Guest: Blair Robinson

Note - I didn’t “know Blair in high school” - just to clarify, Blair was in high school, I was already married and working - he’s much younger than I am!

Blair Robinson is the Lead Pastor of First Baptist Church of Irving beginning in May of 2022. Raised in the Dallas area, Blair is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University (B.S. in 2004; and M.Ed. in 2008) and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.A. in 2012; and D. Min. in 2019). Blair has previously served as the Discipleship Pastor of First Irving, and most recently as the Associate Pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Raleigh, N.C. His passion in ministry is to see the church consistently grow in grace as they delight in God. Blair and his wife Lauren have three children (Abel, Titus, and Abi Ruth). Blair enjoys time with his family and the members of First Irving, camping, hiking trails, reading helpful books, discipleship, sharing the faith, and the pastoral ministry.

Blair - a man must start with knowing that he is not God, he is a broken and wounded being IN NEED of God

The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes - you deserve death, anything less than that is the grace of God…I can’t believe that I get Christ AND water! Do you have this perspective…or do you see yourself as “worthy”?

Where should you start to gain a proper “life perspective” - by reading the Word of God!

To the man who believes that he has “it all” - Ecclesiastes tells you a different story - there is nothing “new under the sun” - it’s not about you, it’s about something GREATER than you that puts all of life into perspective!

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

Best advice for 2023 - sit and soak in the Word of God this year.

Blair - you have to start with the flaw of the “first” Adam, our physical father, before you can understand the importance of the “second” Adam, Jesus Christ, our Redeemer who connects us by his sacrifice to our Heavenly Father!

Blair’s book recommendation: The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs

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