Playlist: Alarm (topic)
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How Long, O Lord? (1994)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe references to trumpets suggest an announcement of a specific event or an alarm of what is to follow. Typically, the events themselves are figurative trumpet blasts.
The Wrath of God
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughLove motivates the two intrinsic parts of God's holy character—goodness and severity, as He seeks to rescue humanity from the consequences of sin.
When the Trumpet Blows
Sermon by John O. ReidThe sound of a trumpet evokes many images in modern life, yet biblically, particularly in Israel's physical history, it most often signaled the immediate warning of imminent war, death, and destruction. Jeremiah 4:19-22 captures this dread, with the prophet's soul pained at hearing "the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war," …