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The Backpack is a podcast from Christ Community Church of Shelbyville, Kentucky. On The Backpack, we want to prepare you for the journey outside, where following Jesus meets real life. In our various ... more
FAQs about The Backpack:How many episodes does The Backpack have?The podcast currently has 354 episodes available.
August 30, 2022The Canteen #46 - Hopeful Hearts in a Hurried WorldThe Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue our series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. Pastor Blake examines the future aspect of God's grace, and looks at how the hope of Jesus' return transforms the way we live here and now. Our text for this message is Titus 2:13. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 8/28/22....more41minPlay
August 25, 2022Stories From the Trail #26 - Derek BrownEach week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you. This week, CCC member Derek Brown shares his story of coming to know Jesus and finding God's grace sufficient for his life, even when growth in godliness wasn't a straight line - part of a miniseries of conversion stories we're calling Stories of Grace....more11minPlay
August 23, 2022The Canteen #45 - Life is Always Clearer After DeathThe Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, we continue our series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. Pastor Blake examines the transformative aspect of God's grace, a process the Bible calls sanctification. Our text for this message is Titus 2:12. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 8/21/22....more35minPlay
August 18, 2022Stories From the Trail #25 - Jerry SmithaEach week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you. This week, CCC member Jerry Smitha tells the story of how he first came to follow Jesus as the first in a miniseries of conversion stories we're calling Stories of Grace....more13minPlay
August 16, 2022The Canteen #44 - The Grace of God Has AppearedThe Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake starts a new series called Linchpin - Without This, Your Faith is Going Nowhere. We examine the incredible importance of grace, and the way everything about the Christian life depends on it. Our text for this message is Titus 2:12. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 8/14/22....more37minPlay
August 09, 2022The Canteen #43 - So We Won't Be UnfruitfulThe Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake introduces the journey we'll take this fall through the book of Titus with a sermon titled So We Won't Be Unfruitful. Listen in as we examine how God's word arrives in God's timing to help is face what's before us. Our text for this message is Titus 1:1-4 & 3:14-15. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 8/7/22....more44minPlay
August 02, 2022The Canteen #42 - SkepticismThe Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. We're continuing in our series Thieves of Joy, a study on the book of 1 John, the idea of joy in Christ, and how to sustain it amidst all the things in life that threaten to snatch it away. This week Pastor Blake concludes the series with a look at how skepticism can rob our hearts of joy and our prayer lives of their power. Our text for this message is 1 John 5:5-21. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 7/31/22....more38minPlay
July 20, 2022The Canteen #41 - FearThe Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. We're continuing in our series Thieves of Joy, a study on the book of 1 John, the idea of joy in Christ, and how to sustain it amidst all the things in life that threaten to snatch it away. This week Pastor Blake takes a look at fear - and in particular, the fear that comes from knowing that our love and goodness don't measure up like they should. Our text for this message is 1 John 4:7-5:4. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 7/17/22....more45minPlay
July 13, 2022Stories From the Trail #24 - The Midkiff FamilyEach week at Christ Community Church, we feature stories of what God's doing in the lives of the people who make up our church family - the story of how they came to faith in Jesus, the story of how God's currently growing them in grace, or even the story of how they're taking their faith outside and meeting needs in our community. The Stories From the Trail segment shares those stories with you. This week, we get to hear from CCC members Jason and Melissa Midkiff about the experience they had serving with their kids recently at Barren Heights, an organization that serves families of children with special needs. Hear about why they said yes, their experience serving, and their message for other families looking for ways to serve together....more19minPlay
July 12, 2022The Canteen #40 - False ProphetsThe Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. We're continuing in our series Thieves of Joy, a study on the book of 1 John, the idea of joy in Christ, and how to sustain it amidst all the things in life that threaten to snatch it away. This week Pastor Blake takes a look at false prophets, how the lies we believe threaten our joy, and how to help guard the truth entrusted to us. Our text for this message is 1 John 4:1-6. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 7/10/22....more45minPlay
FAQs about The Backpack:How many episodes does The Backpack have?The podcast currently has 354 episodes available.