December 2021 - Brentwood Baptist

Delight Despite the Fallenness

When it comes to cooking, there is a running joke in my family. It’s so embarrassing. I can’t cook. I can’t even make jello. It...

The seventh day of creation is both climatic and disruptive. We don’t get the same formula as in all of the other days. There’s no...

God offers us the gift of sabbath rest, but are we too busy to take it? Here's what it looks like to stop in the name of Christ's love.

Stop work, enjoy rest, practice delight, and contemplate God. Our time belongs to Jesus; here's how we can experience sabbath as He intended.

To embark in the sabbath means to trust God to do what He can in our rest. These are the lifestyles of the rested and reliant.

It's the time for new seasons, opportunities, and perspectives. So, here's a new year resolution that will save your life.

2021 was another year for the books! Let's take a moment to consider how God has been at work throughout the year.

Sometimes, we find ourselves praying, "Did You forget about me, Lord?" Yet there is one way we can know He hasn't: the person of Jesus.

If you’ve heard the Christmas story, you probably discovered some commonly shared themes. But here’s what they didn’t tell you about Jesus' birth.

Luke 2 shares with us the story of Christmas and God's promise of good news and great joy came to us through Jesus Christ.

The Christmas season is all about celebrating Christ: the greatest promise ever made. Here's why His birth is such cause for celebration.

In our disappointment we often wonder: Were my hopes too high? Yet our hope is not in our own ideas of redemption, but in Christ's work.