Christ Church Fox Chapel Podcast

Instead of pointless pompous prayer, God desires relationship over technique. Readings from this service: 1 Kings 18: 17-40 Psalm 34: 17-18, 22 Matthew 6: 7-8 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben reunite to distract themselves from the topic of pagan prayer. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Jesus shows us that real Christian prayer is not a method or discipline but a hidden relationship with a loving Heavenly Father. Readings from this service: Romans 8: 12-30 Psalm 91: 14-16 Matthew 6: 5-6 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Ben & special guest Mike Starz butcher the podcast intro and say a few things about prayer. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Jesus exposes showy religiosity in order to replace self-righteousness with a greater reward. Readings from this service: Acts 4: 32–5:11 Psalm 37: 21-24 Matthew 6: 1-4 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Ben and special guest Rev. Erik Germesin discuss true piety, Scrooge McDuck, and the podcast’s growing popularity among Russian bots.   Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Christians are called to love like God does and Jesus shows us how He can help us to do it. Readings from this service: Romans 12: 9-21 Psalm 145: 8-9 Matthew 5: 43-48 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Tami discuss the call to love our enemies and just how difficult this can be sometimes.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Believers spend a lot of time on the meaning of the letter of the law, but Jesus Himself shows us just how radical the spirit really is. Readings from this service: Isaiah 50: 6-7 Psalm 112 Matthew 5: 38-42 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Tami talk about Clint Eastwood, Batman, Winston Churchill and Matthew chapter 5. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

From Matthew 5, Alex looks at why we lie, and how to become believable. Readings from this service: Leviticus 19: 12 James 5: 12 Psalm 76: 11-12 Matthew 5: 33-37 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben try to figure out if they are pharisees, as they discuss oaths and Matthew 5. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Jesus teaches on sensitive topics like adultery and divorce because he aims to heal the deepest wounds of the human heart. He calls us to faithfulness and draws us into mercy. Readings from this service: Colossians 3: 1-5 Psalm 51: 10-12 Matthew 5: 27-32 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

From Matthew 5:27, Ben and Alex discuss the call to sexual purity and the grace of God when we fail.  Tune in to Bonus Episode #27 to dig deeper in to the subjects of divorce & remarriage. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

In this special extended episode Ben and Alex discuss the basics of sound biblical interpretation and then examine the differing mainstream views on divorce and remarriage.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Ben asks what anger reveals about the contents of our hearts, and what to do when we feel afraid, insecure, or out of control. Readings from this service: Proverbs 25: 7b-10 Deuteronomy 5: 17 Psalm 37: 7-11 Matthew 5: 21-26 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben discuss anger and what to do when we feel ashamed about it. Don't miss our Bonus Episode with Rev. Ben Wulpi, our guest preacher this Sunday! Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

One of our former pastors, The Rev. Ben Wulpi, is preaching this weekend and dropped into the studio to let us know how he’s doing.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Christ came not to lower the standard of God’s righteousness, but to complete it for us. Only when we face up to the full gravity of the Law can we understand the magnitude of the Gospel. Readings from this service: Galatians 4: 4-7 Psalm 40: 6-8 Matthew 5: 17-20 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex and Ben discuss Hitlers views on the 10 commandments.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

In Matthew 5, Jesus pays his followers the greatest compliment, and then says something even greater. But "so what"? Readings from this service: Proverbs 4: 10-19 Psalm 112: 1-4 Matthew 5: 13-16 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Ben and Alex look at the calling to be salt and light to the community around us.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Alex begins our news series on the Sermon on the Mount by exhaling how the first 12 verses of Matthew 5 are the key to understanding the whole thing. Readings from this service: Isaiah 61: 1-3, 8-9 Psalm 34: 15-19 Matthew 5: 1-12 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Ben and Alex open up our new series by discussing the beatitudes and recycling all their old jokes.  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

The final chapter of Hebrews reminds us that how we live and what we believe matter, but Who we trust matters even more. Readings from this service: Hebrews 13: 1-25 Psalm 118: 6-9 John 10: 14-18 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!