Christ Church Fox Chapel Podcast

 Alex asks why we do what is evil in God’s eyes and what is His solution to our sin. Readings from this service: Judges 10: 6-18 Psalm 107: 17-19, 42-43 Matthew 6: 31-34 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben discuss the worst judge so far, and yet why he might have appealed to the Israelites somehow. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Gideon’s ascent to power and moral corruption serves as a cautionary tale and a reminder that we all need the cleansing power of Jesus. Readings from this service: Judges 8: 22-35 Psalm 78: 5-8 John 12: 36b-43 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben continue with the discussion of Gideon. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

God uses Gideon’s internal weakness of character and external weakness of circumstance to bring glory to Himself by miraculously defeating the Midianites with only 300 men. This reminds us that Christ’s power is made perfect in weakness, whether that weakness comes from our own lack of faith or from the difficulties in our lives. Readings from this service: Judges 7: 1-23 1 Corinthians 1: 27-31 Ps...

This week Ben and a special guest discuss Judges 7 and God’s tendency to demonstrate divine power in the absence of human capability.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Parents often beat themselves up for letting their children down, but in the grace of God, sometimes it’s the children He uses to bring the parents back to faith. Readings from this service: Judges 6: 1-27 Psalm 44: 1-4 Matthew 7: 7-11 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex, Ben, and Tami discuss Gideon and God’s patience with us, even when we have doubts about his power.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Today we welcome The Rev. Canon Bill Henry as our guest preacher.  Deborah, the judge, was a woman with amazing God-given gifts who provides us today with a timeless example of spiritual leadership. Readings from this service: Judges 4: 1-23 Psalm 83: 1-2, 9, 15-16 Luke 1: 46-55 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben discuss Deborah, and God’s tendency to shatter our assumptions about what power must look like.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

The weirdness and edginess of the story of Ehud makes a profound point: that God moves in surprising ways. Readings from this service: Judges 3: 12-30 Romans 1: 18-24 Psalm 78: 32-35 John 19: 5-11 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

In the latest passage to be released, Alex and Ben discuss the most toiled-humor-based chapter in scripture, remarkably holding back on some of the more childish jokes. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

We can use all sorts of strategies and techniques to improve our lives, but ultimate freedom only comes from the Spirit of God. This is good news, because His power is available equally to anyone, regardless of who they are. Readings from this service: Judges 3: 7-11 Psalm 105: 1-5 John 3: 16-21 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Kat discuss how sometimes God needs to make the peace before he can keep it, sometimes even disturbing the peace in the process. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

God is consistently the God of grace, but sometimes, His grace, doesn’t look like we think it should. Readings from this service: Judges 2: 16-3:6 Psalm 106: 40-45 John 16: 32-33 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben discuss how doing what is right in our own eyes leads to conflict with others, and even with ourselves. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Judges 2 underscores the importance of teaching our kids to know about God and follow Him. We fail in this calling, but Christ is faithful even when we are not. Readings from this service: Judges 2: 6-15 Psalm 89 : 30-37 Luke 19: 41-44 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben discuss Israel's downward spiral of syncretism and apostasy, construction projects, formula one, the original Italian Job movie and the difference between teaching your kids abstract truths vs showing them what you really care about with your worship.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Although there is always a consequence, and often crisis, that flows form sin. God consistently offers, to His people, grace. Readings from this service: Judges 1:1-2 & 1:27–2:5 Psalm 106: 6-7, 34-37 Luke 6: 20-23 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

The book of Judges corrects our spiritual vision by helping us see the truth about ourselves and accept the truth of the gospel. Readings from this service: Exodus 23: 28-33 Joshua 24: 14-15 Psalm 101: 1-4 John 13: 36-28 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Ben and special guest Jenna Hughes introduce a new series on the book of Judges and discuss how it points us to Jesus. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

The Rt. Rev. Alex Cameron, Bishop of Pittsburgh, visits to celebrate Trinity Sunday. Readings from this service: 2 Corinthians 13: 5-14 Psalm 150 Matthew 28: 16-20 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Spiritual gifts are designed to build us up and when used well, they bring peace to the whole body of believers. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 14: 20-33 Joel 2: 28-29 Matthew 6: 5-6 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben are joined by Lt. Col. Mike Starz to discuss the military language of 1 Corinthians chapter 14.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex looks at the many varied gifts of the Holy Spirit and how they all come from one unified place, for use in one unified church. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 12: 1-31 Psalm 127: 1-2 John 20: 19-23 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!