Christ Church IL Podcast

Thank you for joining us today as Mike Woodruff interviews one of only 12 men who ever walked on the Moon. General Charlie Duke was the youngest to do so and one of only 4 alive today. After thousands of hours training to go to the Moon, and finally setting foot on it, Charlie came back to earth to write another chapter in his life; grounded in both family, faith and business. The rigorous trainin...

Thank you for joining us this weekend as we continue the series, Now What? Listen as Mike Woodruff will try to answer the question: What would Jesus say about how we should be living at a moment like this? 

Thank you for joining us on the final week of our Anchored series, where Mike Woodruff speaks on Psalm 13.

Listen as Dr. Phil Ryken, President of Wheaton College, continues our series, Anchored: How to Navigate Mental Health Challenges. Tune in as Dr. Ryken dives into Psalm 142, and he will also share his personal story of depression.

Thank you for joining us as we kick off our new series on mental health challenges called Anchored. We're excited to look at biblical examples of how we are to think about our own mental wellbeing and about some of the challenges that are out there and how we might face these.

Thank you for joining us on this Mother's Day weekend. Listen as Mike Woodruff highlights Exodus 34, and highlights how God's love is mirrored through Mothers.

Prayer is something that we are called to do...but why? How? What does prayer mean for our lives in light of our recent circumstances? Listen today as Campus Pastor Ben Dockery leads us through Ephesians 1:15-23.

As we continue in our second week of Life With God in Uncertain Times, listen today as Mike Woodruff talks about The Bible...and the role that this book plays in our life as we navigate these times.

As those of us are navigating the COVID19 pandemic and all the uncertainty this brings, listen today as Mike Woodruff talks about what scripture says about Heaven...and the promise that is given to us through the death and resurrection of Jesus.

He is Risen! Thank you for joining us today as Mike Woodruff brings us a special Easter message on Luke 24:1-8...A Kingdom Emerges

On this Palm Sunday as we shelter in place heading into Holy Week, listen as Mike Woodruff reflects on Psalm 22 and then leads us in communion.  In the context of what we are all going through, the words of Psalm 22 are especially poignant, and for many of us this may sound like your own internal dialogue these days. God, where are you? Why are you letting so many things go wrong?

Viktor Frankl, writing from the madness of the Holocaust, reminded us that we don’t get to choose our difficulties, but we do have the freedom to select our responses. That feels like something to think well about as we wander deeper into the current crisis. Listen as Mike Woodruff suggests a response – hope. His argument is that we need to understand exactly what the Bible means when it uses that...

As we continue this series around the changing world we are living in,  Mike Woodruff is going to take us through Psalm 11 – a short reflection by David that he prays during a time of crisis. We are not exactly sure what crisis David is navigating, as you may know, he weathered more than a few. But this Psalm frames a question that seems appropriate for this moment: When the foundations are being...

Why The Church? In particular...what justifies keeping these institutions growing and impacting our society?  Listen as Mike delves into this question, paying special attention to why it is so central to what we are called to, and why it has been such a big part of the REACH Initiative.

As we continue looking at 40 essential topics in the Christian faith – we are turning our attention to the act of confession. How should we think about confessing our sins? What is the result of confession? We will turn to Psalm 32 to see an example of how we should respond to God.