Weekly sermons from Christ Church Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA.
Ben talks with special guests Noah Skaugen and Timothy Fire about false teachers, finding a church, and the qualities to look for when choosing a spouse. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
We are travelers on road to the promised kingdom for God. There is a problem however, there is another road and we can see many others who are perfectly happy to travel it. Let's learn how our Savior carries us on the road to life and how to know if we have strayed from it. Readings from this service:Acts 4: 1-12Psalm 46: 1-3, 10-11Matthew 7: 13-14Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Ben and special guest The Rev. Erik G. strive to employ Star Wars analogies to explain Jesus' teaching on the narrow way that leads to life.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex looks at the Spirit enables us to meet Jesus' impossible call to change the world.Readings from this service:Matthew 22: 34-40Galatians 4: 4-7Psalm 51: 1-4Matthew 7: 12Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben discuss the golden rule and the music of Dame Shirley Bassey. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Jesus urges us to pray in all circumstances because we have a Heavenly Father who always hears and delights to give us good things.Readings from this service:Jeremiah 29: 10-14Psalm 9: 9-10Matthew 7: 7-11Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben discuss why, if God promises good things, do we not always get them. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Having commanded us never to judge, next Jesus teaches us how to do it gently in a way that can bless the church and even advance the kingdom of God. Readings from this service:Galatians 6: 1-10Psalm 51: 9-13Matthew 7: 1-6Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben discuss how judging others can be something we are both forbidden and commanded to do.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Ben explores what Jesus has to say about anxiety, scarcity, and shame. Readings from this service:Philippians 4: 4-7Psalm 91: 1-4Matthew 6: 25-34Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex & Ben consider the lilies, Matthew 6, and Monty Python.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex looks at how money can be a blessing or a trap depending on how we feel about it. Readings from this service:1 Chronicles 29: 10-14Psalm 55: 1-2, 23Matthew 6: 22-25Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben discuss anxiety about money: luxuries, the basics, and even survival sometimes. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex is joined by Tommy Worrall who shares the miracle of his new life (in more than one meaning of that phrase.)Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Jesus' teaches us to invest our lives in the gospel because all "lesser treasures" will leave us empty and in the dark.Readings from this service:Philippians 3: 7-8Psalm 49: 16-20Matthew 6: 19-21Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben discuss treasure, and more Bob Dylan and Pink FloydThanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
As we return to the Sermon on the Mount, it's important to remember, before telling us what the gospel does, Jesus tells us what the gospel is.Readings from this service:Romans 8: 18-25Psalm 34: 15-19Matthew 5: 1-12, 6: 9-13Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
For our new Summer series, Alex and Ben return to the Sermon on the Mount and examine how it begins.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Bishop Alex speaks about awe and the majesty of the Holy Trinity.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
If the gospel of the kingdom is more than anything else, then receiving it is more than anything else we could hope for our kids.Readings from this service:Acts 2: 1-14a, 38-41Psalm 22: 27-31Matthew 28: 18-20Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben talk about the Holy Spirit, raising kids, and the music of Donovan. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Acts 1 shows the Triune God rules everything through the Father's good design, the Spirit's dynamic power, and the Son's Dominion. Ben encourages believers to ask of every situation, “Where Is God – Father, Son, & Holy Spirit – In This?” (WIGFISHSIT).Readings from this service:Acts 1: 6-11Psalm 47: 5-9Luke 24: 50-53Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben discuss the Ascension and Bob Dylan. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
In Jesus Christ, the Infinite God, made an infinite change to this sinful fallen world, but amazingly, through the Spirt, we can expect even more! Readings from this service:Acts 1: 1-5Psalm 86: 8-12John 14: 16-18, 25-27Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben discuss what Jesus means when he refers to the good news of the Kingdom of God. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
In his the first address to the disciples after His resurrection, Jesus explains how the Gospel is the fulfillment of everything and the foundation of hope.Readings from this service:Zechariah 12:10, 13:1Psalm 22: 22-23, ,27-28Luke 24: 44-49Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben finally sound upbeat about the resurrection accounts in Luke. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
The resurrection brings us work to do, glory to shine, and peace for evermore. Readings from this service:1 John 1: 1-3Philippians 4: 4-7Psalm 4: 1, 7-8Luke 24: 36-43Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben talk about Jesus, Porcupines and fish.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex examines what it feels like to become a Christian, and why we don't always know that it's about to happen! Readings from this service:Isaiah 25: 6-91 Corinthians 11: 23-26Psalm 119: 17-20Luke 24: 28-35Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben celebrate Liverpool FC's historic Premier League win, with a discussion of Luke 24. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
As Jesus walks with two disciples along the road to Emmaus, he restores their faltering faith by showing them how all the Hebrew Scriptures point to His suffering and glory.Readings from this service:Hebrews 1: 1-3Psalm 119: 9-16Luke 24: 13-27Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
After weeks of gloom (albeit occasionally enjoyable gloom) Alex and Ben are pleased to begin a discussion of life after the storm. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alleluia! He is Risen! Rev. Ben delivers our Easter Morning message. Readings from this service:Acts 10: 34-43Psalm 118: 14-17, 22-24Luke 24: 1-12Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Rev. Alex delivers a Good Friday message.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
In the final sermon of our series on Amos, Alex explains how, after months of gloom, Amos ends with hope a new life after the storm.Readings from this service:Amos 9: 1-15Psalm 106: 40-46Matthew 26: 26-29Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben finish out there series on Amos on a note of hope (at last).Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
In Amos 8 God makes clear that Israel is ripe for judgment. Ben explores the theme of “The Day of the LORD” in Amos, and how this ancient prophecy leads us to the cross.Readings from this service:Amos 8: 1-14Psalm 7: 6-9Mark 15: 33-39Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben discuss the darkest passage of Amos yet. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Like the plot of a TV thriller: Amos speaks the truth to power, and the shadowy cabal fights back.Readings from this service:Amos 7: 10-172 Timothy 4: 1-5Psalm 78: 1-4Matthew 24: 4-14Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben analyze the "thug life" of Amos.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Though we are measured, we are also saved, by Christ the "plumb line" and the “Passover lamb". Readings from this service:Amos 7: 1-9Psalm 78: 56-60Matthew 5: 17-20Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex, Ben, and Amos move on from oracles to a series of visions from God. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Our themes today are power, hate, faded glory, fear, stupidity, bitterness, the total meaninglessness of all human success, death, and life. Readings from this service:Amos 6: 8-14Psalm 10: 4-9Luke 6: 20-26Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben discuss more strange nosies from Amos chapter 6.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
From Amos 6, Ben explores how Amos boldly condemns Israel for their pride and addiction to luxury. For Christians, the passage is an invitation to the joy of repentance.Readings from this service:Amos 6: 1-7Psalm 73: 1-6Matthew 24: 36-44Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Amos says “the first shall be first”. Alex and Ben discuss why, in this context, that's not a good thing! Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
It is possible to look like you're worshipping God, when in reality, you're worshipping yourself. But genuine worship always manifests in genuine blessing.Readings from this service:Amos 5: 18-27Psalm 24: 3-5John 4: 1-26Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben look at one of the most famous verses in Amos and explore why it might mean even more than we think.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Ben teaches on Amos 5, where the LORD holds an intervention to win back his people's heart.Readings from this service:Amos 5: 8-17Psalm 8: 1-5Luke 12: 16-21Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!
Alex and Ben the great significance of chiasms, which seem to have very much become Ben's focus this week.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!