Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Barb Rogelstad For the past 35 years, I have been a serious genealogy enthusiast. Hours have been spent journeying through websites, thumbing through dusty stacks of books in libraries, examining land registries and maps, and travelling to archives to seek information that will lead me to my roots. Details […]
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Christmas is an Opportunity
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Pastor Alan Rietberg In New York’s Hayden Planetarium a special Christmas holiday show was enhanced by an added feature. A giant lollipop tree was projected onto the planetarium dome, surrounded by a horizon filled with brilliantly coloured toys which came to life and danced to the tune of “Jingle […]
The Power of Prayer
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Anonymous Sometimes in my lack of faith, I wonder if God is listening to my prayers. There are seemingly unselfish things that I have prayed for many decades like the salvation of family and friends or the relief of chronic pain for others that have not gone the way […]
The Golden Calves in Our Lives
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Alicia Clarke Commandment #1: “You shall have no other gods before Me.” (Exodus 20:3) Commandment #2: “You shall not make for yourself a carved image.” (Exodus 20:4) I used to think that I could count a credit to myself that I was, at least, following the first two commandments. I […]
Foxholes & Followers
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Pastor Lars Janssen Jesus once told a potential follower, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head” (Matt. 8:20). He was communicating the implications for those who would choose to follow God. Jesus was describing the […]