Category: Challenge Central

Our Main Goal

Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Pastor Alan Rietberg Imagine with me for a moment that someone walks up to you and says “I’ve just heard about something called COVID-19. What’s that all about?” What would be your first thoughts? Or “Was there something going on in Ottawa that had to do with trucks?” What […]

How is Your Aim?

Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Pastor Jeremy Heikkinen 2 Cor. 5:9-10 says, “So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in […]

Tell Someone Something

Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Pastor Lars Janssen Have you ever had an industrious young person, maybe 10 or 12 years old, knock on your door and ask if you would pay him to shovel your driveway? This tends to happen once or twice a winter in my neighbourhood. I usually give a polite, […]

The Bible’s Godwink?

Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Casey Korstanje Song of Solomon 2:10–13 (ESV) [10] My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away, [11] for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. [12] The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has […]

“You’re Just Like…”

Challenge Central: a CBC devotional by: Pastor Alan Rietberg I wonder if these words have ever been said to you: “you’re just like your father” or “you’re just like your mother” or “you’re just like _________” (fill in the blank).  Our characteristics, qualities, or abilities are always being viewed and often compared to someone else—sometimes […]