Knox Presbyterian Church Podcast

Even when humanity turned away from God, God never turned away from us. God began His relentless pursuit of humanity by choosing one man, Abraham, to be the focus and conduit of God's blessing of the entire earth.
Genesis 12:1-9
Genesis 15,17,22
Hebrews 11:8-22

This week in the Long Story Short Class we will be taking an in-depth look at Genesis 3. Guest speaker Alex Massad delivers a master class on how the fall of humanity relates to sin, death, and law. Alex also gives us an analysis on what did and didn't change because of the fall, and then invites us to look more broadly at creation as a whole and how other cultures different from one's own can provide valuable insight.
 
Editors note: Apologies! During the recording of this class, some unfortunate background noises occurred that made some of the audience questions and commentary unusable. Every effort has been made to preserve Alex's responses in as cohesive a manner as possible.

God created man and woman in God's image to live in perfect, unbroken relationship with God, one another and all creation. But humanity's choice to try and be their own master, separated them from that close relationship with God and one another and marred their connection to creation.
Genesis 3
Romans 5:6-8, 12-15; 6:23

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.

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

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.

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.
See the trailer of Long Story Short here: https://youtu.be/K94hm-Htk14
 
Psalm 119:97-105
2 Timothy 3:14-17

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

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

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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