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Dr. Dan Hayden • Executions are gruesome events. I once saw the electric chair at the Cook County jail in Chicago. It was a stirring moment, as I envisioned the people who had lost their lives in that chair. The crucifixion of Jesus was an execution. The cross was a...
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Dr. Dan Hayden • Are you afraid of the dark? Well, darkness itself cannot hurt you – only things in the dark can hurt you. Darkness is merely the absence of light. Today, let’s consider the word, darkness. When God created the heavens and the earth (or space and...
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Dr. Dan Hayden • Darkness cannot quench the light. Now matter how dark it gets, the light keeps burning. But light can dispel darkness! Strike a match or burn a candle in total darkness and the darkness goes away. Think about it! In Ephesians 6:12 it says that we...
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Dr. Dan Hayden • Are you afraid of the dark? “Well, no,” you say, “at least most of the time.” But there are occasions when the darkness gets creepy. You just get the feeling that some kind of evil could be lurking out there. We usually associate darkness with evil,...
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Dr. Dan Hayden • “How many more days before my birthday?” the child asked. “Well, let’s see,” the mom responded, as she counted off the days. “Hey, it’s just one week,” she noted. “That is only seven more days.” When God created the world, He did it in seven days....
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Dr. Dan Hayden • One of the five pillars of Islam is the requirement to pray five times a day. The Muslims begin early in the morning, and then at the prescribed times during the day, they bow their faces to the ground and pray to Allah. Their faithfulness to their...
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Dr. Dan Hayden • “Well, I’m feeling a little better today. It seems like this cold has been hanging on forever, but little by little I seem to be getting better.” Have you ever noticed that some things just take time, but if you hang in there and keep doing the right...
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Dr. Dan Hayden • Death is so final. It is the end of everything in this life. But there is something worse and It is called second death, which is separation from God forever. The Bible talks about a death beyond death. For those who are saved from their sin there is...
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Dr. Dan Hayden • I’m not getting older – I’m getting better! Well, that sounds great, but for most of us, we are getting older, and it is not necessarily better! When you’re young, it is hard to even conceive of being old. Your vitality is strong,…your energy level...
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Dr. Dan Hayden • Con men have elaborate schemes to delude their prey. The idea behind a con is to make something look legitimate when in actuality it is not. So care is taken to cover every potential loop hole and answer every possible objection. Good con artists are...
