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 Kevin Haglund | Sep 18, 2024 | Christian Life, Church, Featured, Worship
Few topics within church circles stir as much debate and discussion as the topic of worship. In fact, there is an old adage that when Satan fell, he landed in the choir loft! Of course, most of the controversy involves musical style. Musical preferences run deep! When...
by Mike Crump | May 22, 2024 | Christian Life, Church, Featured
The Christian life can be challenging. Day by day we strive towards Christ-likeness while feeling the weight of our own brokeness. This is why encouragement is so important. Followers of Jesus should be known as expert encouragers, seeking out opportunities to...
by Morgan Hall | Apr 29, 2024 | Christian Life, Church, Featured
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone… For just as the body is one and has many members, and all...
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...
