The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago

This podcast is the first of four in a series on the works that have had the greatest impact on Senior Associate Pastor Rocky Supinger's faith — Heretics and Orthodoxy by British novelist and essayist Gilbert Keith Chesterton. This evening we reflect on how Chesterton's writings were about the kind of outlook on life that faith should give us — a life of purpose. The Lord didn't really give the disciples a detailed process for doing that or insist on a metric of efficiency. Rather, he gave us an aim to pursue, a wild, seemingly unattainable aim. The strength of our faith will be measured, then, in our commitment to that aim — not in spite of the aim's grandiosity, but because of it.  

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Here to the story of Priscilla and Aquila in Acts 18:1–4, 18–27. As we think about these verses and others where they are mentioned, Matt Helms invites us to consider how Priscilla and Aquila are teachers to the teachers of the early church. We also give thanks for those who have shaped our own spiritual lives, just as Priscilla and Aquila did in the early church.

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Today we turn to the story of Lydia in Acts 16:11–14. As we think about that text, Matt Helms invites us to consider how representative Lydia is of how the church was able to grow and sustain itself as it spread in the Roman Empire. We also ponder how these stories of those in the early church speak to the importance of every member of the church being invested in the work that we are called to do.

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A sermon by Rocky Supinger. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

In this podcase we turn to the story of a meeting between Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10.  As we think about that text, Matt Helms invites us to consider how Cornelius helps Peter — and us today — to realize that the church is not beholden to the way that things have always been and that the church is dynamic and always changing.

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A sermon by Matt Helms. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Drawing from Acts 9:36–43, Matt Helms invites us to consider Tabitha's discipleship and quiet leadership in the early church, touching the lives of so many with her good works and charity.

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

In this installment, we turn to Philip and the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8:26–39.  Matt Helms invites us to consider how this interaction showed openness and welcome in the early church as Philip baptized the eunuch even though the eunuch was not part of a faith community. We also pause to ask how we might similarly welcome and embrace people where they are on their faith journeys today.

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An Easter sermon by Nanette Sawyer. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Associate Pastor Matt Helms leads our reflection on how those who worked behind the scenes in the early church provide us with examples of how we all can fill such roles and responsibilities as the church today.

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An Easter sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A short midweek Lenten reflection by Nancy Benson-Nicol, Associate Pastor Exploring Matthew 27 and Psalm 22 as resources for reflection on our Lenten journey and in preparation for Easter.

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A Palm Sunday sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A short midweek Lenten reflection by Joe Morrow, Associate Pastor Exploring Psalm 139 as a resource for reflection on our Lenten journey and in preparation for Easter.

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A short midweek Lenten reflection by Nancy Benson-Nicol, Associate Pastor Exploring the book of Psalms as a resource for reflection on our Lenten journey and in preparation for Easter.

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A short midweek Lenten reflection by Joseph L. Morrow, Associate Pastor Exploring the book of Psalms as a resource for reflection on our Lenten journey and in preparation for Easter.

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A short midweek Lenten reflection by Nancy Benson-Nicol, Associate Pastor Exploring the book of Psalms as a resource for reflection on our Lenten journey and in preparation for Easter.

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A short midweek Lenten reflection by Joseph L. Morrow, Associate Pastor Exploring the book of Psalms as a resource for reflection on our Lenten journey and in preparation for Easter.

A short midweek Lenten reflection on the Psalms by Associate Pastor Nancy Benson-Nicol

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Short homilies by youth of Fourth Church. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A short midweek reflection by Tom Are Jr., Interim Pastor Exploring the Beatitudes and how we might understand “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Nancy Benson-Nicol. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A short midweek reflection by Tom Are Jr., Interim Pastor Exploring the Beatitudes and how we might understand “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.”

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Rocky Supinger. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A short midweek reflection by Tom Are Jr., Interim Pastor Exploring the Beatitudes and how we might understand “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

A short midweek reflection by Tom Are Jr., Interim Pastor Exploring the Beatitudes and what it means to live in the present

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)