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Weekly sermons from Christ Church Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA.

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    June 1: Human Flesh Enthroned

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 30:45


    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!

    Bible Study: May 30

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 47:52


    Alex and Ben discuss the Ascension and Bob Dylan. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    May 25: Are We Nearly There Yet?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 29:27


    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!

    Bible Study: May 23

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 44:54


    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!

    May 18: A Short History of Everything

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 33:35


    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!

    Bible Study: May 16

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 50:46


    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!

    May 11: Ghosts Don't Eat Fish

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 26:38


    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!

    Bible Study: May 9

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 31:03


    Alex and Ben talk about Jesus, Porcupines and fish.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    May 4: Breaking Bread & Opening Eyes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 25:42


    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!

    Bible Study: May 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 47:31


    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!

    April 27: Bible Study with Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 26:50


    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!

    Bible Study: April 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 45:44


    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!

    Easter Sunday 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 27:39


    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!

    Good Friday 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 22:47


    Rev. Alex delivers a Good Friday message.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    April 13: Judgment, Destruction, Hope & Restoration

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 25:49


    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!

    Bible Study: April 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 47:51


    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!

    April 6: Israel's End

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 27:33


    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!

    Bible Study: April 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 54:10


    Alex and Ben discuss the darkest passage of Amos yet. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    March 30: Speaking Truth to Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 29:29


    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!

    Bible Study: March 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 39:22


    Alex and Ben analyze the "thug life" of Amos.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    March 23: The Plumbline

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 32:39


    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!

    Bible Study: March 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 36:46


    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!

    March 16: The Cost of Complacency, Pt. II

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 29:35


    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!

    Bible Study: March 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 43:40


    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!

    March 9: The Cost of Complacency, Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 25:33


    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!

    Bible Study: March 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 36:21


    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!

    March 2: Genuine Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 26:33


    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!

    Bible Study: Feb. 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 44:58


    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!

    Feb. 23: God Pleads with Us, Pt. II

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 23:03


    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!

    Bible Study: Feb. 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 47:11


    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!

    Feb 16: God Pleads with Us, Pt. I

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 27:39


    From Amos 5, Alex explores how to find hope, even when life is hard.Readings from this service:Amos 5: 1-7Psalm 62: 7-11Matthew 23: 37-39Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study: Feb. 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 42:49


    Alex and Ben examine Amos 5 in reverse order to discover how human behavior can make God feel.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Feb. 9: Ignoring God

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 24:14


    Amos 4 tells the story of God's consistent tough love in the face of Israel's willful ignorance. It is a reminder for Christians of God's patience and our need to repent.Readings from this service:Amos 4: 6-13Psalm 65: 5-9Luke 19: 41-44Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study: Feb. 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 46:44


    Ben & Alex examine covenant curses and what really matters in life.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Feb. 2: Self-Indulgence & Superficial Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 26:06


    Alex explains why the heavy prophecy of Amos 4 is, in fact, good news.Readings from this service:Amos 4: 1-5Psalm 1: 1-5Matthew 23: 29-36Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study: Jan. 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 45:27


    Alex and Ben discuss bovine fecundity in the Ancient Near East and how it relates to us today. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Jan. 26: A Remnant Survives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 26:26


    In Amos 3, God pronounces judgment upon Israel for betraying the covenant. The passage highlights the stark difference between the conditional covenant that God made with Israel, and the New Covenant of grace in Jesus Christ.Readings from this service:Amos 3: 1-15Psalm 126: 5-7Matthew 18: 10-14Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study: Jan. 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 33:55


    Alex and Ben discuss prophecy, covenants, and salvation, from Amos 3. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Jan. 19: Judgment on God's Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 27:30


    As Amos explains that everyone will face the judgment of God, he hints at the good news that some will be delivered by God, at cost to Himself. Readings from this service:Amos 2: 4-16Psalm 19: 7-10Luke 19: 41-44Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study: Jan. 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 58:52


    From Amos chapter 2, Alex and Ben discuss how and why God might bring a storm, even upon His own people.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Jan 12: Judgment on God's Enemies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 32:51


    God warns Israel's pagan neighbors that He is about to punish  their wicked ways. Judgment passages like this one remind Christians of the good news that God will punish all wickedness, and that He has himself borne the penalty for sinners who trust in Jesus.Readings from this service:Amos 1: 3–2:3Psalm 17: 7-13Matthew 25: 31-46Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study Podcast Bonus Episode: Special Guest Chuck Gerdes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 42:24


    In this special bonus episode, Chuck Gerdes tells us about his ministry with the Christian Motorcycle Association and how what they do applies to us all.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study: Jan. 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 50:50


    Alex and Ben discuss why we should care about conflict, even when both sides are enemies of ours. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Jan. 5: The Rejected God Speaks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 28:13


    Alex introduces the book of Amos, explains why it is so relevant to our setting today, and shows how God always calls to His people warning them of judgment, and offering a rescue before it's too late. Readings from this service:Amos 1: 1-2Psalm 46: 6-10Matthew 25: 31-34Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study: Jan. 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 46:21


    Alex and Ben begin our new series for the new year, with a gathering storm.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Dec. 29: Simeon & Anna's Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 23:57


    After years of waiting, Simeon and Anna see that Jesus is the embodiment of God's consolation and redemption. Their example reminds us that God always keeps his promises.Readings from this service:Isaiah 42: 5-9Psalm 96: 7-13Luke 2: 22-38Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Dec. 24: Christmas Eve (6pm service)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 13:45


    Alex points out how when an obvious prize is on offer, things that had our interest before, suddenly seem of less concern.Readings from this service:Isaiah 12: 1-6Psalm 96: 1-2, 10Luke 2: 8-20Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Dec. 22 (Advent IV): The Angels' Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 23:22


    In Luke 2 we meet angels who display God's glory and shepherds who display man's lowliness. The scene points to how Christ embodied both natures for our sake.Readings from this service:Isaiah 6: 1-4Psalm 106: 1-5Luke 2: 8-14Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study: Dec. 20

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 43:50


    Alex and Ben discuss angels, where they come from, what we know, and the role they play in our lives today. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Dec. 15 (Advent III): Zechariah's Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 26:25


    We've seen there is nothing we can do to earn God's love, but are there things we can do to block it? (No!).Readings from this service:Micah 7: 18-20Psalm 132 14-19Luke 1: 67-80Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

    Bible Study: Dec. 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 35:17


    Ben and Alex (now infected with Ben's mystery illness from last week) discuss whether their strange malady is because of something they did wrong. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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