http://www.trinityopcnovato.org Serving Novato, Marin County, California and the World Wide Web. This site provides information about the Christian ministry of Trinity Presbyterian Church, OPC. This site also 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. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:45:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © by W. Reid Hankins and Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2011 info@trinityopcnovato.org (Rev. W. Reid Hankins) info@trinityopcnovato.org (Rev. W. Reid Hankins) Religion & Spirituality:Christianity 1440 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/tpc-vertical144.jpg http://www.trinityopcnovato.org 144 144 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?feed=podcast Sermons and Sunday Schools Serving Novato, Marin County, California and the World Wide Web. 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/2011/12/04/redemption-applied-regeneration/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/12/04/redemption-applied-regeneration/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:49:14 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/?p=1537 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2011/12/04/redemption-applied-regeneration/feed/ 0 0:39:18 Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 12/04/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continued a series going through the book Redemption Accomplished and Applied by OPC Minister and Professor John Mur[...] Adult Sunday School class led by Rev. W. Reid Hankins at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 12/04/2011 in Novato, CA. This week we continued a series going through the book Redemption Accomplished and Applied by OPC Minister and Professor John Murray. This week we considered Part II, Chapter 3, Regeneration. Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/06/29/but-their-heart-is-far-from-me/ http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/06/29/but-their-heart-is-far-from-me/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:13:07 +0000 Pastor Reid Hankins http://www.novatoopcsermons.org/?p=83 http://www.trinityopcnovato.org/2008/06/29/but-their-heart-is-far-from-me/feed/ 0 0:34:42 People are great at appearances.  We do everything we can to make a good first impression.  No matter how many times you were told growing up, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” the reality is that people do all the time.  We live in a world where a[...] People are great at appearances.  We do everything we can to make a good first impression.  No matter how many times you were told growing up, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” the reality is that people do all the time.  We live in a world where appearance can be everything.  Society tells us that the outward and external is so very important.  And yet, even society can tell a fake.  You’ve probably met someone before who had the outward appearance of being rich, famous, and smart, the appearance of being a “somebody”, but really wasn’t.  Once you got to know them, you realized that they were a fraud.  This is the issue that Jesus is dealing with from a religious perspective in our passage.  Jesus is confronted with the Pharisees and scribes who in the name of religion outwardly adorn their every action, but their hearts were hard and defiled.  We’ll look at how Jesus calls us to be concerned first and foremost about the condition of our hearts. Passage: Mark 7:1-23 Author: Rev. W. Reid Hankins, M.Div. Sermon originally preached during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 06/29/2008 in Novato, CA. Click here for the manuscript. Mark Rev. W. Reid Hankins no no