Christ Church Fox Chapel Podcast

This week, Rev. Alex & Rev. Ben Hughes welcome Children's Minister Josh Gerdes and his wife Kirsten, who is one of our soloists. The final lie we explore in the series is "It's Not That Urgent."  Oddly enough, there were technical difficulties in recording this session and several minutes were lost. Was it simply equipment failure, or interference from the evil one?? Thanks...

This week, the clergy explore this week's lie, "Be Spiritual, Just Not Religious."  Is being spiritual the same as being Christian?   Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

This lie equates spirituality with Christianity and encourages an individualist view of faith. It also mischaracterizes church as a ceremonial place of rituals and rules, not an assembly of disciples. The value of the body is ignored (where we encourage and serve one another) and the authority of church leaders is viewed with suspicion (“I know better”, “Moving on” from traditional religious insti...

Satan wants to disrupt our relationship with God getting us to believe that we can’t pray about certain things because they are too insignificant or too selfish etc. He also wants to undermine our trust in God’s word and either be ignorant of what God says to us, or disbelieve it for some reason. Even Jesus himself uses scripture to combat Satan’s lies. God is so big that nothing is too small for...

This week's episode comes directly from the former servants quarters of our building, the attic! An apt location for servants of God. This week the trio delves into the "God Doesn't Care About That" lie. Satan wants to disrupt our relationship with God getting us to believe that we can't pray about certain things because they are too insignificant or too selfish.  Thanks f...

Exposing the "You're Good Enough" lie is the topic of discussion this week. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Satan speaks out of both corners of his mouth. In this lie he wants us to settle for the idea that good people go to heaven… and we must be good right? When we accept this lie, we compare ourselves favorably to others (“at least I’m not that person”). If the previous lie understates the severity of our sin, this understates the holiness of God. Again, there is a grain of truth in it, you can be go...

Rev. Alex & Rev. Ben Wulpi bring a more intimate view to the Lies series. They discuss both passages from this week's sermon, Zechariah 3: 1-4 and 1 Timothy 1: 12-17. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Satan wants us to believe that it’s down to us to earn our own way to God and that our sin might be too great for grace. He loves us to compare ourselves to other believers unfavorably, become discouraged, give up and say “I don’t belong in church, I’m not good enough”. Like many lies, it works because it’s kind of true, but it is not the whole truth. Satan accuses, but God clothes us in righteous...

The three amigos (or the ordained male clergy) start season two of the CCFC podcast this week! The introduce out new sermon series, 6 Lies of Satan (and why we believe them) .  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Alex begins our new sermon series,  6 Lies of Satan (and why we believe them) this week. God never calls us to stay put in comfort, but to follow him. Were the good old days really all that good anyway, or did we have problems before? The heart of this lie is that we should put our trust in the security of normalcy rather than in God himself. Christians who accept this lie look very much like...

Rev. Alex and special guest, Senior Warden Anne Malone, welcome the new year. Anne shares her testimony and God's provision in her life. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Ben Hughes brings our Advent & Christmas series to a close. Come let us adore Him! As the wise men fought many obstacles and traveled a long way, what will your journey look like to worship Jesus? Readings from this service: Jeremiah 31: 7-14 Psalm 84: 1-4 Matthew 2: 1-12 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Ben's homily on Isaiah 9: 6-7 . Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Alex fills in for Rev. Ben Wulpi who was unable to attend at the last minute. He gives a short talk on Rev. Ben's main points about Luke 2: 1-7 .  Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Ben wasn't able to be at our live service, but he recorded his homily on Luke 2: 1-7 in a COVID-safe manner before the service. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Alex and both Rev.'s Ben return for this week's bible study. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

John lived to exalt Jesus, and sought His glory above all else. To prepare the way for the Lord in our lies and in the world, we must take on the same attitude. Readings from this service: Titus 2: 11-14 Psalm 115: 1-11 John 3: 22-30 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Alex welcomes special guests A.K. & Jim Edwards to the podcast this week in our NEW mobile studio.  A.K. & Jim talk about their faith journey and how they became members of CCFC. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

In week three of our Advent series, John testifies to Jesus as the Christ, the Lamb of God, and always points people toward Him. How is your life pointing people toward Jesus? How does God call you to testify? Readings from this service: Isaiah 53: 4-7 Psalm 32: 1-5 John 1: 19-34 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Alex welcomes his wife Kat as a special guest this week as we celebrate our 30th episode of the CCFC Bible Study! Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Alex continues in week two of our Advent series. This week's sermon, Repent, John does not mince words and shows us how to prepare the way for the Lord: by repentance. Readings from this service: Romans 2: 1-5 Psalm 98: 4-9 Luke 3: 1-14 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

A dog eats a lightbulb, a man cooks an egg, and Kris Kann gives her testimony in this special edition of our bible study. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!

Rev. Ben Wulpi begins our new series for Advent, Prepare the Way of the Lord: The Ministry of John the Baptist. Using John the Baptist as a framework, we'll explore what it means to prepare the way for the Lord in ourselves, the church, and the world. God promised of old, and the world has been waiting in eager anticipation for, His salvation. John is born in order to prepare the way. Our min...

The amazing Mrs. Shuttleworth joins Rev. Alex in this week's edition of the CCFC Bible Study podcast. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!