- Bringing Light and Hope
By: Elias Omer Act 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Before 2020, the compound would have been filled with the energy of thousands of high school… Read more: Bringing Light and Hope
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This World Is Not Our Home
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Jessi Heikkinen God can use our physical ailments to remind us that this world is not our home. As I was preparing to write that statement, I received a text that another one of my family members was experiencing a health emergency and had been rushed to the hospital.… Continue reading
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Winning the Battle of Your Mind
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Alicia Clarke So, I had a unique situation happen about a month ago. Someone in the congregation placed a book in the pew where I usually sit, with the instructions to my husband to ‘give this to Alicia.’ Upon finding the book, I asked my husband who dropped it… Continue reading
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What is Truth?
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Casey Korstanje My youngest brother is a magician. I mean that in the “hand is quicker than the eye, now you see me, now you don’t” illusionist sense. It’s a hobby he has enjoyed for going on 50 years. And he is good at it, very good. I have… Continue reading
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Be Thinking Christians
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Lars Janssen There are many complex circumstances in our world. Between such things as the war in Ukraine, Pride month, and the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Christians are often left wondering how to respond. The world we live in is undeniably complex and requires us to turn off… Continue reading
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Faith & Politics: A Better Way
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Charlie Lyons I grew up in a setting where it was taught that we shouldn’t talk about religion and politics in public. Years later, through a mixture of what I like to call ‘divine hijinx and human bumbling,’ I find myself living out my vocation at the very intersection… Continue reading
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A Step of Transition
Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Jeremy Heikkinen This is graduation week for Central Baptist Academy. Our grade 8 students have made it and so have many other students! This is something to celebrate. For those that are graduating, these are the last few days in a familiar place before stepping into new territory. But… Continue reading
