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Truly Clean
Scripture: Mark 7:1-23 Intro Today in Mark chapter 7, a group of religious leaders seek out Jesus looking to discredit Him and his teaching with accusing his disciples of disregarding the traditions of the elders. Jesus responded by pointing out the problems caused by people focusing more on outward actions than on their hearts. We […]
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Storms of Life
Scripture: Mark 6: 45-56 Intro In this morning’s message from the Gospel of Mark, we see that the disciples hearts were hardened and they didn’t understand what Jesus was doing. Many people refuse to accept God’s gift of salvation because they’ve judged Christians they know or even Christians they see in the news or social […]
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March Update 2022
March 1, 2022 Dear FBC Friend, Are you wondering what’s happening at First Baptist Church in Dunkirk? This will tell you about the upcoming worship services and special events. We would love to have you join us any Sunday morning or another time we are gathering together. Next Sunday (March 6) we wrap up our sermon series […]
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Cost of Discipleship
Scripture: Mark 6:14–29 Jesus and his followers are compelled to speak the truth about sin and the need for repentance regardless of the consequences. Intro It’s almost Thanksgiving and the Christmas countdown begins. That means lots of good food and often lots of parties. There are school parties, work parties, friends parties, family parties, community […]
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Go!
Scripture: Mark 6:7-13 Intro Who is traveling during Thanksgiving this year? Driving or Flying? How many of you like planning or packing for a trip? The Massaro family lived 10-13 hours from NJ for the past twenty years. Now it’s down to only 6 1/2 hours. We’ve survived a lot of long car trips with […]
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Rejected!
Scripture: Mark 6:1-6 Intro Last week we saw two women who reached the end of all hope be healed and saved by faith. Today’s message from Mark 6 is something unbelievers and doubters would never expect to find in the Bible. This account appears in all three synoptic Gospels – That’s Matthew, Mark, and Luke […]
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New Life
Scripture: Mark 5:21-43 Intro Last week, Dan Jones so clearly preached Jesus’ power over the spiritual realm and his ability to radically change the life of a dangerous outcast to society. Today’s passage as we finish Mark 5, shows us how Jesus brings new life to the hopeless and the humble. Do you feel hopeless […]
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Tell Your Friends!
Scripture: Mark 5:1-20 Introduction Sometimes talking about evangelism can give people a knot in their stomach, but the bible is clear that the Gospel or good news is something that needs to be shared. Unbelievers need to hear the good news! Romans 10:17 says; “So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of […]
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Finding Peace
Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 Intro Peace is typically defined as an absence of conflict. But I think there is even more to it. Having true internal peace means we are not afraid right now and we have a strong belief that things will be OK going forward too. Fear can stop people in their tracks. It […]
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Fear and Faith
British mathematician, philosopher and famous atheist, Bertrand Russell had this to say about fear and faith. “Religion is based mainly on fear … fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the basis of the whole thing.… Science can help us to get over this craven fear in which mankind has […]
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