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Arm Yourself Also With The same Mind
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011Sermon preached on 1 Peter 4:1-7 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 7/03/2011 in Novato, CA.
Be Strong and of Good Courage
Sunday, November 28th, 2010Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 31 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 11/28/2010 in Novato, CA.
Proclaim an Offer of Peace
Sunday, May 16th, 2010Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 20 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 05/16/2010 in Novato, CA.
Manuscript: Proclaim an Offer of Peace
We Utterly Destroyed
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009Holy war. That’s a scary subject today, with Muslim terrorists in the name of jihad, their concept of holy war, going around killing civilians in things like 9/11 and suicide bombings. And this was a scary thing in the past, when Crusaders in the name of Christianity went to war over the so-called holy lands, killing people, sadly, in the name of Christ. Those are just a couple of examples of the many atrocities that have been committed under the guise of holy war.
Well, what about this passage? In this passage, Israel begins their military conquest of the Promised Land. The Hebrew word for this sort of conquest is the word cherem. Cherem warfare. It’s when they utterly destroyed man, woman, and child, in the name of God. It’s basically the biblical word for a sort of holy war. I hope this causes you to sit up straight in your seats when you hear this. So the question becomes, is this an atrocity, akin to what Muslim terrorists do today, and what the Crusaders did in the past? If you do think so, and you’re a Christian, do you just try to ignore passages like this? Or, if they are not the same sort of thing, then why? What’s the difference?
Listen in as we consider this topic and it’s impact on our lives today.
Sermon preached on Deuteronomy 2:26-3:11 by Rev. W. Reid Hankins during the Morning Service at Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) on 08/02/2009 in Novato, CA.
Manuscript: We Utterly Destroyed
