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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי 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!על ידי CCFC Clergy

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!על ידי The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

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!על ידי CCFC Clergy

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!על ידי CCFC Clergy

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!על ידי The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

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!על ידי CCFC Clergy

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!על ידי CCFC Clergy

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!על ידי CCFC Clergy

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!על ידי CCFC Clergy

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!על ידי CCFC Clergy

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!על ידי CCFC Clergy

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!על ידי The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth