Christ Church IL Podcast

Today we continue Planted, a series in which we are focusing on the foundational truths of the Christian faith…but we are going to take three weeks to explore the next truth…..eternity. We will be looking at questions like what happens when we die, who goes to heaven and who goes to hell, how do we live in light of eternity?

Listen as we continue our Planted series, where we bring a focus on foundational truths of our faith. Today Mike Woodruff speaks on What Happens When We Die?

Today we continue Planted, a series in which we are focusing on the foundational truths of the Christian faith…but we are going to take three weeks to explore  the next truth…..eternity.  We will be looking at questions like what happens when we die, who goes to heaven and who goes to hell, how do we live in light of eternity? As we begin Part 1 of this three-week look at eternity …we are excited...

Today we continue Planted, a series in which we are focusing on the foundational truths of the Christian faith, we are going to focus on the death of Christ. In the 15th chapter of his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul reminds us that, “that Christ died for our sins on the cross in accordance with the Scriptures.”  It goes on to note that he was buried and rose again. We will be celebrating hi...

As we continue the Planted series – this overview of the Christian faith – by looking at Jesus as a Teacher. In Mark 1 we are told that “The people were astonished at Jesus’ teaching.”  It goes on to note that part of the reason is that they had not heard the things he was saying before, part of the reason was because, “he taught them as one having authority.” In other words, he was not like the o...

This week we are continuing the Planted series – topical series in which we will be framing up a Christian worldview – setting in front of new Christians, the basics of the faith, so that those new to the faith understand what the big, foundational, organizing truths are. One of those truths is serving others with a heart of love, humility and care. Today, listen as Campus Pastor Ben Dockery teach...

As we continue our  Planted series  in which we are setting out the foundational ideas that should shape, not just our faith, but our lives and our thinking. These are the first things we need to get clear about. This is a study designed for people who may be bright about many things, but who are not as informed about spiritual truths.  If you have been here for any of the other talks in this seri...

This is week we’re continuing the Planted series – an topical series in which Mike will be framing up a Christian World View – setting in front of new Christians, the basics of the faith, so that those new to the faith understand what the big, foundational, organizing truths are. Many people wonder, who is God? Listen as Mike Woodruff digs into some of the many aspects of who God is.

As we enter the New Year, we need 20/20 vision about who Jesus is.  The book of Revelation is a singular revelation of a singular person, Jesus Christ.  Listen as Alex Chu shows us how we are often so busy trying to be amazing for God that we forget that we are simply to be amazed by Him.  John reminds us in Revelation to remember our first love.

This Advent season, we have seen how Christ was foreshadowed throughout the Old Testament, how his coming fulfilled literally hundreds of prophecies, and how we can have hope when we trust in him. We’ve seen these things through the lens of OT passages that looked forward to the coming of Christ. Today, listen as Anson Hanbury looks at a passage in the New Testament that looks back at the coming o...

The Advent season is a time to celebrate and contemplate the arrival of Jesus coming to earth as a baby. As the great Christmas hymn, O Holy Night, explains – it was “A thrill of hope” for which – “the weary world rejoices”.  We are in this series where we are reflecting on all the  reasons to be hopeful.  Last week Mike did a quick overview about how supernaturally inspired we can be.  Listen tod...

Listen as Mike continues our series, A Thrill of Hope. Today's sermon is based in part on the dialogue Jesus enters into while traveling with a couple men on the road to Emmaus. In particular, in Luke 24:27, where we are told that, “beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, Jesus explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. What you are going to see is, once you...

The Advent season is a time to celebrate and contemplate the arrival of Jesus coming to earth as a baby. As the great Christmas hymn, O Holy Night, explains – it was “A thrill of hope” for which – “the weary world rejoices”.  Listen as we hear from Ben Dockery, Campus Pastor at the Lake Forest location and we are going to look at Romans chapter 5 as the apostle Paul compares Jesus and Adam, the fi...

Many people track the start of the  U.S. Thanksgiving holiday with a proclamation made by Abraham Lincoln, others go back further to 1789, when President George Washington issued a decree proclaiming November 26th as a day of Thanksgiving. Still others go back to the 1600s and the Pilgrims. It turns out, the call to give thanks – to embrace gratitude – goes back a couple thousand years before that...

Today we will be starting a series that will be sprinkled throughout the next year.  Christ and Culture. This series explores the theological and biblical basis for valuing and participating in cultural and artistic creation.  How do we as Christians operate in this wider world…politics, movies, film, news, art, education..how do we interpret these things and  how do we contribute? Some of  these...

The Holy Spirit is something that people have a wide range of how they define the third member of the Trinity. Listen today as Ben Dockery dives into scripture to unpack what the bible says about the Holy Spirit.

As we wrap up a series where many of our blindspots were illuminated, many people are wondering, what is my next step? Listen as Anson Hanbury brings us a message that helps illuminate our pathway toward discovering life with God.

Who do you trust? In our last week of Blindspots, Mike Woodruff talks about a common blindspot that is very pivotal in ones walk with Christ...do you truly trust God...or is your heart leaning toward the impact of what other idols may bring you?

Anger. This is one thing that we have to face, and often we don't see how our anger envelops our lives and alters our relationships with others. Listen as Mike Woodruff shows us how Jacob was blind to his anger...and how we might be as well.

We are in week 5 of Blindspots, and have explored many ways in which we are blind to our impact, and how we treat others.  Join us this week as Tim Elmore dives into how we percieve other generations, and also how we dont see how our generational differences impact others.

Thank you for joining us in week 4 of our Blindspots series Today Mike Woodruff will be talking about how God can use conflict to help us see ourselves more clearly. Listen as Mike steps into Genesis 32:22-32, and explores Jacob's wrestling with God.

As we continue our Blindspots series, and look at the life of Jacob we focus on his brother Esau. Listen as Mike Woodruff dives into Genesis 25:29-34 and how the dynamic between two brothers changes drastically as a result of a short-sighted decision.