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All About Demons Mark 5:1-20 Dr. Jim Denison Halloween comes in nine days. Orange and pumpkins are everywhere. As you may know, “Hallowe’en” or “Hallowed Eve” is the eve of All Saints Day, the annual church holiday which honors the saints and heroes of Christian history. However, Halloween also has connections which are anything but […]
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An Ark or an Army? Mark 1:14-20 James C. Denison It’s a tough world out there. There was a time when new airlines seemed to start every month, promising lower fares and more flights. Now airline mergers are the wave of the future, though we’ll likely see higher fares, fewer flights, and more crowded airplanes. […]
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Topical Scripture: Mark 9:14-29 There is so much we don’t know about the COVID-19 pandemic. We don’t know when cases in the US will peak or how long they will last afterwards. We don’t know if surviving a COVID-19 infection means we gain long-lasting immunity or if we can become re-infected. We don’t know if […]
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Demons and the Power of God Mark 9:14-29 Dr. Jim Denison When I graduated from high school I made plans to attend Baylor University, as all good Baptist boys do. But then my girlfriend and I broke up; she was going to Baylor, so I couldn’t go there after that. Houston Baptist University offered me […]
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Faith and the Power of God Mark 9:14-29 Dr. Jim Denison “Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo—no one knows why. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times. Walt Disney, the inventor of Mickey Mouse, was afraid of mice. Elephants are the only […]
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Fishing With a BlackBerry Mark 1:14-20 James C. Denison Would you rather be paid cash or a compliment? An article in Wednesday’s news says that each activates the same reward center in the brain. In other words, you feel as good when people same something nice about you as when they give something nice to […]
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Topical Scripture: Mark 1:21-39 As you know, Monday is Labor Day. Where did the holiday come from? I did some checking and was surprised by what I discovered. The first Labor Day in America was celebrated on this day in 1882 in New York City, but this did not become a national holiday until 12 […]
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Is There Any Hope? Mark 16:1-8 Dr. Jim Denison This is the 1,973rd Easter Sunday since the first one. Think how the world has changed. A population of 25 million is today 6,215,090,567. Most of them drive on Central Expressway. The world would wait seventeen centuries to discover electricity; today’s news is all about cloning, […]
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Making Christ the King of Your Prayers Mark 9:14-29 Dr. Jim Denison A group of visiting ministers from America came to tour Charles Spurgeon’s church buildings. Spurgeon graciously showed them around the facilities—the massive sanctuary, the children’s homes, the Bible college rooms, and all the rest. Toward the end of the tour, he asked his […]
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Making God Your King Mark 1:21-39 Dr. Jim Denison As you know, tomorrow is Labor Day. Where did the holiday come from? I did some checking and was surprised by what I discovered. The first Labor Day in America was celebrated on this day in 1882 in New York City, but this did not become […]
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