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Are we man-centered or God-centered?

April 12, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

 By the very definition of their new identity, a Christian must be a God-centered being. If you ar in Christ, it’s what happened at regeneration: God took your heart and changed it so that you no longer love and long for your glory supremely, but are now enabled to love God’s glory and seek it supremely. This is the way a genuine Christian ought to increasingly think and live. Why?

John Piper's farewell sermon

April 03, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

 [NOTE: Below is an excerpt from John Piper's farewell sermon at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, this past Easter Sunday. Piper, one of my heroes as many of you know, served as pastor at Bethlehem for 33 years. Please click on the link below to read or hear audio of the full sermon.--Pastor Jeff]

Why did Jesus come to die? (Part II)

March 29, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

 Today, Good Friday, we mark the day the central act in human history began to unfolded, the events that separate B.C. from A.D.: Jesus Christ, after he was found guilty of trumped up charges by a kangaroo court, was nailed to the cross at the hands of sinful men.

But why? Why did he suffer so much? Why did he come and die? For whom did he die and what does this have to do with me and what does it all mean? The men on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24 grappled with the same questions in the wake of our Lord’s first Advent nearly 2000 years ago.

Why did Jesus come to die?

March 27, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

Why did Jesus Come to Die? Inevitably the mainstream news media asks the same question twice each year during Christmas and Easter: Who is Jesus and why did He come? For followers of Christ, Holy Week is the most important week of the year for it celebrates the central event in human history, the even which delineates the way we divide the ages B.C. from A.D.—the death and resurrection of the Messiah promised in the Old Testament.  

Tolle Lege: Two new works on Covenant Theology in its Baptist expression

March 22, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

 One of the theological questions I have been asked most often during my first 24 months as pastor at PBC (Yes, it has been that long!) has been some version of this query: Do Baptists believe Covenant Theology or is that just a Presbyterian thing? My answer (which is consistently “Yes, Baptists have historically believed Covenant Theology”) has puzzled some and made others curious enough to launch your own study of my conclusion.

Why Protestants should be interested in Rome

March 15, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

[NOTE: Below is a compelling article by Carl Trueman on the Roman Catholic Church that is especially pertinent in light of the recent appointment of a new pope by the Catholic church. It is important for our Gospel conversations that we be able to distinguish for others the differences between evangelical Christianity and Roman Catholicism.--Pastor Jeff]

By Carl Trueman (Originally published on the Gospel Coalition's blog) 

Cultivating a Gracious Climate in the Church

March 08, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

[NOTE: Below is an excellent blog on cultivating a gracious climate in the local church body. This is precisely what the elders are aiming to see take root and grow here at PBC. Since we believe a theology of grace, we must also be typified by graciousness in our lives together here at PBC. Jared Wilson's article, which appeared today on the Gospel Coalition blog, hits the bull's eye. May it please God to make PBC a body that is truly the "church of brotherly love."--Pastor Jeff]

By Jared Wilson

Baseball mirrors the Christian pilgrimage

March 01, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

[NOTE: Below is an excellent article by my friend David Prince, a former Birmingham-area pastor who now shepherds a congregation in Lexington, Ky. His article expresses several of many reasons why my family loves baseball like the Kennedys love politics. It sounds a welcome note as Spring Training gets underway in Arizona and Florida. Only 30 days till opening day, a day that should be a federal holiday.--Pastor Jeff]

By David E. Prince

When darkness becomes light and light becomes darkness

February 27, 2013 by Dr. Jeff Robinson

What happens when a nation begins to love and embrace what God hates and rejects? What happens when such thinking infiltrates the church? The Israelites learned the answer to this vital question the hard way: God poured out his judgment on his ethnic people for their veneration of idols and their intermarrying with the pagans of the surrounding cultures. The prophet Isaiah in 5:20-23 pronounced a woe on God’s people when they wander away from the fold of God and lose the needle on their moral compass such that darkness becomes light and light darkness: