51 pm By Bob Robinson

(re)integrating faith and art. The true, the good, and the beautiful: through the ages, these ideals have been at the heart of what it means to be human. We seek truth, we need to do that which is good, and we need to experience beauty. Christians have forever embraced these as various aspects of the glory of God. Jesus, the logos of God, is “full of grace and truth” (John 1:14) and is the personification of truth (John 14:6), and those who follow Jesus will know this truth and... Read more

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2016-09-13T08:34:20-04:00

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Can a Cardiologist’s Life Matter to God?

Last updated on: September 13, 2016 at 8:34 am By Bob Robinson

In this six-minute video, Skye Jethani talks succinctly about how a theology of vocation (or calling) must re-emerge so that every Christian can participate in the mission of God. He talks about three levels of “calling,” and how understanding and valuing these callings can and will change the way Christians take part in real ministry. For more on these levels of calling, check out my previous post on how Os Guinness and Skye Jethani explain levels of calling. Read more

2016-09-02T15:09:35-04:00

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Churches are Not Reaching the Young Adult Generation: A Solution

Last updated on: September 2, 2016 at 3:09 pm By Bob Robinson

So you are concerned about losing a whole generation from the church. We all are. Young adults seem less interested in Christianity than ever before. We wonder why they aren’t attending our churches. After all, we have carefully created programs for every life-stage: for children and teens, for young parents, for older adults, and for singles – both older singles and… specifically for them – for single young adults! Why aren’t they connecting with that ministry? Perhaps we need to... Read more

2016-08-25T18:31:46-04:00

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Moving from “Balance” to “Harmony”

Last updated on: August 25, 2016 at 6:31 pm By Bob Robinson

I just heard a Christian talk show host talk about how “men, in particular, are prone to be workaholics, putting their work before their family and/or their church.” (I have news for him, women struggle with this as well…). As a pastor, I have tried to help members of our congregation to live less chaotic lives. In the past, I’ve talked about the need to balance work and life. In a culture that celebrates the workaholic, pastors see too many... Read more

2016-08-18T15:13:11-04:00

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Church Ministry Nurturing Marriage is Not More Important than Church Ministry Nurturing Work

Last updated on: August 18, 2016 at 3:13 pm By Bob Robinson

Just listened to one of Phil Vischer’ excellent podcasts, where Phil and co-host Skye Jethani interviewed Tom Nelson (Tom is a pastor, and the head of Made to Flourish, a national pastors’ network arranged by region. He is also the author of the essential book “Work Matters.”) They said something that has invigorated me as I do this ministry of (re)integrate and work on my dissertation on this subject. They said that churches (and the pastors that lead them) make... Read more

2016-05-29T20:27:49-04:00

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To be a Human is to be a Steward

Last updated on: May 29, 2016 at 8:27 pm By Bob Robinson

God putting us in charge of his stuff all started way back with Adam and Eve. In the first chapter of our Bibles, God said, “Let us make humanity in our image, so that they will have dominion and will rule over the creation.” In the second chapter, the Bible tells us that God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. That is God’s MO. He places people... Read more

2016-04-30T18:16:29-04:00

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Commencement Addresses that Truly Inspire

Last updated on: April 30, 2016 at 6:16 pm By Bob Robinson

I don’t remember the commencement address at my college graduation. He or she did not leave much of an impression. For my Master’s degree, the speaker was some European scholar who the school had just given an honorary doctoral degree. He droned on and on about stuff that had nothing to do with what 90% of the graduates would be doing. I was frustrated that my fellow students and my family had to endure that when it could have been,... Read more

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2016-04-26T22:40:56-04:00

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Shalom is the Way it is Meant to Be

Last updated on: April 26, 2016 at 10:40 pm By Bob Robinson

PEACE. It has the connotation in English of quiet tranquility and calm restfulness. But in my studies in the original languages of the Bible, I have discovered that the word “Peace” means a whole lot more than that. Isaiah foretold of the coming of the PRINCE of PEACE. Jesus Christ is ushering in a peace that is more than what the English word conveys. And he is using redeemed people to do it! God’s purpose for every person, every society,... Read more

2019-09-18T15:52:56-04:00

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Work is a Part of the Good Creation

Last updated on: September 18, 2019 at 3:52 pm By Bob Robinson

“Hi Ho, Hi Ho – It’s off to work we go…” We don’t usually sing this with the gusto that the seven dwarfs did. We usually sing it with frustration and indignation – that co-worker is there that makes things so difficult. That boss is such a pain in the neck. Those customers are always so demanding. The work is just so unsatisfying. Surely God did not create us to work. He created us to rest. Work is just a necessary... Read more

2016-03-26T10:53:48-04:00

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Finland’s Educational System Works. Why? Because of Subsidiarity and Sphere Sovereignty.

Last updated on: March 26, 2016 at 10:53 am By Bob Robinson

In a recent Op-Ed piece, William Doyle, an American who recently accepted a position as Lecturer on Media and Education at the University of Eastern Finland, wrote about his extremely positive experience with the Finland public education system. “For five months, my wife, my son and I experienced a stunningly stress-free, and stunningly good, school system. Finland has a history of producing the highest global test scores in the Western world, as well as a trophy case full of other... Read more

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