God warns Israel’s pagan neighbors that He is about to punish their wicked ways. Judgment passages like this one remind Christians of the good news that God will punish all wickedness, and that He has himself borne the penalty for sinners who trust in Jesus. Readings from this service: Amos 1: 3–2:3 Psalm 17: 7-13 Matthew 25: 31-46 Thanks for liste…

Alex and Ben discuss why we should care about conflict, even when both sides are enemies of ours. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

In this special bonus episode, Chuck Gerdes tells us about his ministry with the Christian Motorcycle Association and how what they do applies to us all. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

Alex introduces the book of Amos, explains why it is so relevant to our setting today, and shows how God always calls to His people warning them of judgment, and offering a rescue before it's too late. Readings from this service: Amos 1: 1-2 Psalm 46: 6-10 Matthew 25: 31-34 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our web…

Alex and Ben begin our new series for the new year, with a gathering storm. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

After years of waiting, Simeon and Anna see that Jesus is the embodiment of God’s consolation and redemption. Their example reminds us that God always keeps his promises. Readings from this service: Isaiah 42: 5-9 Psalm 96: 7-13 Luke 2: 22-38 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex points out how when an obvious prize is on offer, things that had our interest before, suddenly seem of less concern. Readings from this service: Isaiah 12: 1-6 Psalm 96: 1-2, 10 Luke 2: 8-20 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

In Luke 2 we meet angels who display God’s glory and shepherds who display man’s lowliness. The scene points to how Christ embodied both natures for our sake. Readings from this service: Isaiah 6: 1-4 Psalm 106: 1-5 Luke 2: 8-14 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex and Ben discuss angels, where they come from, what we know, and the role they play in our lives today. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

We’ve seen there is nothing we can do to earn God’s love, but are there things we can do to block it? (No!). Readings from this service: Micah 7: 18-20 Psalm 132 14-19 Luke 1: 67-80 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

Ben and Alex (now infected with Ben’s mystery illness from last week) discuss whether their strange malady is because of something they did wrong. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

Mary’s Song reminds us of a liberating truth: what the Sovereign God does with our lives is vastly more significant than what we do with our lives. Readings from this service: 1 Samuel 2: 1-10 Psalm 126: 1-6 Luke 1: 46-56 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex and Ben keep up the relentless attack on Plagiarism, with some help from Jimi Hendrix. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

Once again we see God initiates grace and people respond in worship. But this week, we also see that when we worship we experience intimacy, communion, and joy. Readings from this service: Micah 5: 2-4 Advent Canticle: The First Song of Isaiah Luke 1: 39-45 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our…

Alex and Ben discuss how grace always leads to worship. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

Alex tackles the most holy-sounding heresy in the history of the world. Readings from this service: 2 Samuel 7: 12-22 Advent Canticle: A Song of the Spirit Luke 1: 26-33 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

Alex and Ben look at how Gabriel’s announcement to Mary fulfills the promises to David roughly 1,000 years before. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

In the final chapter of 1 Timothy, Paul reminds us to take responsibility for our faith and calling because God has taken responsibility for us. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 6: 11-16, 20-21 Psalm 90: 1-2, 13-14 John 21: 15-19 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex & Ben round off the 1 Timothy series with a nice sensible and uniform volume level. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

Last week Alex looked at some risks that come with money, and this week: opportunities for joy. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 6: 13-19 Psalm 37: 21-22 Luke 12: 13-21 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

Having looked at the risks last week, this week Alex and Ben look at some of the spiritual opportunities that money provides. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

Alex looks at what happens when we dethrone the idols in our lives. Readings from this service: 1 Timothy 6: 2b-10 Psalm 24: 1-2 Matthew 6: 24-29 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

Alex and Ben are interrupted by a surprise visit from the treasurer during a discussion on money. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af The Rev. Ben Hughes

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af The Rev. Ben Hughes

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af The Rev. Ben Hughes

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af CCFC Clergy

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!Af The Rev. Ben Hugjhes

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!Af CCFC Clergy