Do you remember that very peculiar section in Luke’s Gospel, just after Jesus began his public ministry? Luke 4 reports that Jesus preached from the scroll of Isaiah, proclaiming that the Spirit of God was upon him to proclaim good news to the poor, freedom for the prisoner, recovery of sight for the blind, and … Continue reading
SESSION 4: THE DANGER OF DISTRACTION Matthew 14:22-33; John 15:1-11 Below is the Individual Study Guide for Session 3 of Seeing Through the Eyes of Jesus, a new 8-session video series and digital curriculum resource from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Learn more at http://www.cbf.net/eyesofjesus. By Paul Baxley, CBF Executive Coordinator In our last session, we … Continue reading
By Nell Green It was my senior year of high school. Two of the girls I would be rooming with at university were having a luncheon to celebrate their graduation. Everyone was invited, including my best friend. Everyone except me. I wondered what I had done to be excluded or why I was considered so … Continue reading
By Christine The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.-Frederick Buechner Several months ago, a friend and I sat in a circle of middle-schoolers at CBF’s General Assembly. We’d been asked to talk about the work we do and the places we live, and … Continue reading
Don Durham, a church consultant and former president of the CBF Foundation who left that role in 2010 to manage a farm in rural North Carolina that grew food to give away to community feeding ministries has died of natural causes at the age of 53. Continue reading
By Daynette Snead Perez, CBF Domestic Disaster Response Manager Hurricane Fiona is ongoing and continues to devastate Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic with torrential rains, flooding, power outages, and high-velocity winds. CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley urged Cooperative Baptists to “join in prayer for all those in the wake of Hurricane Fiona, particularly our … Continue reading
How well would you test if you knew you were being tested on the test? Cognitive psychologists tested major league baseball umpires on their strike zone a few years back. Despite knowing they were being tested, they still persistently gave a smaller strike zone for non-white players (source). Are you and I aware of our … Continue reading
SESSION 3: REALLY SEEING Matt. 14:22-33, John 15:1-11, Gal. 2:19-20 Below is the Individual Study Guide for Session 3 of Seeing Through the Eyes of Jesus, a new 8-session video series and digital curriculum resource from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Learn more at http://www.cbf.net/eyesofjesus. By Paul Baxley, CBF Executive Coordinator Being a Christian is about … Continue reading
By Eddie Aldape Barbra Sawyer was a 95-year-old, totally-committed CBF missions’ supporter. We were on our way back to the United States when we received a call from another church member letting us know about her deteriorating condition and that she had been placed on hospice care. Upon arrival, we went directly to see her. … Continue reading
By Janée Angel My husband Hary and I pastor a small, Arabic-speaking church. Hary has the evangelist’s heart, while I, Janée, have a teacher’s heart. We use those passions as best as we can to serve the Lord in the city of Antwerp and as far as Syria. During our COVID years, unsurprisingly, we began … Continue reading
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