Author: Andy Robbins This past Sunday my older brother, Gary, visited Blessed Life Fellowship. Gary is 55, and has lived most of his life avoiding church and disliking most of what he has seen from Christianity American-style. His impression of Christianity all his life has been that God was a tight-fisted tyrant who only wanted to judge him and condemn him for his sins. And Gary ran from that god, as anyone would. Recently I had the...

Author: Andy Robbins As we approach the beginning of a New Year, I think it’s a good time to evaluate how we have been doing individually and seek the Lord’s direction for the coming year.  One thing that I believe God has been speaking to me lately – both for me and our church – is the importance of seeking God passionately, desperately, and hungrily, more so now than ever before. Psalm 37:4 provides an incredible promise along these lines. ...

Author: Andy Robbins Recently a 60-Minutes broadcast shed light on the looming economic meltdown not only of the Federal Government, but also of State and local governments.  The debt problem of our government has gotten so big that there is virtually no way, they say, to avoid an economic holocaust, leaving many cities and communities impoverished.  Click here to read the story and see a clip of the 60-Minutes broadcast. What does this mean...

Author: Andy Robbins This past Sunday we discussed the blessings of acquiring and walking in wisdom.  I want to elaborate on a few points in today’s post. Firstly, recall that one very overlooked way to acquire wisdom to is to seek wise counsel and listen to constructive criticism and advice.  This is probably the most overlooked of the wisdom principles because no one likes to be told that they are blowing it in an area.  That is affront to...

Author: Andy Robbins Sometimes a discussion on associations can be a sticky one. The book of Proverbs instructs, “Those who walk with the wise become wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.” How, then, do we effect people’s lives not yet in the faith without interacting with them?  Wasn’t Jesus “a companion of prostitues and sinners?” Good questions.  The answer is that Jesus made a habit of hanging out with people who KNEW they were in...