Christ Church Fox Chapel Podcast

This sermon is not about big signs or miracles or fleeces before the Lord. We have the cross already for that. But rather looking for doors that God is opening, nudges from Him, circumstances that are opening up answers to prayer and verses coming up over and over again as God gangs up on you and opens your eyes. Readings from this service: Acts 12: 6-19 Romans 8: 28-30 Psalm 119: 15-18 Matthew 16...

There are many people out there who want to give you advice, but you should allow only very few to do so. You might also be drawn to seeking advice from people who think just like you, but that's not advice it's an echo chamber. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

We often worry about decisions and can be tempted just to rely on ourselves. At its heart the question is whether we really trust God to come through with the answer  we want. The Spirit compels or prevents or inspires in His time and in His way. Readings from this service: 1 John 4: 1-6 Acts 16: 6-10 Psalm 139: 7-10 John 14: 1-6 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit...

All discernment comes back to scripture: the plain revealed and written word of God against which all decisions and senses of calling must be measured.   Scripture is both something for us to use to know what to do and something for God to use to work on us when we’re being stupid. Readings from this service: 2 Timothy 3: 14-17 Hebrews 4: 12-13 Psalm 119: 103-105 Matthew 22: 23-33 Thanks for liste...

Just as last week, Christians are called to work at growing up in our private lives and then to look out. This week are are called to grow up in reaching out, seeing how that impacts those inside. Speaking with salty speech is important if we are to be attractive. Readings from this service: Colossians 4: 5-18 Psalm 78: 3-4 Matthew 5: 13 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Faceboo...

Christians are called to authenticity at home in private and to pray that we, in turn, are able to reach out. A radically different church growing up will find it easier to reach out. Readings from this service: Colossians 3: 18–4:4 Psalm 103: 13-17 Mark 13: 32-37 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

When the whole body is clothed with Christ there is a dynamic change in our behavior. Being focused on things above (up) clothes over our differences and makes us welcoming to all. The sexual ethic debate is a delicate one but ironically Paul says the fruit of biblical sexual ethics and the exclusion of immoral behavior is the inclusion of more types of people. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with C...

Many of us want in some way to do the right thing. We seek godliness in many places and through many techniques. But if godliness comes from God, then we need to cut these other things out of our diet. They don't help us. Readings from this service: Colossians 2: 16-23 Psalm 111: 9-10 Matthew 15: 10-14 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download ou...

We are raised up and built up in Christ. Our new life in Him is utterly different to our old one. Death and debt and darkness become life and freedom and light, filled with God himself. Readings from this service: Colossians 2: 6-15 Psalm 1: 1-3 John 1: 14-18 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Sharing the gospel so that the church grows numerically and individuals grow spiritually can be a real struggle, but the payoff is joyous assurance. Readings from this service: Colossians 1: 24–2:5 Psalm 25: 16-18 Matthew 5: 11-12 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Jesus is the Lord, creator and sustainer of all things in the universe. He is God and our ID is sourced in Him alone. There is a strong contrast between our old ID and our new (real) one. Readings from this service: Colossians 1: 15-23 Psalm 89: 20-21 & 27-28 John 1: 1-3 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Alex starts our new series focusing on Colossians this week. We get stronger in living out our faith when we realize the reality of the change God has done in us and for us already. The church is awesome. When it grows in faith and maturity a believer has a ringside seat to what God is doing in the church. Readings from this sermon: Colossians 1: 1-14 Psalm 16: 1-3 John 12: 24-26 Thanks for l...

Jesus growth in the Lord was unique in one sense but in another completely normal.  In the next gospel passage he even expresses surprise that they would not know where he would be.  Are we making repentant children and passing the faith on to the next generation?  Do we pray that our children would exceed us in their faith and do we take this command seriously for the whole generation below us no...

Enjoy some frivolity as Rev. Alex illustrates the life of Jesus in a relatable lesson for children (of all ages!) Readings from this service: Isaiah 9: 2-7 Psalm 89: 19-21, 26-29, 35-36 Luke 2: 8-15 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

King Jesus was born in an ordinary place—a treasure where we don't expect him, in complete fulfillment of all that was promised. We prepare a place for Jesus in our hearts with penitence and welcome a treasure too. Readings from this service: Isaiah 9: 2-7 Psalm 89: 19-21, 26-29, 35-36 Luke 2: 8-15 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our ap...

Those following Jesus are sent out with authority to both preach and to deliver but they face rejection. Although we are sent out with authority, we might also face rejection even by those to whom we minister. Even Jesus was initially rejected by his family. Readings from this service: Isaiah 52: 7-10 Psalm 143: 9-11 Mark 3: 13-21 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit...

God saves us to use us. Having called us to come follow, he now sends us out to go do. Believers don't merely repent for personal edification but are deployed in the kingdom and for the kingdom to win the lost. Readings from this service: Jeremiah 16: 14-21 Psalm 43: 3-5 Mark 1: 16-20 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

As with all prophecy it can be fulfilled in layers, each fulfillment amplifying the one before. But consistently, God has called us to repent in expectancy of healing. Our expectancy and faith will grow if we approach God with penitence. Readings from this service: Isaiah 61: 1-3 Revelations 21: 1-4 Psalm 107: 19-22 Mark 1: 14-15 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit...

The people of God were told to prepare for the coming of the Messiah with penitence. As Christian festivals become increasingly secularized, we might find more hope and joy in our faith at Christmas if we prepare our  hearts in Advent by turning to Christ. Readings from this service: Isaiah 40: 1-5 Psalm 32: 5-7 Mark 1: 1-8 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our we...

God's people are not left to suffer indefinitely. A decisive end is coming where God's people are redeemed and his enemies are shamed. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Evil always overplays its hand and will eventually be revealed for what it is. God is defamed by his enemies and they look to be of incalculable power, yet, like the kings of the histories in Daniel Pt. I, they too must find out that God reigns. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

A House divided cannot stand—not only does this section set out in astonishing detail every facet of the war and civil war during this period—the whole lot are depicted as failures. Each wicked empire falls to the next and for all their strength, their evil brings them to ruin.  We are always fighting evil, but evil is always fighting itself. Readings from this sermon: Daniel 11: 1-35 Psalm 144: 1...

Conflict on earth is mirrored in a greater cosmic conflict of which Daniel starts to become aware. Have you ever found yourself asking why things are happening in your life? There is an unseen realm and unseen forces at work in the world. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Daniel doesn't remain in a state of confusion. He realizes that the time of exile is drawing to an end and God, who controls time and knows all, reveals what is to come next as well as how to handle it. Readings from this service: Daniel 9: 20-27 Psalm 89: 14:15 Matthew 24: 15-16 & 23-24 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Daniel comes to understand why the exile was brought upon them and so in repentance, he calls out to God for help. Readings included in this service: Daniel 9: 1-19 Psalm 106: 6 & 8 John 16: 23b-24 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!