by Mike Crump | Mar 10, 2024 | Christian Life, Church, Love, Mission
What are you good at? On the surface that may seem like an arrogant question for us to ask of ourselves, but when it’s asked in light of the Scriptures it can become a gateway into a deeper love and involvement inside the body of Christ. After all, the body of Christ...
by Mike Crump | Feb 21, 2024 | Christian Life, Church, Featured, Suffering
In John 10, Jesus gives us an incredibly comforting image when he says, “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.” In this statement, we hear the voice of...
by Mike Crump | Feb 6, 2024 | Christian Life, Family, Featured, Mission
Throughout the New Testament, the people of God are called to be very intentional towards one another. In fact, our attitudes and actions towards one another are to take on the very nature of Jesus Christ. This is seen clearly in Philippians 2:1-5 when Paul tells the...
by Mike Crump | Jan 2, 2024 | Anxiety, Christian Life, Featured, Gospel, Suffering
It was December 31, 1999, and the world was waiting with bated breath. Y2K was upon us and the news cycle was wall-to-wall coverage of what could happen when all computer clocks turn over from 1999 to 2000. In the end, it was either going to be the greatest disaster...
by Mike Crump | Nov 21, 2023 | Christian Life, Featured, Gospel, Theology
In the late eighties, Rich Mullins released a song that became a regular anthem in the church where I grew up. This song spoke about a God who reigns from heaven with wisdom, power, and love. Each verse described a God who spoke creation into existence, held lightning...