Knox Presbyterian Church Podcast

The Long Story Short Class - Creation

This week, we explore our first real highlight of the bible in the Long Story Short series with a deep look at creation, focusing on Genesis 1 & 2. Dr. David Bruner walks us through what both of these creation narratives tell us about God and us, what makes the Hebrew/Christian creation narrative different from other cultures, and then invites us to take a closer look at some of the terminology as well as differences between both of these chapters.

Long Story Short: Creation

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. We often get caught up in the questions of "how"? But Scripture is much more interested in leading us to ask the question, "why?" Why did God create? What does the creation story tell us about God? What does it tell us about ourselves? And how does that knowledge lead us to live?
Genesis 1-2
John 1:1-5

The Long Story Short Class - How to Read the Bible

Join us each week of the Long Story Short series as we take a deeper dive into each highlight of the bible. This week, Dr. David Bruner gives us a look at the bible as a whole with some of its history, its meaning, and why it's organized the way it is.

Long Story Short: How to Read the Bible

The Bible is a library of 66 books, made of different genres, written by at least 40 different authors,- men and women from all different walks of life, over the span of somewhere around 1500 years that tells one cohesive story of the redeeming love of God.
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Psalm 119:97-105
2 Timothy 3:14-17

Long Story Short: How to Hear God’s Voice

In a world filled with noise, it is still possible to hear God's still small voice. We are able to hear God speaking to us as we immerse ourselves in Scripture and surround ourselves with committed Christ-followers. Our challenge in 2023 will be to do those two things.
John 10:1-10
Psalm 23
Psalm 37:4

O Come All Ye Faithful - Songs of the Season: We Three Kings

As the Magi brought their gifts to Jesus, we are invited to bring who we are and what we have to worship Him. 
Matthew 2:1-12

O Come Let Us Adore Him - Songs of the Season: Silent Night

In a world filled with chaos, during a holiday season filled with busyness, in experiences of real darkness, we need the peace, the stillness, the light of Christ. He is Savior. He is Lord. He is Son of God. He is love's pure light. For us. With us. We can rest in Him.
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O Come Let Us Adore Him - Songs of the Season: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

On that first Christmas Eve, when the shepherds were watching their flocks by night and an angel announced the holy birth, the multitude of the heavenly host filling the sky didn’t just say it.  They sang it.  They sang it like nothing has ever been sung before, and all the world rang with their voices: “Glory to God in the highest.  Glory to the newborn King.”
Luke 2:1-14

O Come Let Us Adore Him - Songs of the Season: O Little Town of Bethlehem

If we truly want to understand who Jesus is and what he came to earth to accomplish, we would do well to go to Bethlehem. Bethlehem is found among the least, the last and the lost; among the lonely and the longing; the friendless and the forgotten; the hurting and the homeless. That's where Jesus was born and that is where Jesus still is.
 
Luke 2:1-7

O Come Let Us Adore Him - Songs of the Season - What Child Is This?

The birth of Christ prompts many questions. "How will this be?" Mary asked. Looking at a child, lying in a lowly manger, heralded by angels, bestowed gifts by royalty, we are prompted to ask, "What child is this?" Who is this that has been born into the world? Why should that matter to me? When we truly come to realize who this child is, we are prompted to Mary in giving ourselves over to be servants of the Lord, used by Him however He sees fit.