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2 Corinthians 9:6-15
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Generosity Encouraged
6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. 7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 9 As it is written:
“They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;
their righteousness endures forever.”[a]
10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 13 Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else. 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
Posted by Andy Robbins on July 21, 2016 in Homeschooling, Parenting Wisdom | Comments Off on “I’m not qualified to teach”: Common Objections to Homeschooling pt. 2
Donna and I know some Christian people who have changed their tunes over the years about homeschooling. One lady told us years ago that she was not cut out for that sort of thing. In fact, we almost got the impression that she thought we were a little weird for homeschooling our children (which is not uncommon). But a few years later she pulled her one of her teenagers out of public high school for getting in some kind of terrible trouble that she would not disclose the details of. That same mother now says she wished she would have...
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Posted by Andy Robbins on July 19, 2016 in Homeschooling, Homeschooling, Uncategorized, War of the Worldviews | Comments Off on Common Objections to Homeschooling, pt. 1: “We Can’t Afford it”
In a recent article I posted on our church website, I detailed some of the significant problems with public education and provided an argument in favor of homeschooling. Toward the end of that post I mentioned that I am already familiar with some of the objections and challenges in pulling one’s children out of public school, and I would like to address those here and in the posts that follow. In doing so, I will need to state some truth that may be a little hard to read for some people. I realize that in stating these truths that I...
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Posted by Andy Robbins on July 14, 2016 in Blog, Christian Worldview vs. Humanistic Worldview, Homeschooling, Homeschooling, Parenting Wisdom | Comments Off on What the Pilgrims can Teach Christian Parents Today
We were taught about the pilgrims coming to America in grade school but were often are not giving the full picture. To better understand why the Pilgrims left England to come to America, it may be helpful to briefly review the religious landscape of the time. In the early 1500’s a group of Protestant Reformers in England sought to bring reform to the church in England. These reformers came to be called Puritans mainly because they wanted to “purify” the Church of England of Catholic traditions that they did not believe to be...
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Posted by Andy Robbins on January 2, 2016 in Christian Worldview vs. Humanistic Worldview, church life | Comments Off on Christmas and Idolatry: What Every Christian Needs to Know in Order to Properly Defend the Celebration of Christ’s Birth
There has always been those who denounce the celebration of the birth of Jesus, most notably the Free Presbyterians, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Puritans. But I have run into a few people within the circles of “Christendom” myself who do not belong to these groups but who also have some reservations about Christmas. I think after reading this post all concerns about celebrating the birth of Jesus on the grounds of participating in pagan idol worship will be dispelled. Let’s first look at the facts about the ancient...
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Posted by Andy Robbins on November 21, 2015 in Christian Worldview vs. Humanistic Worldview | Comments Off on Do We Need Religion to be Moral?
I saw this post on someone’s Facebook page recently: “You don’t need religion to have morals. If you don’t know the difference between right and wrong, you lack empathy, not religion.” While this view sounds good on the surface, it is actually contradictory to what many anti-religionists believe about truth. Many non-religious people proclaim that there is no such thing as absolute truth, and they state that absolutely! They have proven wrong their own argument by the very statement itself by saying it so dogmatically. Many...
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Posted by Andy Robbins on March 7, 2015 in Christian Worldview vs. Humanistic Worldview, Spiritual Growth | Comments Off on My Personal Testimony: Life Lessons from my Story
MY PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF CHRIST’S REDEMPTION It occurred to me recently that few people know the details of my personal testimony. I don’t talk about my pre-Christ life much because honestly, I’m ashamed of it. I identify with the words of the Apostle Paul when he wrote to the Ephesians that it is “shameful to even mention what the disobedient do in secret” (Ephesians 5:12). Therefore, while I will not go into great detail about my sordid past, I do believe there is merit in providing some detail of my spiritual odyssey in order to...
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Posted by Andy Robbins on November 1, 2014 in Christian Worldview vs. Humanistic Worldview, War of the Worldviews | Comments Off on Jesus’ Claims Force Black and White Choices
Results of research on religious trends in America by Barna Research Group estimate that 85% of Americans identify themselves as Christians, but only 7% actually embrace beliefs and practices that coincide with the Bible and the teachings and example of Jesus. One criticism leveled at American Christians is that most of them don’t even know much about the Bible. But I would suggest that perhaps not everyone who refers to themselves as Christians are really in the faith. Today we have people referring to themselves as Christians who actually...
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Posted by Andy Robbins on October 20, 2014 in Christian Worldview vs. Humanistic Worldview | Comments Off on Putting Honor in its Proper Perspective
In this past Sunday’s sermon we spoke about the Biblical perspective on honoring leaders. This may have been a difficult part of the message to listen to, in that we now live in a society where our government leaders openly oppose the Biblical principles this great nation was founded upon. In fact, our President, Barak Obama, stated in a public address that the United States of America is “no longer a Christian nation.” Indeed, he seems to have much more regard for Muslims than he does Christians and the Constitution. Having said that,...
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Posted by Andy Robbins on September 22, 2014 in Accessing God's Blessings, Spiritual Growth | Comments Off on Christian Junkies
As an addendum to this week’s sermon on faithfulness, today’s post is taken mostly from the my book, The Life God Honors. The foreword was written by my friend, Brian Blair, of The Republic Newspaper. He writes: “When I first began watching ESPN’s Sports Center a few years ago, the NBA highlight reels transfixed me. The nightly wrap-ups featured more dunking than an Oreo cookies-and-milk extravaganza. Since I was raised on the razzle-dazzle high flyers of the now-defunct ABA, once a rival roundball league, I...
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Posted by Andy Robbins on September 14, 2014 in Accessing God's Blessings, Christian Worldview vs. Humanistic Worldview | Comments Off on Lessons from a Blind Piano Tuner
As a follow up to this Sunday’s sermon, I want to share a true story with you. In the sermon I talked about my father and his standards of excellence in his chosen field of tuning and restoring pianos. What I did not mention is that he learned those skills from a blind man. At the age of 12, my father, Bob Robbins, was hired by a blind piano tuner and taught the craft. Now, I learned some of that craft from my father as a teenager, and I can tell you that tuning a piano is no easy task for a person with perfect eye sight. To do it...
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