Knox Presbyterian Church Podcast

Loving God Through Loving Neighbor: The Hindu Tradition

For our fourth installment in the Loving God Through Loving Neighbor series, Dr. Alexander Massad gives us a brief overview of the origins, beliefs, and practices of the Hindu tradition and what it looks like to reflect back through a Christian lens.

Kingdom Culture: The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

Jesus told stories to help his followers understand what the Kingdom of God is like- what the culture of God's Kingdom looks like. The Kingdom of God, Jesus said, is something that all people are invited into, some people reject, but through the cross, God rejects our rejection and makes a way for us all.
Psalm 130
Matthew 22:1-14

Loving God Through Loving Neighbor: The Muslim Tradition

For our third installment in the Loving God Through Loving Neighbor series, Dr. Alexander Massad focuses on a brief overview of the Muslim tradition and gives us four goals to consider with today's lesson: foster a better understanding of Muslims and Islam, expand our understanding of the gospel, reveal areas where we conflate religion, culture, politics, economics, etc., and learn how to build relationships through diversity and difference and not simply commonalities.

Kingdom Culture: The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard

Jesus told stories to help his followers understand what the Kingdom of God is like- what the culture of God's Kingdom looks like. In God's Kingdom, the invitation to join in God's work is extended to anyone and everyone - and God is lavishly generous to us all.
Ephesians 2:4-9
Matthew 20:1-16

Loving God Through Loving Neighbor: How to Engage Other Religions

This week, Dr. Alexander Massad presents us with some useful tools and principles to interact with other faiths by focusing on the driving question: "How do we think about/engage with the persistence and flourishing of other religious traditions in light of the particularity of Jesus?"

Kingdom Culture: The Parables of the Mustard Seed & the Yeast

Jesus told stories to help his followers understand what the Kingdom of God is like- what the culture of God's Kingdom looks like. The Kingdom of God, Jesus said, is like a mustard seed or a bit of yeast. The smallest things can sometimes make the biggest difference.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Matthew 13:31-33

Loving God Through Loving Neighbor: Why Engage With Other Religions

This week, we kick off our special 6-part class "Loving God Through Loving Neighbor: The Gospel Amidst Religious Diversity" led by Dr. Alexander Massad, Assistant Professor of World Religions at Wheaton College. This week, he invites us to analyze why we should be engaging with other flavors of Christianity as well as other religions in general.

Star Sunday

Matthew 2:1-12

Birth of a King: King of Shalom

Long ago, being a king meant you had total authority over your people. Kings held the power of life and death, and they controlled their nation’s army. When Israel was under Roman domination, they longed for a king to free them from tyranny, a king with the power to make things happen. It was into that world that Jesus was born, the one we know as the King of hope, the King of Joy, the King of Shalom, the King of kings!
Luke 1:46-56

Birth of a King: King of Joy

Long ago, being a king meant you had total authority over your people. Kings held the power of life and death, and they controlled their nation’s army. When Israel was under Roman domination, they longed for a king to free them from tyranny, a king with the power to make things happen. It was into that world that Jesus was born, the one we know as the King of hope, the King of Joy, the King of Shalom, the King of kings!
Luke 1:26-45