“Are we there yet?”  If you’ve gone on a road trip before, I’m sure you’ve either heard those words before or said them yourself.  During long car trips you can get bored, especially if the scenery is pretty bland.  But often if we just take the time to look around we can find a lot to enjoy and take in.  Well, in our passage for today we are taken into a pretty long road trip, so to speak.  Here’s a 38 year journey compacted into some 25 verses.  I’m sure Israel probably asked God a number of times, “Are we there yet?”  But God had a plan.  He had placed them on this journey.  He knew where they were going and when they’d get there.

Today we will reflect on this journey of Israel, and ultimately reflect on how God works in our life, in the journey that he has us on.

Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 2:1-25 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 07/26/2009 in Novato, CA.

Manuscript: Then We Turned and Journeyed

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Adult Sunday School on Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 103 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 07/26/2009 in Novato, CA.

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We’ll consider today what biblical repentance looks like, and the only way in which it can be effective, as we examine Israel’s own misplaced repentance in this passage. 

Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 1:19-46 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 07/19/2009 in Novato, CA.

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Our culture influences how we think about religion.  Certainly it has had an impact on the church’s efforts to share the gospel.  Well today in Marin County and the Bay Area, we continue to see this.  One of the things the culture is actively pushing for is a spirit of tolerance in the area of religion.  This call for tolerance can take various extreme forms.  As we look at this passage, we’ll consider some different extremes of this idea of tolerance, and see how Paul balances a proper sense of tolerance with God’s call to evangelize.

Sermon preached on Acts 17:16-34 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 07/12/2009 in Novato, CA.

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