Jeff Robinson
The Gospel Coalition
Birmingham, AL, United States
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Past articles by Jeff:
How Can We Be Quick to Listen?
Over the span of our lives, how often will we wish we would’ve listened instead of talked? → Read More
5 Warnings for Your Social Media Talk
Christians can use social media fruitfully—but it’s also fraught with dangers. → Read More
4 Ways to Navigate Minefield Conversations
Here’s how you can navigate difficult conversations with God’s help and for his glory. → Read More
Taming the Tongue by Jeff Robinson
It’s been estimated that the average human being utters between 10,000 and 20,000 words per day. Consider that fact in light of Solomon’s words in Proverbs 10:19: “When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent,” and you have 10,000 to 20,000 opportunities to sin. We are fallen people, and we utter fallen words. But we serve a communicating God. In… → Read More
What’s Wrong with Gossip?
When we traffic in slander and gossip, we tear others down and build ourselves up. → Read More
Words Kill, Words Give Life
Jeff Robinson uses Proverbs to show how our words can bring either death or life. → Read More
Communication’s Two Catastrophic Cousins
Gossip and slander are problems in churches and personal relationships in every age. Jeff Robinson distinguishes between the two. → Read More
Review: ‘A Way with Words: Using Our Online Conversations for Good’ by Dan Darling
Words can now cause more trouble than perhaps at any time in human history. → Read More
How Should I Pray When I Want to Quit Ministry?
Every pastor eventually wants to quit ministry. How should we pray when that happens? Should we remain in ministry? Jeff Robinson gives 6 points of help. → Read More
The Most Important Lesson Seminary Taught Me
Jeff Robinson unpacks the most important lesson he learned in seminary and that's coming to the knowledge that he'll always be a student. → Read More
Theological Triage Is for Church Members, Too
Pastors need to learn theological triage, but so do church members as a means of promoting unity and maturity, pastor Jeff Robinson argues. → Read More
7 Reasons I Appreciate My (Non-Reformed) Childhood Church
Jeff Robinson didn't grow up in a Reformed church and tells about his childhood church, giving seven reasons he still appreciates it. → Read More
What Theological Hills Should We Be Willing to Die On?
Is eschatology as important a doctrine as the resurrection of Christ? Gavin Ortlund helps pastors and church leaders think through theological triage. → Read More
10 Questions Pastoral Candidates Should Ask a Search Team
Learn as much as you possibly can about the church, even as they seek to learn about you. → Read More
Is Your Confession of Faith Too Narrow? 3 Questions
Confessions of faith should function as guardrails, not straightjackets. → Read More
What Natural Disasters Preach
Jeff Robinson unpacks Jesus’s teaching in Luke 13:1-7, showing how his message of repentance is still pertinent today, especially amid natural disaster → Read More
Have God’s Attributes Changed Your Life Yet?
Jeff Robinson interviews theologian Matthew Barrett about his new book on the attributes of God and shows how laypeople should understand them. → Read More
Help! I’m Doubting My Call to Ministry
Your assignment is not to build yourself a respectable middle-class life. → Read More
New Film Shows Why We Still Need the Puritans
We hope ‘Puritan’ inspires and challenges us to better live for Christ in every sphere of life. → Read More
Christ Rescued Haykin from the Clutches of Marxism
Jeff Robinson interviews historian Michael Haykin, and he discusses the circumstances that led to his conversion to Christianity out of Marxism. → Read More