by Mike Crump | Sep 29, 2025 | Christian Life, Church, Featured, Gospel, Suffering
“But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in...
by Mike Crump | May 26, 2025 | Christian Life, Featured, Suffering
If you were to walk into the Crump house right now there’s a good chance you’d hear conversations involving medications, treatments, and medical terms that I am unable to pronounce. The reason is simple, my daughter is in nursing school and my wife is a nurse....
by Mike Crump | Dec 11, 2024 | Christian Life, Featured, Suffering, Thanksgiving, Theology
“Do not forget the hourly miracles of divine power” – Pastor Nathan That statement struck me this past Sunday as I listened to Pastor Nathan paraphrase a Puritan. It wasn’t that I was unaware of the glorious elements of creation that are part of every moment of...
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 | 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 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...
