Christ Church Fox Chapel Podcast
Religion & Spirituality
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Weekly sermons and bible studies from Christ Church Fox Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA.
Episodes
- Bible Study: May 15
Ben and Alex discuss a difficult Bible passage in this episode of the Christ Church Fox Chapel Podcast from May 15. Ben challenges Alex to interpret a passage he understands well.
- May 10: Relapse Pt. II
This episode, 'Relapse Pt. II,' from the Christ Church Fox Chapel Podcast features Alex discussing the connection between Ezra 9 and major Old Testament themes. Readings include Ezra 9:10-15, Psalm 51:7-12, and Luke 18:9-14.
- BONUS EPISODE: Special Guest Britaini Evanuik
In this bonus episode, guest Britaini Evanuik discusses addiction, sin, and the path to healing through Christian community with hosts Alex and Ben.
- Bible Study: May 8
In this episode, Alex and Ben discuss Ezra 9. Ben also shares details about the launch of CCFC's new jewelry line, which is inspired by Britney Spears.
- May 3: Relapse Pt. 1
This episode of the Christ Church Fox Chapel Podcast, titled "May 3: Relapse Pt. 1," features Alex discussing practical approaches to relapsing into sin. The discussion references readings from Ezra 9:1-9, Psalm 51:1-4, and Luke 15:11-24.
- Bible Study: May 1
Alex and Ben discuss why sometimes our revival is interrupted by a relapse. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- April 26: Protection Along the Way & Blessing On Arrival
Ezra stakes his life on God’s faithfulness, and God delivers him through a perilous journey. Our God is sovereign over his enemies and faithful to His own. Readings from this service: Ezra 8: 24-36 Psalm 91: 1-7 Luke 12: 22-34 Thanks for l…
- Bible Study: April 24
Alex and Ben discuss the staggering amount of money that the exiles have to carry home. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- April 19: Stepping Out in Faith
Alex looks at the purpose of long lists of difficult names in the Bible. Readings from this service: Ezra 8: 1-23 Psalm 118: 5-9 Matthew 14: 22-33 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our…
- Bible Study: Apr. 17
Alex and Ben discuss an extremely long list of barely pronounceable names. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- April 12: Ezra Arrives
Ezra’s leadership was rooted in the sovereign favor of God: “...the hand of the LORD his God was on him." Those in Christ have the same confidence that God works all things together for their good. Readings from this service: Ezra 7 Psalm…
- Bible Study: April 10
Alex and Ben return to the book of Ezra as we meet Ezra himself for the first time. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- April 5: Easter Sunday
Alex explains why we do not need to be afraid if we seek Jesus. Readings from this service: Isaiah 25: 6-9 Psalm 118: 14-24 Matthew 27: 62-28: 10 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our…
- Mar. 29: The Passover Lamb
God’s people are triumphant as they celebrate the first Passover with the completed Temple. Their victory is a foretaste of the final deliverance won by Christ. Readings from this service: Ezra 6: 19-22 Psalm 118: 19-22 Luke 19: 28-40 Than…
- Bible Study: March 27
Alex and Ben discuss the significance of the Passover. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- March 22: The Sovereignty of God
Alex looks at eight signs of revival (maybe nine) (or ten). Readings from this service: Ezra 6: 13-18 Psalm 118: 19-24 Luke 2: 22-33 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Bible Study: March 20
Alex and Ben discuss some of the common signs of revival from Ezra chapter 6. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- March 15: Blessed by Babylon
Alex examines the link between repentance and the reward of a relationship with God. Readings from this service: Ezra 6: 1-12 Romans 13: 1-7 Psalm 128: 1-2, 5-7 Matthew 6: 31-33 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook…
- Bible Study: March 13
Alex and Ben discuss reward from God, with a small sidebar about Ancient Near Eastern dung piles. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- March 8: Working in Hope
Ezra 5 gives a window into source of Israel’s courage: a pairing of humility with trust in the Sovereign God. Readings from this service: Ezra 5: 6-17 Psalm 121: 1-4 Matthew 5: 13-16 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Fac…
- Bible Study: March 6
Alex and Ben talk about the much nicer (well less nasty) letter in Ezra chapter 5. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Mar. 1: Defiant Faith
From Ezra 5, Alex discusses some encouraging signs when we feel far from God. Readings from this service: Ezra 5: 1-5 Acts 5: 27-29 Psalm 124 Mark 12: 13-17 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Do…
- Bible Study: Feb. 27
Alex and Ben discuss how challenges to our faith can make us grow even more. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Feb. 22: Accused & Defamed
Alex examines God’s plan for when our revival meets resistance. Readings from this service: Ezra 4: 17-24 Psalm 94: 16-23 John 19: 1-11 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Bible Study: Feb. 20
Alex and Ben discuss the power of manipulative words in Ezra chapter 4. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Feb. 15: Political Opposition & Schemes
The complaint against God’s people in Ezra 4 exemplifies the enduring spiritual war that plagues our world. We do not fight against flesh and blood but against demonic strongholds, and we win victory only through Christ’s loving self-sacri…
- Bible Study: Feb. 13
Alex and Ben are joined by ‘the’ Los Yetis, to talk about manipulation, and spiritual attack. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Feb. 8: Worshipping In the Face of Opposition
From Ezra 4, Alex examines why revival always provokes spiritual attack. Readings from this service: Ezra 4: 1-6 Psalm 2: 1-6 John 4: 7-26 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Bible Study: Feb. 6
From Ezra 4, Alex and Ben discuss why sometimes believers suffer sustained and varied forms of attack. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Feb. 1: Joy & Weeping
In Ezra 3 we see that the sweetness of Israel’s restoration is tinged with the bitter memory of their loss. Though all our joys in this life are likewise bittersweet, the Gospel says that it shall not always be so. Readings from this servi…
- Bible Study: Jan. 30
Alex and Ben discuss Ezra 3 and the bittersweet experiences of life. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Jan. 24: A Lively Faith Among Vestiges of the Past
Alex examines how revival is God’s plan for our lives. Readings from this service: Ezra 3: 1-7 Psalm 91: 1-8 Luke 12: 4-7 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Bible Study: Jan. 23
Alex and Ben discuss the revival of temple worship long before the temple was even built. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Jan. 18: A Lot of Donkeys
The detailed list of Israelite settlers in Ezra 2 reminds us that the sovereign God directs all history to its center at Golgotha. Readings from this service: Ezra 2 Psalm 126: 1-4 John 10: 11-16 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Vi…
- Bible Study: Jan. 16
Alex and Ben discuss in detail, the load capacity of an Ancient Near Eastern donkey. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Jan. 11: Stirring the Spirits of Commoners & Kings
Alex opens our study of Ezra by explaining how God protects His people, influences others, and revives our faith. Readings from this service: Ezra 1: 1-11 Psalm 122 Luke 9: 51-56 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Faceboo…
- Bible Study: Jan. 9
Alex and Ben kick off Season 7 of the CCFC Bible Study Podcast with an unexpectedly focused discussion of Ezra, the focus of our new sermon series. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download ou…
- Jan. 4: Grace & Truth
One of the practical results of the Gospel is that grace of the Mosaic Law been supplanted by the more glorious grace and truth of Jesus Christ. Readings from this service: Isaiah 60: 1-5, 19-22 Psalm 84: 9-13 John 1: 14-18 Thanks for list…
- Dec. 28: Children of God
Christmas is more than baby Jesus in the manger. Pastor Erik today discusses what Christmas means in the first chapter of the Gospel of John and how become children of God by His grace. Readings from this service: Galatians 3: 23-29 Psalm…
- Dec. 21: Repenting & Following
Jesus calls us to repent and follow Him, knowing that if we do, others will join us in a new life that is entirely free. Readings from this service: Isaiah 61: 1-3 Psalm 126 Mark 1: 14-20 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us o…
- Bible Study: Dec. 19
Alex and Ben move on from birds to fish and discuss what it means to become fishers of people. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Dec. 14: Tempted As One of Us
Alex digs further into the opportunity for a new beginning that the gospel presents. Readings from this service: Hebrews 4: 14-16 Psalm 95: 8-11 Mark 1: 12-15 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website…
- Bible Study: Dec. 12
Alex and Ben discuss temptation and 'Now That’s What I Call Music 21'. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Dec. 7: Baptized As One of Us
In Jesus’ baptism God reveals that his character is a Trinitarian dance of self-giving love. Readings from this service: Isaiah 2: 1-4 Psalm 2: 6-12 Mark 1: 9-11 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our websi…
- Bible Study: Dec. 5
Ben leads an erudite discussion on the baptism of Jesus and Alex speculates wildly. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Nov. 30: The Advent of the Spirit
Alex looks at how the beginning of the gospel contains a giant hint about the end. Readings from this service: Isaiah 44: 1-5 Psalm 96: 1-3, 13 Mark 1: 1-8 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Dow…
- Bible Study: Nov. 28
Alex and Ben start a new church year with a song and a new book of the Bible. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Nov 23: A Wealth of Generosity
Ben teaches from 2 Corinthians 8 about how the gospel transforms our motive for giving, from duty to joy. Readings from this service: 2 Corinthians 8: 1-9, 9: 6-8 Psalm 136: 1-3, 23-27 Matthew 6: 25-31 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CC…
- Bible Study: Nov. 21
Alex and Ben discuss money with barely a mention of Pink Floyd or Dire Straits. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!
- Nov. 16: Peace, Grace & Company
Alex explains how, under persecution, pressure, and poverty, we can find peace. Readings from this service: 2 Thessalonians 3: 16-18 Psalm 29: 1-2, 9-10 John 20: 19-22 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our…