Opening
words to a sermon on Psalm 11 by Rev. George van Popta to be preached this
coming Sunday, July 27th, 2014.
Once again we have seen a monstrous evil: a passenger
airplane flying 10 km in the air shot out of the sky killing 282 people. We
hear about man’s evil every day, but then there are those moments which stop
you dead in your tracks and you ask, “How can that be?”
One middle-aged couple, Arjen and Yvonne Ryder, were members
of our sister church in Albany, Australia. Three young adults lost their
parents, five little children lost their grandparents, others lost a brother
and a sister, a congregation lost members, friendships broken.
And that is only one story that we know a little bit about
of the devastation this senseless missile strike caused. Similar stories can be
told 282 times because of this murderous event. A dozen different nations were
represented on flight MH17—Canada as well—all with a unique story
This Summer I am preaching through some of the Psalms. I was
drawn to Psalm 11 which speaks about the horrific and grisly evil committed by
man, about the despair the people of God feel in the face of such evil, and
about our God who will set everything right.
THE LORD IS OUR REFUGE IN THE FACE OF TERROR
1. Reasons for despair
2. Cause for trust
