Knox Presbyterian Church Podcast

"...to the place where God was homeless, all of us are invited home." - G.K. Chesterton Every year our worship volunteers and staff spend countless hours paying particular attention to Christmas Eve. If you were not able to join us for any of those services and are in need of some extra long-lasting Christmas spirit this year, head on over to our YouTube page and give one a viewing or a listen. Th...

Revelation 4:1-11 Psalm 96 Romans 12:1-2

In the busyness of life, it’s easy to forget what’s most important. In the chaos of our schedules, it’s not hard to neglect what is going to give us the most life. It’s simple to sense God’s presence on Sundays. But what about Monday through Saturday? Luke 11:1-13 Romans 8:26-27

Psalm 119:97-105 2 Timothy 3:16-17

When it comes to learning a new skill, it helps to have someone teach you how. That is what our winter sermon series is all about! We're calling it "HOW: Spiritual Practices for Ordinary People".  In the busyness of life, it’s easy to forget what’s most important. In the chaos of our schedules, it’s not hard to neglect what is going to give us the most life. It’s simple to sense God’s presence on...

Matthew 2:1-12

Presenter: Sue Curry Luke 5:27-32 Matthew 15: 1-11

The greatest gift that God gave the world was the gift of love, given to us and given through us by God's son Jesus Christ. 1 John 4:7-12, 18-19 1 Corinthians 13 Romans 8:31-37 John 15:12-17 Romans 8:38-39

At Christmas, we're told that God has good news of great joy! But the circumstances of our lives may not be very joyful. Joy is not rooted in our circumstances. Our circumstances are rooted in joy.  John 15:11 James 1:2-3 Philippians 4:4 Nehemiah 8:1

The Christmas angels announced that the Savior was born to bring peace on earth. But that peace seems hard to come by. Our souls are troubled, our schedules are chaotic, our world is at war. At Christmas we remember that peace is not something that we feel. Peace is something that we do. Isaiah 9:1-7 Philippians 4:6-9 John 14:27

Advent is a season of waiting. Advent is a season of hope. We receive God's gift of hope in the present when we remember God's faithfulness in the past. Revelation 21:1-6 Romans 5:3-5

God is able to do abundantly far more in us and through us than we could ever ask or imagine. Through the missions that Knox supports, we are experiencing God doing abundantly more THROUGH us- providing warm meals to the unhoused, offering shelter to the displaced, giving counsel to the distressed- and so much more. As we consider our financial support of Knox Presbyterian Church, may we be encour...

God is able to do abundantly far more in us and through us than we could ever ask or imagine. Through the ministries of Knox, men, women, students and children are seeing God do abundantly more IN them - filling them with God's immeasurable love and changing them from the inside out. As we consider our financial support of Knox Presbyterian Church, may we be encouraged that God is using us to make...

What should I hope for? What’s worth investing my life in? What does the worthiness of our shared humanity consist? How do I lean into what’s really worth investing in in life? What if our most fundamental place to build from is actually shared questions rather than shared answers? Romans 12:9-15 Special Guest: Dr. Matt Croasmun Matt Croasmun is an Associate Research Scholar and the Director of th...

The church can be a very frustrating institution of which to be a part. Sometimes it proclaims the kingdom and sometimes it holds it back! Nevertheless, Scripture teaches that God is irrevocably committed to the church, which is the body of Christ, his presence in the world. Church is a place where sinners learn to forgive one another, and work together for the sake of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12-...

Grace is about God accepting us for the sake of Christ, not about us cleaning up our act to be good enough for him. ‘Grace means there’s nothing you can do to make God love you more, and nothing you can do to make God love you less.’ This can be difficult for our pride to accept, but it's close to the heart of the gospel. Romans 5:1-10 John 3:14-17

Throughout his ministry Jesus claimed to be the messiah of Israel. These claims frequently made people angry, scandalized them, and played a role in his crucifixion. His claims are still scandalous today. The church proclaims a unique and particular message: one man, Jesus, was God in the flesh. We must all come to terms with the ‘scandal of particularity,’ for in and through Jesus, God is at work...

National polls reveal the perception that Christians reject modern science, a stumbling block to advancing the gospel message and building healthy communities of faith. Three relevant areas of concern involve evolution vs. creation, global climate change skepticism, and vaccine hesitancy. However, there are many historical examples of faith and science in partnership and contemporary models of con...

Pastors Becca and David reflect on the inspirations behind the fall sermon series Stumbling Blocks, recap their experiences with and congregational reactions from the sermons so far, and peek a little bit into the future on what the last half of the series holds.

The Church’s call to address racism is not a liberal or conservative issue, not a left-right issue, but a biblical issue, one central to our faith. It’s about (1) our hospitality to those unlike us, here in western suburbs that are increasingly nonwhite; (2) our own discipleship, and ability to recognize Christ at work in other cultures, ethnicities, languages, and socio-economic strata; and (3) o...

The majority of world’s Christians still live in systems where decisions are made by men--in the US, Roman Catholics on one hand and Southern Baptists on the other. Our challenge: to live into a biblical vision of equality between men and women. Genesis 1-3, Luke 24:1-11, Romans 16:1-7, Ephesians 5:21-33

In many quarters of the church there is still animus toward LGBTQ+ Christians and ignorance about their experience. This leads in turn to an unnecessary rejection of Jesus and the church. Affirming marriage between people of the same gender expands the discipline and gift of marriage without destroying it, and represents an opportunity to proclaim the gospel to gay and straight alike.   Acts 10 &a...

Christian nationalism idealizes and advocates for a fusion between faith and politics—between belief in Jesus and particular candidates, parties, and platforms. It’s a theological error, and stumbling block to others, who assume that if they’re Christian, they must be a Christian nationalist. The good news is that God cares about our political order, but is never identified with it. God works thro...

Right now in our society there are a number of cultural factors that people experience in the church that turn people off—that push them away from church and so from Jesus. In what follows we’re going to talk about some of them and explain how and why they hinder people from knowing Jesus. The goal is to clear away the false stumbling blocks that obscure the gospel, so people can perceive the true...

This summer, we’re turning to the OLD - the Old Testament - to learn something NEW! Examining history and applying it to the present. Seeing how your story connects to God’s story. Isaiah 25