By Paul Baxley, Executive Coordinator at CBF “I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of…
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By Luther S. Allen III Senior Pastor at First Lynnhaven Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, Va. “Indeed, God’s gifts are always life-changing and freedom-producing.” In the Old Testament prophecy of Isaiah,…
By Logan Engle, Lay Leader at First Baptist Church, Erwin, Tenn. “Have Mine Own Way, Lord! Have Mine Own Way! I am the potter, I am the clay. I’ll mold…
By Lilybeth Bosch Chaplain, Gurabo, P.R. “Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches far away” (Isaiah 33:17). In times when we…
By Jakob Topper, Senior Pastor at North Haven Church, Norman, Okla. “God-with-us does not erase the hard choices before us—it reshapes them, grounding us in a hope that no empire…
By Kristen Koger Associate Pastor for Spiritual Growth at First Baptist Church, Waynesboro, Va. “Advent is about preparing to rejoice in Christ’s birth; but it is also about looking back—remembering…
By Juan Jose Barreda Toscano, Professor of Sacred Scripture and Biblical Exegesis Executive, Secretary of the Latin American Theological Fraternity “In being known as a Galilean from Nazareth, in the…
By Rev. Glen Foster, Coordinator of CBF West “Speak truth and make peace. Words we speak and how we live create either peace or chaos.” Recently, a memory I had…
By Shane McNary Coordinator of Ministry, CBF Great Rivers Fellowship “Advent joy is not sentimental. It is forged in difficulty.” Jude writes to a world unsettled by false voices and…