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Careers, Workplace and Religion

2015-10-14T08:27:25-04:00

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Spiritual Gifts – They’re Not Just for Church

Last updated on: October 14, 2015 at 8:27 am By Bob Robinson

A third way to understand Spiritual Gifts As a pastor, I have administered plenty of “Spiritual Gifts Tests” to my congregations. Now let’s be honest. The purpose of these tests is one thing: To figure out how people can best volunteer in church ministries. Of course, we believe that God’s people should be using their gifts for the benefit of his people. We quote Ephesians 4, where gifts equip the church for “building up the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12)... Read more

2015-10-09T12:30:58-04:00

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Quotable Saturdays: Padilla – Mission is Faithful When it is Holistic.

Last updated on: October 9, 2015 at 12:30 pm By Bob Robinson

“The reduction of the Christian mission to the oral communication of a message of otherworldly salvation grows out of a misunderstanding of God’s purpose and of the nature of human beings. It is assumed that God wants to ‘save souls’ rather than ‘to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven’ (Colossians 1:20) and that the human being only needs to be reconciled to God rather than to experience fullness of life. In the... Read more

2015-10-07T14:15:03-04:00

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What is God’s Will for My Work? Workshop in NE Ohio

Last updated on: October 7, 2015 at 2:15 pm By Bob Robinson

“Should I Pursue my Career or Do I Have to Become a Missionary?” ONE HOUR WORKSHOP with Bob Robinson MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 7:00 – 8:00 PM Yes, you can fully honor God and participate in His mission in and through your vocation! In this one-hour workshop, receive biblical teaching on why your work matters and practical tools for living fully for God in your career. God does not see missionary work or pastoral work as “first-class” and other work as... Read more

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2015-10-06T16:54:39-04:00

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What is the “CREATION?” What is God Redeeming?

Last updated on: October 6, 2015 at 4:54 pm By Bob Robinson

The mission of God in Christ is to reconcile all things back to himself. According to Colossians 1:15-20, Jesus Christ is the creator (v. 16) and sustainer (v. 17), of “all things” (τὰ πάντα), and God’s purpose is to “reconcile all things”(ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ πάντα) to himself by making peace through the atoning work of Christ on the cross. God’s desire to reconcile to himself “all things” is larger in scope than simply individual salvation for human beings. The scope of Creation was “all things;” the scope... Read more

2015-10-02T12:08:50-04:00

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Oregon and the Casualties of Culture War Rhetoric

Last updated on: October 2, 2015 at 12:08 pm By Bob Robinson

The killings at the Oregon college made me very angry. When I read about this mass-murder, I was seething in my fury. The killer had young men and women stand who said they were Christians, said to them, “Good, because you’re a Christian, you’re going to see God in just about one second” and killed them, I thought to myself, This is war! This is where we are going in this culture. With a more and more stark divide between... Read more

Umpqua Community College

2015-10-01T18:16:41-04:00

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Our Mission: “Peace Be With You”

Last updated on: October 1, 2015 at 6:16 pm By Bob Robinson

In John 20, the risen Jesus twice says to his disciples “Peace be with you,” before commissioning them. The Greek word, eirēnē, corresponds to the Hebrew word, shalom. “Seldom do we find in the Old Testament a word which to the same degree as shalom can bear a common use, and yet can also be filled with the concentrated religious content far above the level of the average conception.” (Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids,... Read more

2015-09-30T14:59:51-04:00

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Why Vocation Matters: The 4 Chapter Good News Story (Illustrated!)

Last updated on: September 30, 2015 at 2:59 pm By Bob Robinson

Below is an interactive presentation that explains the gospel of Creation, Fall, Redemption, Consummation and how our vocations are integral to the mission of God in the world. God is calling us to (re)integrate our Christian faith with all of life, especially our various vocations. I talk about how each chapter of this “4 chapter good news story” connects with what we do in our vocations, giving us the foundation for engaging in God’s world and participating in God’s mission... Read more

2015-09-26T23:57:19-04:00

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Calling Comes Before Ethics: What Peanuts, Volkswagens and Pharmaceuticals Can Teach Us

Last updated on: September 26, 2015 at 11:57 pm By Bob Robinson

The Consequence of Our Two-Faced Lives. Former peanut executive Stewart Parnell was recently sentenced to 28 years in prison for knowingly shipping bad peanuts that created a salmonella outbreak, killing nine people and making hundreds sick. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned this week after the EPA discovered that the carmaker installed a so-called “defeat device” in 11 million diesel vehicles in order to fool emissions testers. Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli finally bowed to public pressure and decided to reverse... Read more

2015-09-22T10:51:57-04:00

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Video: We Participate in the Kingdom of God

Last updated on: September 22, 2015 at 10:51 am By Bob Robinson

In this 47-second video, Bob Robinson explains how we participate with King Jesus to overthrow the kingdom of darkness in the world. How can you participate in Jesus Christ’s Kingdom purposes in and through your various vocations (at work, in your family, in your neighborhood, in your church community, in your town)? Image by SDOT Photos. Used with permission. Sourced via Flickr. Read more

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2015-09-21T08:26:05-04:00

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Kingdom of God: Both Cosmic and Particular

Last updated on: September 21, 2015 at 8:26 am By Bob Robinson

Seventh, and final, post in a series on the Kingdom of God. In my previous posts, I’ve outlined the theological debates over what the kingdom of God is. Some say it is God’s rule in the hearts of believers, others say it is the rule over the nation of Israel in the future. Others say it is an already/not yet thing: God rules (already) in the hearts of believers now and will (not yet) rule over everything physically and spiritually... Read more

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