The Backpack

The Backpack

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The Backpack episodes

  • The Canteen #69 - Teaching, Calling, and Investing
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. As we continue our study of the Gospel of Luke this week, guest speaker and former CCC pastor-elder Jeff Bracken leads us in looking at how Jesus taught the crowd, called his disciples, and invested in people's lives without waiting on their availability. Our text for this message is Luke 5:1-11. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 2/26/23.
    40 min
  • Trail Mix #13 - Sharing Jesus: Bold Words
    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. In the Sharing Jesus miniseries, Pastor Blake sits down with D.J. to explore how we can become more faithful and effective in sharing our faith by looking at Paul's example from 1 Thessalonians 2. In our first entry, we look at Paul's bold words, and the bold message they encapsulate.
    20 min
  • Trail Mix - Sharing Jesus Trailer
    Check out this preview of our upcoming four-part Trail Mix miniseries on how we can more effectively share our faith in Jesus, and look for the first episode dropping on Monday, February 27th!
    2 min
  • The Canteen #68 - Ministry, Not Magic
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. As we continue our study of the Gospel of Luke this week, Pastor Blake examines a busy day of healings for Jesus, and how his healing work is tied to a restoration of purpose for those he heals, both then and now. Our text for this message is Luke 4:31-44. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 2/19/23.
    48 min
  • Stories From the Trail #37 - David & Gigi Wheeler
    Each 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 hear from CCC members David and Gigi Wheeler as they talk about their life and marriage, and the new small group they're starting to help couples build stronger marriages together.
    18 min
  • The Canteen #67 - When Jesus Isn't What You'd Expect
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. As we continue our study of the Gospel of Luke this week, Pastor Blake examines how the people of Jesus' hometown reacted when who he was didn't live up with their messianic expectations. Our text for this message is Luke 4:15-30. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 2/12/23.
    51 min
  • The Canteen #66 - Growing Through Temptation
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. As we continue our study of the Gospel of Luke this week, Pastor Blake examines Jesus' experience of temptation in the wilderness, and how it should shape our response to temptation today. Our text for this message is Luke 4:1-14. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 2/5/23.
    43 min
  • The Canteen #65 - Who Are You?
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. As we continue our study of the Gospel of Luke called "Certain About Christ" this week, D.J. asks us the question, "Who Are You?" - and examines how who Jesus is can transform how we answer that question and how we see and live this life. Our text for this message is Luke 3:21-38. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 1/29/23.
    51 min
  • Stories From the Trail #36 - Sherry Allen
    Each 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 hear from CCC member Sherry Allen as she talks about her work at Little Light House of Central Kentucky, the work they're doing to minister to families of kids with special needs, and the way CCC has made a difference there through our partnership with them.
    14 min
  • The Canteen #64 - When the Power of God Sticks
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. As we continue our study of the Gospel of Luke this week, Pastor Blake looks at the John the Baptist, the message of repentance he proclaimed, and how he set the stage for the ministry of Jesus. Our text for this message is Luke 3:1-20. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 1/15/23.
    46 min

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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…