Christ Church Fox Chapel Podcast

Alex looks at how Ezra 9 ties in with many of the major themes of the Old Testament.Readings from this service:Ezra 9: 10-15Psalm 51: 7-12Luke 18: 9-14Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben are joined by Britaini Evanuik to discuss addiction, sin, and how we can find healing in a Christian community.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss Ezra 9 and Ben launches CCFC’s latest jewelry line, inspired by Britney Spears.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex takes a practical look at what we should do when we relapse into sin. Readings from this service:Ezra 9: 1-9Psalm 51: 1-4Luke 15: 11-24Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss why sometimes our revival is interrupted by a relapse. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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: 24-36Psalm 91: 1-7Luke 12: 22-34Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex looks at the purpose of long lists of difficult names in the Bible. Readings from this service:Ezra 8: 1-23Psalm 118: 5-9Matthew 14: 22-33Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss an extremely long list of barely pronounceable names. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 7Psalm 126: 1-6Luke 1: 46-55Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex explains why we do not need to be afraid if we seek Jesus.Readings from this service:Isaiah 25: 6-9Psalm 118: 14-24Matthew 27: 62-28: 10Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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: 19-22Psalm 118: 19-22Luke 19: 28-40Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss the significance of the Passover.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex looks at eight signs of revival (maybe nine) (or ten).Readings from this service:Ezra 6: 13-18Psalm 118: 19-24Luke 2: 22-33Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss some of the common signs of revival from Ezra chapter 6.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex examines the link between repentance and the reward of a relationship with God.Readings from this service:Ezra 6: 1-12Romans 13: 1-7Psalm 128: 1-2, 5-7Matthew 6: 31-33Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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: 6-17Psalm 121: 1-4Matthew 5: 13-16Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

From Ezra 5, Alex discusses some encouraging signs when we feel far from God.Readings from this service:Ezra 5: 1-5Acts 5: 27-29Psalm 124Mark 12: 13-17Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss how challenges to our faith can make us grow even more.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex examines God’s plan for when our revival meets  resistance.Readings from this service:Ezra 4: 17-24Psalm 94: 16-23John 19: 1-11Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss the power of manipulative words in Ezra chapter 4.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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-sacrifice.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

From Ezra 4, Alex examines why revival always provokes spiritual attack. Readings from this service:Ezra 4: 1-6Psalm 2: 1-6John 4: 7-26Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 service:Ezra 3: 8-13Psalm 136: 1-3, 23-26John 2: 13-22Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss Ezra 3 and  the bittersweet experiences of life.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex examines how revival is God’s plan for our lives. Readings from this service:Ezra 3: 1-7Psalm 91: 1-8Luke 12: 4-7Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 2Psalm 126: 1-4John 10: 11-16Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss in detail, the load capacity of an Ancient Near Eastern donkey.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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: 1-11Psalm 122Luke 9: 51-56Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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, 19-22Psalm 84: 9-13John 1: 14-18Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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: 23-29Psalm 98: 1-5John 1: 1-11Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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: 1-3Psalm 126Mark 1: 14-20Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex digs further into the opportunity for a new beginning that the gospel presents. Readings from this service:Hebrews 4: 14-16Psalm 95: 8-11Mark 1: 12-15Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss temptation and 'Now That’s What I Call Music 21'. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

In Jesus’ baptism God reveals that his character is a Trinitarian dance of self-giving love. Readings from this service:Isaiah 2: 1-4Psalm 2: 6-12Mark 1: 9-11Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Ben leads an erudite discussion on the baptism of Jesus and Alex speculates wildly.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex looks at how the beginning of the gospel contains a giant hint about the end. Readings from this service:Isaiah 44: 1-5Psalm 96: 1-3, 13Mark 1: 1-8Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

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 FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

 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: 6-8Psalm 136: 1-3, 23-27Matthew 6: 25-31Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss money with barely a mention of Pink Floyd or Dire Straits.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex explains how, under persecution, pressure, and poverty, we can find peace. Readings from this service:2 Thessalonians 3: 16-18Psalm 29: 1-2, 9-10John 20: 19-22Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!

Alex and Ben discuss the peace that comes from Christ and try some new cookies from a listener.Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC:Visit us on FacebookVisit our websiteDownload our app!