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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/2012/01/22/word-lord-jonah/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2012/01/22/word-lord-jonah/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:02:55 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1594 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2012/01/22/word-lord-jonah/feed/ 0 0:38:28 Sermon preached on Jonah 1:1-3 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 1/22/2012 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Jonah 1:1-3 1/22/11 “Word of the LORD Came to Jonah” This m[...] Sermon preached on Jonah 1:1-3 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 1/22/2012 in Novato, CA. Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Jonah 1:1-3 1/22/11 “Word of the LORD Came to Jonah” This morning we begin a short sermon series through Jonah. Today’s message will be a little different than normal. I read through the first few verses as a way to introduce us to this book. And that’s what we’ll do this morning. Today’s message will serve as an introduction into this book. This is one of those books where the whole story together has a point to tell, and I’m hoping we can capture some of that day. That we don’t miss the forest for the trees as we dig into the details in the next few weeks. So, today we’ll consider the introductory aspects of this book. We’ll think through some of the basics: the genre, the main characters, the mission of Jonah, the main themes of the book, and the audience. Let’s begin then with briefly noting the genre of the book. For the most part, it would fall under the category of historical narrative. The exception would be most of chapter 2, which contains a psalm that Jonah sang, and so that would fall under the genre of Hebrew poetry. But notice that I said, this is historical narrative; emphasis on the “historical.” Scholars agree that this book is narrative. It clearly is telling a story of a prophet named Jonah. Sadly, however, there are a some today who acknowledge that it is narrative, but want to throw out the historical part. Some for example, have said that the book of Jonah is just a parable. Like how Jesus told parables. Life stories that people can relate to in order to understand a spiritual point. Well, that might sound nice to say about the book of Jonah, but the question becomes why would you come to that conclusion? What evidence inside the text or even outside of the text would lead you to come to that conclusion? Usually, what seems to lead people to that conclusion is unbelief. They just think the story of Jonah sounds too outrageous to them. Well, the fact that there is miraculous material in a historical narrative of Scripture should not be surprising to a believer. We shouldn’t take something to be a parable that otherwise presents itself as historical narrative. For example, in the gospels, people can tell when Jesus is speaking in a parable. There’s not a question if he’s telling them a historical fact or not. For that matter, parables don’t tend to be filled with stories of miracles. They tend to be filled with stories of everyday normal occurrences. They explain a spiritual truth by making points with natural truths. Jonah as a parable doesn’t seem to make sense as a parable because there is nothing ordinary about it. It’s all about supernatural, miraculous interactions with God. Rather, instead, the book of Jonah itself claims historicity. It’s not just any random made-up person named Jonah, it is as verse 1 says, Jonah the son of Amittai – a historical person. And Jesus himself stamps it with historicity when he refers to Jonah in the New Testament. For example, Matthew 12 sees Jesus refer to Jonah. In the same breadth, he refers to Solomon and the Queen of the South. Those who want to deny Jonah’s historicity try to explain that verse away – it’s just Jesus’ referring to the truth of what they would call the Jonah parable. But that’s not the best way to take the evidence. No, everyone would agree that Solomon is a historical figure and that the Bible paints the Queen of the South as a historical figure. Jesus talks about all these characters in the same way in Matthew 12, as real historical people. And so at the end of the day, Jonah is a historical narrative, and the only real reason to take it otherwise would be someone’s [...] Jonah Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/08/28/evangelism-series-scientology-christian-science/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/08/28/evangelism-series-scientology-christian-science/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:58:21 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1455 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/08/28/evangelism-series-scientology-christian-science/feed/ 0 0:39:28 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 08/28/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and discussed how to share your faith with those involved with Scientology and Ch[...] Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 08/28/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and discussed how to share your faith with those involved with Scientology and Christian Science. Evangelism Mr. Dennis Day and Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/22/evangelism-introduction-apologetics/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/22/evangelism-introduction-apologetics/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 23:29:58 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1375 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/22/evangelism-introduction-apologetics/feed/ 0 0:33:09 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/22/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and went through an introduction to apologetics. Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/22/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and went through an introduction to apologetics. Evangelism Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/15/evangelism-godly-living/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/15/evangelism-godly-living/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 23:52:31 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1354 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/15/evangelism-godly-living/feed/ 0 0:36:29 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/15/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and discussed how our righteous living can adorn our evangelism. Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/15/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and discussed how our righteous living can adorn our evangelism. Evangelism Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/08/evangelism-prayer-support/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/08/evangelism-prayer-support/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 22:32:15 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1335 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/08/evangelism-prayer-support/feed/ 0 0:32:29 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/08/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and discussed prayer and evangelism. Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/08/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and discussed prayer and evangelism. Evangelism Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/01/evangelism-%e2%80%93-speaking-jesus/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/01/evangelism-%e2%80%93-speaking-jesus/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 21:32:48 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1329 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/05/01/evangelism-%e2%80%93-speaking-jesus/feed/ 0 0:31:41 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/01/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and discussed ways to bring up Jesus in our conversations. Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/01/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and discussed ways to bring up Jesus in our conversations. Evangelism Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/24/evangelism-giving-testimony/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/24/evangelism-giving-testimony/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:49:20 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1320 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/24/evangelism-giving-testimony/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 04/24/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and considered the importance and principles involved in sharing your Christian t[...] Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 04/24/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and considered the importance and principles involved in sharing your Christian testimony. Evangelism Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/17/evangelism-%e2%80%93-dealing-fear/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/17/evangelism-%e2%80%93-dealing-fear/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:01:50 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1310 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/17/evangelism-%e2%80%93-dealing-fear/feed/ 0 0:40:26 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 04/17/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and considered how to deal with fear in a Biblical way. Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 04/17/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continues our series on evangelism and considered how to deal with fear in a Biblical way. Evangelism Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/03/evangelism-call-share-faith/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/03/evangelism-call-share-faith/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:38:38 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1293 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/04/03/evangelism-call-share-faith/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 04/3/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we began a new series on evangelism and considered the call to share our faith. Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 04/3/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we began a new series on evangelism and considered the call to share our faith. Evangelism Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/01/10/not-like-the-land-of-egypt/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/01/10/not-like-the-land-of-egypt/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:30:01 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=593 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2010/01/10/not-like-the-land-of-egypt/feed/ 0 0:37:11 Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 11 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 01/10/2009 in Novato, CA. Manuscript: Not Like the Land of Egypt Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 11 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 01/10/2009 in Novato, CA. Manuscript: Not Like the Land of Egypt Deuteronomy Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no