Paul ties together a smorgasbord of practical issues by calling the church to honor others as Christ has honored them. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 5:3–6:2a Psalm 50: 7-15 Matthew 10: 1-12 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Ben Hughes による

Alex and Ben discuss the need to honor the vulnerable, our leaders, and our colleagues with our attitude to money. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

When the social tide pulls away from God, Christians are called to swim upstream. To this end, Paul advises Timothy to cultivate a resilient faith that is nourished by the gospel and strengthened by serving the Church. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 4:6–5:2 Psalm 119: 1-6 Matthew 7: 24-27 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on …

Alex and Ben discuss the importance of different age groups within the church. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Alex explores what happens when we meet a problem that is beyond our ability to control. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 3:14–4:5 Psalm 125: 1-3 Matthew 23: 25-28 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth による

Ben and Alex discuss the demonic origins of both chaos and control vs the good news from the Holy Spirit. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

The qualifications for church leadership in 1 Timothy 3 make a countercultural claim: that character matters more than charisma. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 3: 1-13 Psalm 23 Matthew 28: 16-20 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Ben Hughes による

In this special episode, Ben takes us through a broad summary of the biblical view on how men and women are to work together in the church. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Alex and Ben dig deeper into the role of men and women in church leadership. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Alex explores some of the most common views on how men and women are to work together for the gospel. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 2: 1-15 Acts 18: 24-26 Psalm 19: 7-14 Luke 10: 38-42 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth による

Alex, Ben, and Kat talk about this complex and controversial passage that we’re studying in the Adult Forum, church services, and the Women’s Group right now. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Like Timothy, we are called to “wage the good warfare” in chaotic times by holding fast to the gospel through prayer. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 2: 1-15 Psalm 72: 1-4 Matthew 22: 15-22 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Ben Hughes による

Alex & Ben are joined by Erik to talk about lot about politics from a passage that has little to do with politics. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

We are inundated with contradictory information and advice, but the gospel offers consistent grace. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 1: 12-20 Psalm 107: 4-9 Luke 19: 1-10 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth による

As Ben returns from exile in the bathroom, he and Alex are much more focused on the text of 1 Timothy 1. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Rev. Ben opens our new series "1st Timothy: Constancy Amid the Chaos." Paul charges Timothy to combat bad doctrine in the Ephesian church. Even when chaos seems to reign, the simple power of the gospel remains constant. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Ben joins Alex from a remote location to open our new series on 1st Timothy. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

We like to say “your will be done” but do we really mean it? Readings from this service: Romans 8: 18-27 Matthew 2: 19–3:2 Psalm 145: 10-13 Matthew 6: 10 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth による

Alex and Ben talk about just one line in the Lord’s prayer, but not quite as succinctly as Jesus did. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Despite its familiarity, the Lord’s Prayer offers a revolutionary vision of life that is foreign to most modern people. Jesus invites us to pray in a way that recenters our lives and reignites our trust. Readings from this service: 1 Chronicles 29: 10-19 Psalm 23: 1-6 Matthew 6: 9-13 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Vis…

Alex and Ben discuss the Lord’s prayer and how it fits in with the rest of the Sermon on the Mount. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Instead of pointless pompous prayer, God desires relationship over technique. Readings from this service: 1 Kings 18: 17-40 Psalm 34: 17-18, 22 Matthew 6: 7-8 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth による

Alex and Ben reunite to distract themselves from the topic of pagan prayer. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Jesus shows us that real Christian prayer is not a method or discipline but a hidden relationship with a loving Heavenly Father. Readings from this service: Romans 8: 12-30 Psalm 91: 14-16 Matthew 6: 5-6 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Ben & special guest Mike Starz butcher the podcast intro and say a few things about prayer. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Jesus exposes showy religiosity in order to replace self-righteousness with a greater reward. Readings from this service: Acts 4: 32–5:11 Psalm 37: 21-24 Matthew 6: 1-4 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Ben Hugjhes による

Ben and special guest Rev. Erik Germesin discuss true piety, Scrooge McDuck, and the podcast’s growing popularity among Russian bots. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Christians are called to love like God does and Jesus shows us how He can help us to do it. Readings from this service: Romans 12: 9-21 Psalm 145: 8-9 Matthew 5: 43-48 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth による

Alex and Tami discuss the call to love our enemies and just how difficult this can be sometimes. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Believers spend a lot of time on the meaning of the letter of the law, but Jesus Himself shows us just how radical the spirit really is. Readings from this service: Isaiah 50: 6-7 Psalm 112 Matthew 5: 38-42 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex and Tami talk about Clint Eastwood, Batman, Winston Churchill and Matthew chapter 5. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

From Matthew 5, Alex looks at why we lie, and how to become believable. Readings from this service: Leviticus 19: 12 James 5: 12 Psalm 76: 11-12 Matthew 5: 33-37 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth による

Alex and Ben try to figure out if they are pharisees, as they discuss oaths and Matthew 5. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

Jesus teaches on sensitive topics like adultery and divorce because he aims to heal the deepest wounds of the human heart. He calls us to faithfulness and draws us into mercy. Readings from this service: Colossians 3: 1-5 Psalm 51: 10-12 Matthew 5: 27-32 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our ap…

From Matthew 5:27, Ben and Alex discuss the call to sexual purity and the grace of God when we fail. Tune in to Bonus Episode #27 to dig deeper in to the subjects of divorce & remarriage. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

In this special extended episode Ben and Alex discuss the basics of sound biblical interpretation and then examine the differing mainstream views on divorce and remarriage. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!CCFC Clergy による

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!…

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!CCFC Clergy による

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!CCFC Clergy による

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…

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!CCFC Clergy による

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!The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth による

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!CCFC Clergy による

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!…

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!CCFC Clergy による

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!The Rev. Ben Hughes による

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!CCFC Clergy による

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!The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth による

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!CCFC Clergy による

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!CCFC Clergy による