The Backpack

The Backpack

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The Backpack episodes

  • Trail Mix #5 - Spiritual Disciplines: Journaling

    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. This week, Pastor Blake Lawyer joins D.J. and Daniel in studio to conclude our Spiritual Disciplines series by looking at journaling. Could journaling be the discipline that helps tie your other spiritual disciplines together? Listen in and find out!

    Resources Mentioned

    HEAR Journals - https://replicate.org/what-is-a-hear-journal/

    27 min
  • Stories From the Trail #3 - Sarah Grattan
    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 a conversation between D.J. and CCC member Sarah Grattan on her journey of faith, growing up in the church, and what working as a psychologist in the midst of a pandemic has taught her about finding safety and security in Jesus.
    14 min
  • Trail Mix #4 - Spiritual Disciplines: Fasting

    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. This week, Pastor Blake Lawyer joins us in studio to continue our Trail Mix miniseries on Spiritual Disciplines. This week, we're talking about fasting - why it's not just taking a break from a hobby, how it's different from a diet, and what its spiritual significance can be for us as we follow Jesus.

    Resources Mentioned

    Habits For Our Holiness by Philip Nation - https://www.amazon.com/dp/080241348X/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_E8YA9PMAR7RDEP3WXBSQ 

    18 min
  • The Canteen #4 - Plus One Disciplemaker
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake Lawyer wraps up our Plus One series, and challenges us to take the things we've explored in the past several messages and leverage them to replicate our faith in the life of someone else as disciplemakers. Our text for this message is Matthew 28:16-20. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 10/3/21.
    48 min
  • Stories From the Trail #2 - Barbara Slaven
    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 a conversation between Pastor Blake and new CCC member Barbara Slaven on her journey of faith, starting a new chapter late in life, and the joy that comes from finding the satisfaction in Jesus that we seek to pry from human relationships that can't bear its weight.
    19 min
  • The Canteen #3 - Plus One Relational Hour
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake Lawyer continues our Plus One series as we explore how an extra hour of investment in relationships a week could accomplish much for God's kingdom. Our text for this message is Luke 14:1-14. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 9/26/21.
    42 min
  • Trail Mix #3 - Spiritual Disciplines: Scripture Memorization

    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. This week, Pastor Blake Lawyer joins us in studio to continue our Trail Mix miniseries on Spiritual Disciplines. Interested in memorizing scripture? Wondering why it matters more than simply memorizing facts in school? Then have a listen as we explore!

    Resources Mentioned

    The Bible Memory App - https://biblememory.com/

    CCC Memory Verses - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZFoZrBSMYENwGRlFDUPKraBSqBgOvbDU94-uzKRsHpQ/edit?usp=sharing

    15 min
  • Stories From the Trail #1 - Derrick Page
    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 a conversation between Pastor Blake and CCC member Derrick Page on Derrick's journey of faith over the past couple years.
    11 min
  • Trail Mix #2 - Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer

    Trail Mix is a segment featuring a variety of bite-sized content designed to energize and help you in your walk with Jesus. This week, Pastor Blake Lawyer joins us in studio to continue our Trail Mix miniseries on Spiritual Disciplines. Interested in starting to pray regularly? Already praying but feeling aimless? Wondering how to overcome roadblocks, and what resources are out there? Then this episode is for you!

    Resources Mentioned 

    The Ten-Second Prayer Principle: Praying Powerfully as You Go, by Mark Littleton - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1416541918/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_VK3CNF5MHM0APJ3CMR3T 

    Answers to Prayer, by George Mueller - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1545590079/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_R1EH20MA1TD1FM29240V

    Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, by Richard Foster - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062803883/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_XDM2GP3T07H7H9DY1EJW

    19 min
  • The Canteen #2 - Plus One Follower
    The Canteen features weekly sermons from the preaching ministry of Christ Community Church. This week, Pastor Blake Lawyer continues our Plus One series and challenges us to join Jesus in seeking that which is lost - and finding a deep joy in the process! Our text for this message is Luke 15. This sermon was originally preached at CCC on 9/19/21.
    45 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…