Knox Presbyterian Church Podcast

Long Story Short: Incarnation

God's pursuit of His people is relentless and neverending. To the end that God Himself become incarnate - God became one of us to reach all of us. Jesus knew in the depth of His soul who He was and what He came to do. The question He poses to us is, do we? Who do we say that Jesus is?
Matthew 3:13-17
Matthew 16:13-20

The Long Story Short Class: Comeback

This week, we close on the Old Testament of the bible. Dr. David Bruner gives us a look at the events following the Babylonian exile. While the Hebrew people may have had high-hopes for the rebuilding of the temple and their home city, the prolonged anti-climax of the following years is really a setup for better things to come.

Long Story Short: Comeback

After the people of Israel continued to reject God's advances through the prophets, God allowed the people to be taken from the Promised Land and exiled to foreign countries. But God provided a way for their return, as God's pursuit of His people is relentless and neverending.
2 Chronicles 36:22-23
Ezra 1:1-4; 3:8-11; 6:22

The Long Story Short Class: Warning

For better or worse, prophets both false and God-chosen alike had a huge impact on the history of God's people. We begin this week by looking at the time between the split of the kingdoms all the way through the conquering of the southern kingdom as well as get a reminder that this area of the bible is not completely chronological and more about different perspectives. Then, using Jeremiah as an example, Dr. David Bruner shows us how God used prophets to both try and guide and advise the Hebrew people and kings alike, and how complacency may have been the ultimate unraveling of the line of kings in Jerusalem.

Long Story Short: Warning

We usually think of a prophet as one who predicts future events – a foreteller. But a prophet's primary job was to hear the word of God and then proclaim it to His people. They're not so much foretellers as they are FORTH-tellers of God’s word. The prophets spoke in strange and shocking idioms in order to fulfill an almost impossible task. They were to proclaim the Word of the Lord to a people who had grown dull in their hearing. So the message of the prophets is intended to startle us, to wake us up, to help us to shrug off spiritual complacency and return again to God's will.
Jeremiah 1:4-10
Jeremiah 25:1-7
Ezekiel 26:22-28

The Long Story Short Class: Kingdom

The history of God's people and kings is a tumultuous one. Dr. David Bruner kicks us off by walking us through the time between Joshua and the installation of Israel's first king, Saul. We then dive into detail on David and Jereboam and how these two early kings are used as a benchmark for all the rest of the kings to come.

Long Story Short: Kingdom

Forgetting that God had set them apart to be distinct from all other nations, the people of Israel asked for a king so that they could be like all the other nations. Knowing that this would not turn out well, God still granted their request. Saul was appointed king, followed by David and then Solomon; all of whom sought to reign in faithfulness to God while making many, many errors, some of them life-or-death.
Mark 10:35-45
1 Samuel 8:1-22

The Long Story Short Class: Conquest

Sometimes, passages of the Bible can be tough to understand and to accept. Dr. David Bruner focuses us in on Joshua 6, one of the more violent and controversial sections of the Old Testament and gives us different perspectives and contextual offerings that we can utilize when something we read in the Bible may make us uncomfortable.

Long Story Short: Conquest

After Moses' death, Joshua was the appointed leader of the people of Israel. Joshua's job was to lead the people to radically depend on God once more for their provision and protection.
Joshua 1:1-9
Joshua 3:7-17

The Long Story Short Class: Waiting

While the Israelites were wandering in waiting for the promised land, the 10 Commandments and other laws were bestowed upon them. Dr. David Bruner begins this week by taking us through a summary of events between Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy. We then take a look at the context of "the Law's" creation and how looking at Old Testament law through the lens of Jesus as well as its original context can give us a better understanding of their original intention and application to the present day.