The Backpack

The Backpack

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The Backpack episodes

  • Trail Mix #9 - Psalms of Wisdom

    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. We're in the middle of a five-part Trail Mix miniseries on different types of psalms and how they can shape our emotions and our emotional response to God. This week, Pastor Blake and D.J. look at Psalms of wisdom and how they can help us respond to feelings of emptiness and inadequacy. 

    Featured Song: All Creatures of Our God and King, by David Crowder Band - https://open.spotify.com/track/5K3M0o61eAngb9ri8Lgee7?si=NUGID6k3T_yv8ToVsnWA1w&utm_source=copy-link

    23 min
  • The Canteen #20 - A Heart That Shows Mercy
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake continues our series on the life of David called After God's Own Heart with a look at an opportunity for David to take revenge on Saul, and how his choice to show mercy teaches us about how God relates to us, and in turn, how we should relate to others. Our text for this message is 1 Samuel 24 & 26. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 2/6/22.
    45 min
  • Trail Mix #8 - Psalms of Lament

    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. We're in the middle of a five-part Trail Mix miniseries on different types of psalms and how they can shape our emotions and our emotional response to God. This week, Pastor Blake and Daniel Look at psalms of lament and how they can help us process the uncomfortable feelings of guilt, sorrow and grief. 

    Featured Song: Weep With Me, by Rend Collective - https://open.spotify.com/track/1jvbwSs1HvmyWUPINyW1rO?si=-CcMBc34R6Cyt1Tf1tY46g&utm_source=copy-link

    27 min
  • Stories From the Trail #11 - Peggy Berry, Christa Benson, Lindsay White, and Jen Sullivan
    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 is a special Stories episode, as we invited Peggy Berry, Christa Benson, Lindsay White, and Jen Sullivan into the studio to take a deeper dive into the story of their discipleship group that Peggy and Christa shared in the gathering on Sunday. Listen in for the encouraging story of how these ladies have grown together in their walk with Jesus over the last year.
    28 min
  • The Canteen #19 - A Heart Loved Selflessly
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake continues our series on the life of David called After God's Own Heart with a sermon titled A Heart That Loves, as we explore one of the most remarkable friendships in all the Bible, and look at what it can teach us about our deep need for friendship. Our text for this message is 1 Samuel 20. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 1/30/22.
    45 min
  • Trail Mix #7 - Psalms of Thanksgiving

    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. This episode kicks off a new Trail Mix miniseries on different types of psalms and how they can shape our emotions and our emotional response to God. Pastor Blake joins us in the studio to look at psalms of thanksgiving, and how cultivating a heart of gratitude can help us fight our fears.

    Featured Song: Jesus, Thank You by Sovereign Grace Music - https://open.spotify.com/track/59pRxzutrxwmP6CNL2eHbU?si=7oqmFEPuTg64QMvXRmgU3g&utm_source=copy-link

    21 min
  • Stories From the Trail #10 - Mike & Laura Davis
    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, Pastor Blake sits down with CCC members and community group leaders Mike and Laura Davis to talk about their journeys of faith, the journey that unexpectedly brought them to Shelbyville, and what God's taught them along the way.
    20 min
  • The Canteen #18 - A Heart That Loves
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake continues our series on the life of David called After God's Own Heart with a sermon titled A Heart That Loves, as we explore some of the developing relationships in David's life. Our text for this message is 1 Samuel 18. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 1/16/22.
    43 min
  • Stories From the Trail #9 - Krysta Howell
    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, Pastor Blake sits down with new Children and Families Director Krysta Howell to hear about her journey of faith and how that journey has led her into a new leadership role at CCC.
    20 min
  • The Canteen #17 - A Heart That Is Rescued
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake continues our series on the life of David called After God's Own Heart, looking at perhaps the most famous and familiar story in the whole Bible - David and Goliath. But what if there's more truth here to see and apply than we might first think? Our text for this message is 1 Samuel 17. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 1/9/22.
    43 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…