by Mike Crump | Oct 30, 2024 | Anxiety, Christian Life, election, Featured, Politics, Suffering
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Rev 1:8 Let there be no confusion on this day. The Alpha and Omega is ruling and reigning at this very moment in perfect holiness and without fail (Ps. 99:1). He...
by Mike Crump | Sep 29, 2024 | Anxiety, Christian Life, Church, Featured, Gospel, Rest
“Be still, and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10a I remember being a teenager and hearing the beginning of Psalm 46:10 quoted all the time. That was the mid 90’s and there seemed to be a way of thinking about life in the church that was often summed up in the saying,...
by Mike Crump | Jul 2, 2024 | Anxiety, Christian Life, Featured, Gospel, Suffering
“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” Ecc. 1:2 The book of Ecclesiates is one of my favorite books of the Bible because of how honest it is about life in this temporal world. In many ways the “Preacher” of Ecclesiastes sounds...
by Pastor Nathan | Jun 25, 2024 | Anxiety, Christian Life, Gospel, Sermon Summaries
In life’s journey, we often face anxieties that prevent us from recognizing Jesus’s presence. The Road to Emmaus story in Luke 24 illustrates this struggle and the transformative power of Christ’s presence. Through engaging with Scripture and...
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 Jarrod Stillings | Dec 25, 2023 | Anxiety, Christmas, Featured
A college professor once asked, “Can you have the peace of God without having peace with God?” Christmas seems a poignant time to pose this question again. Amidst busy lives – work, food, family, gifts – a spirit of angst, turmoil, and frustration can fill the...