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This feed broadcasts the latest sermons and Sunday schools from Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Novato, CA. Our sermons seek to exposit Scripture, preaching Christ and the cross, and understanding the impact and demand of the Word on our lives. Church, Novato, Marin, Hankins, Sermon, Christian, OPC, San Rafael Rev. W. Reid Hankins Rev. W. Reid Hankins info@trinityopcnovato.org no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/12/24/christmas-eve-2009-the-coming-of-the-incarnate-word/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/12/24/christmas-eve-2009-the-coming-of-the-incarnate-word/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:49:41 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=570 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/12/24/christmas-eve-2009-the-coming-of-the-incarnate-word/feed/ 0 0:26:45 Sermon preached on John 1:1-18 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Christmas Eve Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 12/24/2009 in Novato, CA.  This special service was held at Atria Tam Creek Retirement Community. Manuscript: The Coming [...] Sermon preached on John 1:1-18 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Christmas Eve Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 12/24/2009 in Novato, CA.  This special service was held at Atria Tam Creek Retirement Community. Manuscript: The Coming of the Incarnate Word Christmas, John Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/03/22/darkness-over-the-whole-land/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/03/22/darkness-over-the-whole-land/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:15:04 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=322 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2009/03/22/darkness-over-the-whole-land/feed/ 0 0:35:37 Who do you want Jesus to be?  Of course, who you want Jesus to be, is quite different than who he really is.  Yet it is a common temptation for us to want to tell Jesus who he is supposed to be.  Or what he is supposed to do for us, or for our life.[...] Who do you want Jesus to be?  Of course, who you want Jesus to be, is quite different than who he really is.  Yet it is a common temptation for us to want to tell Jesus who he is supposed to be.  Or what he is supposed to do for us, or for our life.  Mark, however, has been presenting us with the Biblical Jesus. Throughout the book, Mark has been asking the question, “Who is Jesus?”  And so as we look at this climactic passage in the book of Mark, I want to remind us of this question Mark has been asking.  I want us to look again today at who Jesus is.  I want us to look again at what it means for him to be the Christ and what it means for him to be the Son of God.  It’s quite fitting that Mark drives home this message with the story of the cross. Passage: Mark 15:33-41 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 03/22/2009 in Novato, CA. Manuscript: Darkness Over the Whole Land Mark Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/12/21/the-genealogy-of-jesus-christ/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/12/21/the-genealogy-of-jesus-christ/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:57:43 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=218 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/12/21/the-genealogy-of-jesus-christ/feed/ 0 0:36:17 This year for our Christmas sermon I want us to reflect on the genealogy of Jesus Christ.  When we look at the Bible, we see lots of genealogies throughout.  And that is fitting.  Right from the fall of mankind God had made a promise to Adam and Eve[...] This year for our Christmas sermon I want us to reflect on the genealogy of Jesus Christ.  When we look at the Bible, we see lots of genealogies throughout.  And that is fitting.  Right from the fall of mankind God had made a promise to Adam and Eve.  God promised that the seed of the woman would one day crush the seed of the serpent.  That meant humanity had to be on the lookout for the promised child.  Family trees were then recorded.  Genealogies passed down.  But for generation after generation, the promised seed still hadn’t come.  And then we find God renewing that promise along the way through other men as well.  And so the records kept building until one day they found their fulfillment in Jesus. Passage: Matthew 1:1-17 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 12/21/2008 in Novato, CA. Click here for the manuscript. Christmas, Matthew Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/06/22/they-supposed-it-was-a-ghost/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/06/22/they-supposed-it-was-a-ghost/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:48 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=80 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/06/22/they-supposed-it-was-a-ghost/feed/ 0 0:33:53 If you go to an optometrist, it’s to help you see better.  The disciples in our passage, had trouble seeing.  They had trouble recognizing Jesus.  When they saw him in the waters, they thought he was a ghost.  Did they need to see an optometrist?  W[...] If you go to an optometrist, it’s to help you see better.  The disciples in our passage, had trouble seeing.  They had trouble recognizing Jesus.  When they saw him in the waters, they thought he was a ghost.  Did they need to see an optometrist?  Well, no.  That wasn’t their problem.  It wasn’t their physical sight at the end of the day that kept them from recognizing Jesus.  Because at the end of the passage, they will physically see that it is Jesus.  He will call out to them, and then even get into the boat with them.  But even when that happens, and they see with their eyes that it is indeed Jesus, they seem to still have trouble truly recognizing him.  They saw him with their eyes, but they didn’t understand him with their hearts.  That’s what verse 52 tells us.  Their hearts were hardened.  So if they didn’t need an optometrist, does this mean that they needed a cardiologist?  No, their problem with recognizing Jesus was not something that any earthly doctor could solve.  They did need their hearts to be worked on, but that was something only Jesus, the Great Physician could do.  Not with craft of human hands, of course, but by the working of his spirit inside them.  And this is the same sort of heart surgery that each of us needs. Passage: Mark 6:45-56 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 06/22/2008 in Novato, CA. Click here for the manuscript. Mark Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/06/01/westminster-shorter-catechism-question-22/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/06/01/westminster-shorter-catechism-question-22/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:48:08 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=70 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/06/01/westminster-shorter-catechism-question-22/feed/ 0 0:40:28 Topic: Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 22 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Adult Sunday School at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 06/01/2008 in Novato, CA. Topic: Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 22 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Adult Sunday School at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 06/01/2008 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/05/25/westminster-shorter-catechism-question-21/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/05/25/westminster-shorter-catechism-question-21/#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 23:00:42 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=67 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/05/25/westminster-shorter-catechism-question-21/feed/ 0 0:35:37 Topic: Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 21 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Adult Sunday School at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/25/2008 in Novato, CA. Topic: Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 21 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Adult Sunday School at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/25/2008 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/05/05/do-you-still-not-have-faith/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/05/05/do-you-still-not-have-faith/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 16:01:12 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=59 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/05/05/do-you-still-not-have-faith/feed/ 0 0:35:47 I want us to consider today in this passage the importance of Jesus being able to control the wind and sea by the very word of his power.  I want us to consider what it means for Jesus to have this power and authority.  What does this tell us about [...] I want us to consider today in this passage the importance of Jesus being able to control the wind and sea by the very word of his power.  I want us to consider what it means for Jesus to have this power and authority.  What does this tell us about who he is?  Well, certainly, it points to his divinity.  We’ll see how this event shows forth that Jesus is indeed who Scripture presents: the eternal Son of God who has come in the flesh.  But I also want us to consider the significance of this fact.  If Jesus is God in the flesh, able to control wind and water, and every aspect of creation, what should that do to our faith?  How should that affect our faith and how we respond to the trials that come in our lives? Passage: Mark 4:1-34 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/05/2008 in Novato, CA. Other Scripture Readings: Proverbs 30:4; Romans 8:28-39 Click here for the manuscript. Mark Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no