Weekly sermons and bible studies from Christ Church Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Ben asks what anger reveals about the contents of our hearts, and what to do when we feel afraid, insecure, or out of control. Readings from this service: Proverbs 25: 7b-10 Deuteronomy 5: 17 Psalm 37: 7-11 Matthew 5: 21-26 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…
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Alex and Ben discuss anger and what to do when we feel ashamed about it. Don't miss our Bonus Episode with Rev. Ben Wulpi, our guest preacher this Sunday! Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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BONUS EPISODE June 28: Catching Up with Rev. Ben Wulpi
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One of our former pastors, The Rev. Ben Wulpi, is preaching this weekend and dropped into the studio to let us know how he’s doing. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Christ came not to lower the standard of God’s righteousness, but to complete it for us. Only when we face up to the full gravity of the Law can we understand the magnitude of the Gospel. Readings from this service: Galatians 4: 4-7 Psalm 40: 6-8 Matthew 5: 17-20 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Downlo…
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Alex and Ben discuss Hitlers views on the 10 commandments. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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In Matthew 5, Jesus pays his followers the greatest compliment, and then says something even greater. But "so what"? Readings from this service: Proverbs 4: 10-19 Psalm 112: 1-4 Matthew 5: 13-16 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth
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Ben and Alex look at the calling to be salt and light to the community around us. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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June 9: Growing In the Likeness of Christ
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Alex begins our news series on the Sermon on the Mount by exhaling how the first 12 verses of Matthew 5 are the key to understanding the whole thing. Readings from this service: Isaiah 61: 1-3, 8-9 Psalm 34: 15-19 Matthew 5: 1-12 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…
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Ben and Alex open up our new series by discussing the beatitudes and recycling all their old jokes. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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The final chapter of Hebrews reminds us that how we live and what we believe matter, but Who we trust matters even more. Readings from this service: Hebrews 13: 1-25 Psalm 118: 6-9 John 10: 14-18 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Ben Hughes
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In the final podcast episode for our Who Is Jesus? series, Alex and Ben finish Hebrews 13 where a seemingly disparate list of commands is, in fact, all tied together by love of Christ. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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As the world and all of its promises come to naught, Alex looks at the eternal hope we find in Jesus. Readings from this service: Hebrews 12: 18-29 Psalm 50: 1-6 Matthew 23: 29-36 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth
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From Hebrews 12, Alex and Ben discuss the extraordinary idea that somehow (and in some way), we might be in heaven already. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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In this special episode for Pentecost, Alex and Ben talk about some exciting trends in worship and the implications for our future. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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May 12: Christ as Son, Christians as Sons
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Through the Gospel even the most the difficult trials are filled with meaning and hope. Christians can endure the struggles of life by looking to Jesus for correction, comfort, and power. Readings from this service: Hebrews 12: 1-17 Psalm 94: 12-15 Luke 22: 39-46 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Downlo…
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Alex and Ben are joined by special guest Debbie to discuss Hebrews chapter 12. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Our faithful forebears took great risks, and suffered horribly for their faith. But they also failed, often badly. So what is it that really unites them and sets them apart as worthy models of faith for us to copy? Readings from this service: Hebrews 11: 23-39 Psalm 144: 10-15 Luke 10: 22-24 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Face…
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Alex and Ben cover many subjects, and even, sometimes, Hebrews chapter 11. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Guest preacher Jenna Hughes shows that Hebrews 11 is less about our faithful character and more about the God in whom we put our faith. Readings from this service: Hebrews 11: 1-22 Psalm 42: 7-11 John 15: 1-5 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…
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Ben and Alex talk about our place in the long story of the faithful people of God. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Alex looks at the confident assurance of hope we get through the living blood of Jesus. Readings from this service: Hebrews 10: 19-39 Psalm 143: 10-11 John 14: 6 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Alex Shuttlworth
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Alex and Ben dig into some of the more difficult parts of chapter 10 and manage to avoid any reference to bacon. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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April 14: Christ: The Sanctifier & Perfector
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Hebrews 10 shows that our deep need for moral cleansing is fully and finally met through Jesus’ atoning sacrifice. Readings from this service: Hebrews 10: 1-18 Psalm 40: 6-8 Matthew 9: 9-13 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Ben Hughes
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From Hebrews 10, Alex and Ben look at how the sacrifice of Jesus will never be repeated, even if the discussion about it will be many times! Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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April 7: Christ: The Mediator & Sacrifice
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Through the swirling, repetitive, and even seemingly contradictory language of chapter 9, Hebrews reveals how Christ fulfills and turns upside down everything they had ever hoped for. Readings from this service: Hebrews 9: 11-28 Psalm 68: 19-20 Luke 24: 13-27 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download o…
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From Hebrews chapter 9, Ben and Alex try to explain the biblical structure of chiasm, by reference to bacon cheeseburgers. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Alex looks at the implications of the resurrection, and why, without it, our faith is futile. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 15: 12-22 Psalm 118: 17-24 Matthew 28: 1-10 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth
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Rev. Ben delivers an insightful and powerful Good Friday message. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Ben Hughes
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Mark’s passion narrative shows us that even at the cross Jesus is not a powerless victim, but a conquering King. Readings from this service: Isaiah 52: 13-53: 12 Psalm 22: 1-11 Mark 15: 1-39 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Ben Hughes
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Alex and Ben walk through the radical changes that took place between Palm Sunday and Good Friday along with a few small rants about ceremonialism and a brief digression into a current motor racing scandal. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…
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Nothing is built to last: from the Great Temple, to your new TV, even your own body. But our frustrations when things go wrong are because we were made for eternity. Readings from this service: Hebrews 9: 1-14 Psalm 95: 6-7 Mark 14: 53-65 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…
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Ben and Alex discuss Hebrews 9 and the history of ... everything. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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The New Covenant secured by Christ offers newfound innocence, real connection, and a renewed heart for all who will have Him. Readings from this service: Hebrews 8: 1-13 Jeremiah 31: 31-34 Psalm 89: 30-37 Luke 22: 14-20 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…
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Alex and Ben discuss how even under the Old Covenant, they longed for something new and better. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Christ, the king and priest of righteousness and peace brings us into unique hope. Readings from this service: Hebrews 7: 11-28 Psalm 110: 4-7 Matthew 26: 26-29 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth
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Alex and Ben are joined by special guest Marian Ahlers to help them stick to the subject. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Hebrews 7 proclaims that Christ’s priesthood is more foundational, more authoritative, and more lasting any other. He alone has the power to transform our view of God and God’s view of us. Readings from this service: Genesis 14: 18-20 Hebrews 6:19–7: 11 Psalm 110: 2-4 John 8: 53-59 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit…
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Alex and Ben finally talk about the mysterious character of Melchizedek who appears more in Hebrews than anywhere else in the Bible. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Feb. 18: Christ as Forerunner & Anchor of the Soul
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From Hebrews 6, Alex explains how, with Christ, we can have the firmest of hopes, in the stormiest and most hopeless of times. Readings from this service: Genesis 22: 15-19 Hebrews 6: 13-20 Psalm 62: 5-8 Matthew 27: 45-51 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…
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Alex and Ben are joined by Tami and special guest Debbie, in an attempt to keep them on track through Hebrews 6. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Hebrews 6 features a stern warning against the peril of abandoning Christ. Ironically, this difficult word is one of the ways that God brings safety and assurance to unbelieving hearts. Readings from this service: Hebrews 5:11–6:12 Psalm 131 John 15: 4-9 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our ap…
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Ben & Alex discuss Hebrews 5 and why they are so dull. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Feb. 4: Christ: The Perfect Man & Author of Salvation
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Confidence in Christ leads to biblical reverence in the church Readings from this service: Hebrews 4:14–5:10 Psalm 2: 6-12 Luke 22:39-46 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth
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Hebrews 5, confidence, reverence, and shrunken skulls Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Jan. 28: Christ: The Sabbath Rest & Judge
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In Christ we look forward to a great homecoming and a true Sabbath rest. Hebrews 4 exhorts us to abide in Christ through faith so that we can enter it. Readings from this service: Hebrews 4: 1-13 Psalm 95: 6-11 Luke 6: 1-11 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…
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Alex and Ben introduce an important theme for several studies in 2024: rest and how we can only truly find it in Jesus. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Alex and Ben discuss Hebrews 3 and the need for fellowship and rest. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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Jan. 14: Christ: The Founder of Salvation
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Jesus, the ultimate priest and sacrifice, frees us from the power and fear of death. Readings from this service: Hebrews 2:1-18 Psalm 8: 3-6 Luke 18: 9-14 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth
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Ben breathes his horrible disease on Alex while they discuss Hebrews chapter 2. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av CCFC Clergy
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January 7: Christ: The Ruler & Creator of the World
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Jesus, the creator and sustainer of all things, steps into our world to reveal himself and save us. Readings from this service: Hebrews 1: 1-14 Psalm 45: 6-7 John 1: 1-5, 14-17 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Av The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth
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