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Paul’s discussion of marriage and head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11 has often been mischaracterized. When we cut through the historical weeds, we see a gospel-centered plea for unity, modesty, and marital interdependence. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 11: 1-16 Psalm 8: 3-6 Luke 10: 38-42 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit u…

In this head coverings-focused episode, Alex, Ben, and Tami discuss head coverings at great length and Kat accidentally passes the studio, and gets pulled into a lengthy conversation about head coverings. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Although it's fun to be in a growing church, tensions are inevitable when new members are very different to ourselves. What hope does the gospel bring to a divided world that ensures we do not become a divided church? Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 7: 17-24 & 9:19-27 Psalm 134 Mark 2: 21-22 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit …

Alex and Ben discuss two more unusual themes in the middle of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians and where he might be going with it. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

Paul’s discussion of idolatry, community, and the Lord’s Supper in 1 Corinthians 10 shows us how participation in Christ reorients us from a self-centered life to a God-centered life. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 10: 7-33 Psalm 78: 5-9 Matthew 4: 8-11 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Downl…

Alex and Ben discuss some of the recent events at Asbury University, as well as the passages in 1st Corinthians that deal with how you build a church that works for people with radically different sensitivities around food, worship, and culture. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

In 1 Corinthians 7 Paul brings the sanity of gospel-centered living to bear on the sensitive topic of singleness and marriage. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 7: 1-15, 38-40 Psalm 143: 8-11 Matthew 5: 31-32 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Although today’s passage contains some of the best news in scripture, it’s one that we tend to skip because of how it reads to the culture of our age. In the sermon, Alex looks at why we think what we think, and why the good news of grace really is so good. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 6: 9-20 Psalm 119: 92-96 Matthew 5: 27-30 Thanks f…

In this double-length episode, Alex and his guest Pastor Justin discuss chapters 5 and 6 of 1st Corinthians and the implications for those trying to live and think as believers today. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

Being so heavily influenced by the culture of the town, the Corinthian church had failed in its mandate to change the culture of the town. In chapters five and six, Paul explores the need to serve the individual, whole church, and entire town by living out what we really believe. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 5:1–6:8 Psalm 1: 1-5 Matthe…

When we follow the culture of the age, we become more boastful, judgmental, and afraid of being exposed, but when we follow Christ, we find grace, peace, and a deep sense of connection with those who have been freed from sin by Him. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 4: 1-21 Psalm 31: 21-22, 26-27 (ACNA 2019 BCP pg. 305) Matthew 20: 25-28 Th…

Alex and Ben discuss pomposity, conflict, leadership, judgmental people, ancient Greek, Michael Caine, and why people sometimes have a hard time focusing on just one thing. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

Special Edition: Due to our Annual Meeting we weren't able to record the sermon as it was preached to the congregation. Rev. Ben recorded this episode the day after in our studio. We are all vulnerable to the poison of spiritual and intellectual pride, but the gospel offers the antidote of freedom and humility through Christ. Readings from this ser…

Alex & Ben discuss more of the divisions in Corinth and the parallels with artificial intelligence today. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

In this week’s podcast, Alex, Ben, and Tami dig deeper into the divisions in Corinth, and how, being steeped in the culture of the day, the church was seeing a similar thing. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

Alex looks at the divisive culture of Corinth, the parallels between then and now, and Paul’s simple solution to a problem that might have seemed more complex than it really was. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 1: 18–2: 16 Psalm 111: 1-3, 9-10 Matthew 11: 25-27 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our websit…

Rev. Alex starts our new 18-week series focusing on 1 Corinthians. Corinth was a town like ours at a time like ours, and so the church was in some ways like ours too. In today’s sermon, Rev’d. Alex looks at some lessons we can learn from the Corinthian church. Readings from this service: 1 Corinthians 1: 1-17 Psalm 133 John 17: 15-23 Thanks for lis…

Alex and Ben discuss the value of 1st Corinthians to our church today, some of the big themes of the letter, and what it looks like to live as a growing church in a cultural melting pot like Corinth. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

In this week's sermon, we read from the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Psalms, Luke, Philippians, and Revelation, and Tami shares some thoughts about the joy of serving God. In the calling of Moses, the cry of David, the teaching of Paul, and the rejoicing of Simeon, God reveals His mercy and love for those H has called to serve Him. Readings from thi…

We begin the fourth season of our podcast! Alex, Ben and Tami discuss the revelation of God to Moses, his calling, and how God gives us joy when we serve Him. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

Christmas is all about the glorious doctrine of adoption: God sent His Son to buy us out of slavery into sonship. Readings from this service: Galatians 3: 23-4:7 Psalm 84: 1-2, 10-13 John 1:1-18 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi The Rev. Ben Hughes

Usually when we receive a gift, we open it and then use it. But sometimes, with the gifts of God, we keep them quiet. Why do we do that? And how can a rubber chicken help us to apply the principles of Luke chapter 2 verse 8-20? Reading from this service: Luke 2: 8-20 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Do…

Jesus’ birth fulfills Isaiah’s Immanuel prophecy, showing that God’s promises never fail. Readings from this service: Isaiah 7: 10-17 Psalm 24: 7-10 Matthew 1: 18-25 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi The Rev. Ben Hughes

Alex, Kat, and Ben attempt to summarize of all the teaching this year, but somehow get sidetracked into a conversation about Neil Young. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

This week, Alex asks, what if the way does not go your way? Can you still worship, even if you feel disappointed with God? Readings from this service: Isaiah 35: 1-10 Psalm 146 Matthew 11: 2-6 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

Alex and Ben discuss the links between Matthew 11 and Isaiah 35: a clear prophecy that Christ fulfills in an immediate, intermediate, and ultimate way. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

John the Baptist’s radical message of repentance offers a hard, but hopeful prelude to redemption. Readings from this service: Isaiah 11: 1-10 Psalm 72: 1-2 Matthew 3: 1-12 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi The Rev. Ben Hughes

Since “no one knows the day of the hour” when Jesus will return, those who would follow him must ready themselves with hearts rooted in grace. Readings from this service: Isaiah 2: 1-5 Psalm 122: 1, 5-7 Matthew 24: 29-31, 36-44 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex and Ben are joined by Joe Nawrocki to discuss Advent, and the prophecy in Matthew 24 about the end of the world. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

Rev. Alex completes our series on Joel this week. The final talk shows how Joel sums up the whole of the Bible and all of its themes in one chapter. Readings from this service: Joel 3: 9-21 Psalm 96: 9-13 Luke 21: 25-26 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

When bad people take advantage, it’s normal to want justice. But in Joel 3, we hear about the risks of taking things into our own hands, and how the God of justice is coming to fight for us. Readings from this service: Joel 3: 1-8 Psalm 96: 10-13 Matthew 18: 21-35 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Downl…

As the book of Joel digs into another aspect of suffering, that we (the reader) didn’t even know was going on, Alex Kat and Ben discuss the link between justice and revenge. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

Through Jesus, God has fulfilled his promise to pour out his Spirit on all people and create oases of hope in dark times. Readings from this service: Joel 2: 28-32 Acts 2: 16-21 Psalm 116: 4-7 John 14: 15-17 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

This week Alex and Ben discuss God’s promise to pour out His Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and ultimately, to renew the whole earth at Christ’s return. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

When a crisis comes, many of us worry what other people will think if they find out, but God promises we will never again be put to shame if we turn to Him. Readings from this service: Joel 2: 25-27 Romans 10: 9-13 Matthew 27: 27-31 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex, Ben, and Tami discuss Joel chapter 2 verses 25-27, the delicate subject of shame, and the reality of God’s grace in taking it upon himself and away from us. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

God’s promise to restore Israel after the locust plague anticipates the greater restoration that God’s people share in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Readings from this service: Joel 2: 18-27 Psalm 126: 1-6 Luke 4: 16-21 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex and Ben discuss how the imagery of Joel chapter two relates to both Gos’s plan for the end of the world, and the way he wants to restore us to abundance today. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

As the first green shoots of renewal emerge from the devastated ground of our lives, God’s promise is that “they” will notice. In this sermon, Alex helps us to answer who “they” are in our lives, and maybe, for some of us, “they" is you. Readings from this service: Joel 2: 15-17 Psalm 79: 4-10 Matthew 5: 11-12 Note: Psalm 31 was sung during the Sun…

This week Alex, Kat and Ben discuss the way that crisis can both strengthen the existing members of a church and draw in those on the outside who witness the way we react. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

God wages war against his own people to humble them. He afflicts in order that they might return to him and find life. Readings from this service: Joel 2: 10-14 Psalm 86: 12-17 Matthew 24: 29-31 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi The Rev. Ben Hughes

Sometimes God brings a crisis to our home, but he always stands with us and calls us closer to Himself. Readings from this service: Joel 2: 1-9 Psalm 22 Matthew 24: 42-44 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi The Rev. Alex Shuttleworth

Alex & Ben have been surprised with a delivery of chocolate covered "locusts." Are they game to sample this delicacy??? Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

Having eaten a ‘locust’ Alex and Ben try to regain their composure and discuss Joel chapter 2. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

Alex and Ben are joined by Kris Kann to discuss the multiple crises of Joel chapter one and what it feels like to be a believer today in a world that is still in crisis. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

The book of Joel can be hard to understand, so in this sermon Alex suggests some concepts that might help unlock it for us and prepare us for the weeks ahead. Readings from this service: Joel 1: 15-20 Psalm 145: 14-20 Luke 19: 41-44 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex, Kat, and Ben discuss the opening themes of Joel, and take some valuable time to learn about the terrifying differences between locusts and ordinary grasshoppers. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy

The prophet Joel models a pattern of Lament that is comprehensive, communal, and Christ-centered. Readings from this service; Joel 1: 1-14 Psalm 28: 1-3, 10 Luke 18: 1-8 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi The Rev. Ben Hughes

Alex introduces the book of Joel, and why we believe the church needs to relearn how to lament if we are to grow in our faith. Readings from this service: Lamentations 3: 16-24 Psalm 18: 5-7 Matthew 11: 28-30 Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!…

Alex and Ben discuss the book of Joel, the genre of lament, and why the church needs to relearn how to do it if we are to be renewed. Thanks for listening! CONNECT with CCFC: Visit us on Facebook Visit our website Download our app!Bởi CCFC Clergy