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 | Aug 29, 2024 | Christian Life, Featured, Gospel, Parenting, Purpose
I love compartmentalization. Organization and clear parameters in life help to provide clarity for decision making and future plans. Like a well designed closet, each item of clothing or every pair of shoes has its place and to disrupt that is to sow chaos, or at...
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 hbclynchburg.com | 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 Chelsea Barnwell | Jan 29, 2024 | Featured, Gospel, Kids, Mission, Parenting
We are the church. That’s a special statement, even unique grammatically. It implies multiple people or parts making up one singular object. It’s similar to saying “We are a family.” For those who are in Christ, being the church is not limited to taking a membership...
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...
