Knox Presbyterian Church Podcast

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Monday Sep 15, 2025

Upside Down Kingdom: Good News for the Poor

Monday Sep 15, 2025

Jesus’ blessings and woes are an illustration of life in his kingdom, where things are upside down, where they run quite counter to what we think is ordinary and usual. In Jesus’ day, people saw wealth as a sign of divine favor. In our day, people aren’t all that different: sure, they might not put it exactly that way, but we do tend to regard wealth as an unambiguously good thing. And we see poverty as unambiguously bad. What Jesus is trying to do is turn that upside down. In particular, he’s trying to draw our attention to the spiritual danger of wealth, and the spiritual openness of poverty.
Luke 6:20-26

Sunday Sep 07, 2025

Upside Down Kingdom: Ordinary People

Sunday Sep 07, 2025

Upside Down Kingdom: The Good News according to Luke
Jesus is for everybody.
Jesus is for the rich and the poor. Jesus is for men and for women. Jesus is for sinners and for saints.Jesus is for insiders and outsiders.
Jesus is for everybody.
And the way that Luke lets us clearly know just how “for everybody” Jesus really is, is his emphasison how Jesus treats those who would otherwise think Jesus could never be for them. The lowly, themarginalized, the broken, the picked on and the pushed around. Those who had always been toldthat they’re a nobody, Luke makes clear that they are right in the center of everybody.
And Jesus is for everybody.It’s important to me, that from the outset of this series, that you understand this. That Jesus is forEVERYbody.
Because throughout this series, we are going to focus in on the ways that Luke really does emphasizethe upside-down nature of Jesus’ message and ministry. Those who were low are lifted up. Thosewho were out are brought in.
But for those of us who are here, who are “in” (so to speak)- we’re here, in church, in the room,doing the Jesus thing- sometimes we hear that and think, “Well, then is Jesus for me?”
Friends, if that’s you (even just a little bit), hear this word of comfort from our friend Luke: Jesus isfor everybody. That means that Jesus is for YOU.
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11