• Encouragement, Forgiveness, Liberty, Rob Robinson, Salvation

    Posted on October 30th, 2010

    Written by Rob Robinson

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    How Far is the East From the West?

    How Far is the East From the West?

    A man awoke one night with a heavy burden for the dream he has just experienced. In his dream he saw before him all of the sins and failures of his life and felt the sorrow over each mistep.

    He turned to his nightstand and opened the light upon it. Reaching for his Bible he turned to the verse which says:

    Psalms 103:12 “As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.”

    For a moment he began to ponder the meaning of that verse. “Lord what does it mean? How far is the East from the West? I have so many sins Lord, how can you possibly remove them all? I feel sometimes Lord that I am just one sin away from you giving up on me. How can you still love me when you know about every failure of my life, I just don’t understand.”

  • Jesus Church, Liberty

    Posted on July 6th, 2010

    Written by B.P.U Contributor

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    Pour One For The Pastor?

    Pour One For The Pastor?

    A majority of Evangelical pastors refrain from drinking alcohol, as many as 60 percent said they didn’t drink socially in a survey conducted this month by the National Association of Evangelicals. “Even though there is no prohibition on the moderate alcohol consumption in Scripture, due to the many implications as an example to family and those I serve, I like Paul’s words ‘it is better not to’ (Romans 14:21),” said Gary Benedict, the president of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Sober Christianity has become the norm in some traditional communities, where wedding toasts are done with sparkling cider instead of champagne and teens are warned at church youth groups about the dangers of alcohol. The number of dry counties–largely the result of church-heavy areas and conservative leaders–is falling in the U.S., but 1 in 9 counties are still dry, USA Today reported. But even among Evangelical Christians, there’s another perspective that goes: Jesus turned water into wine, and we’re not going to turn it back.