• Grace in Real Time
    By: Roger Wood   Several weeks ago an article I wrote was posted on Central Challenge entitled “Buried Treasure.” There were words in the beginning of the article that did not belong to me, particularly in the second paragraph.  I should have put the bulk of these words in quotations but I did not. I… Read more: Grace in Real Time

  • Four More Days!
    Four More Days!

    Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Pastor Jeremy Heikkinen             We are so close! Christmas is just four days away!          I don’t know why, but my youngest son has been captivated by the number four lately. Maybe because he just turned four in October. Lately, it has come up multiple times while playing a… Continue reading

  • God Bless Us, Every One!
    God Bless Us, Every One!

    Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: John Kerr                      I will never forget my first Christmas!          No, not as a baby but as a new believer in Christ.          Christmas of 1976 was special. I had arrived in Canada only weeks before. Central quickly became my home church.          I was baptized in November and joined… Continue reading

  • The Bathroom Book
    The Bathroom Book

    Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Casey Korstanje            We discovered a forgotten treasure the other day, a little notebook buried in the bottom of a drawer Laurie was cleaning out.          The cover reads: Janet’s Bathroom Book. Christmas 1997. Janet is Laurie’s mom. She moved here from British Columbia in the mid 1990s and became… Continue reading

  • The Monarch and The Evangelist
    The Monarch and       The Evangelist

    Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Roger Wood  The Monarch In 1947 while on tour in southern Africa with her parents and on her 21st birthday, Princess Elizabeth made the rather prophetic pledge via broadcast to the people of the British Commonwealth. “I declare before you all, that my whole life whether it be long or… Continue reading

  • Statements of the Heart(Psalm 10)
    Statements of the Heart(Psalm 10)

    Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Pastor Jeremy Heikkinen  “Practice what you Preach!”I have heard these words said and have even said them myself. So, here it goes.At different parts of the sermons I preach, I endeavour to make time to take what we have just heard and start to apply those truths to our… Continue reading

  • Fly Right
    Fly Right

    Challenge Central: a CBC devotional By: Casey Korstanje  The flight instructor turned to the student pilot and said, “Ok, let’s descend and land.”  “Right,” said the student.  The instructor watched closely, her hands hovering over the controls. This was going to be the student’s first approach.  “He’s doing great,” she thought. “So relaxed, smiling. No… Continue reading