• America In Prophecy, Constitutional Issues, Economy, Encouragement, For Christians, Liberty, Rob Robinson, Signs on the Earth, Spiritual Heritage

    Posted on December 10th, 2012

    Written by Rob Robinson

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    The Desolations of America

    The Desolations of America

    In 1644, Roger Williams penned the famous work; “The Bloody Tenet”. This chronicle of Christian religious liberty was the basis for the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

    Roger Williams was considered a “Separatist” who believed that only Christianity held the key to eternal life. In spite of his firm stance on Jesus only for salvation, he pushed for acceptance by government for the allowance of all religions to worship God in the manner to which they saw fit.

    Mr. Williams believed that the only way that Christians could thrive in their faith was if the government was kept from interference in how and where believers could exercise their faith. This could only be possible if all religions were protected by the government.

    The purpose of the “Bloody Tenet” was to allow the influence of Religion in the government of the United States, while at the same time, preventing Government from establishing a state religion to which they could control, as with the Church of England. At no time did Mr. Williams ever consider that the government would preclude Christianity from influencing government. At the time the Constitution was framed, a majority of the signers were believers in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

  • 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

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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.