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  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Parable Of The Unjust Judge Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 4, 2007
    based on 45 ratings
     | 11,747 views

    Includes info. on "Jessica’s Law", child predators, lenient judges, and some powerful spiritual lessons Jesus taught about His Father and about prayer. Link included to formatted text, audio, and PowerPoint Template.

    Parable of the Unjust Judge Luke 18:1-8 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/UnjustJudge.html Bad judges have highlighted the news more than ever the last few months as investigations into rulings doled out to child predators have revealed so many judges exercising extreme lenience that is not helping ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Nature Of The Flesh - Part 3 Series

    Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 29, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,104 views

    Today we find it awkward to operate in self sufficiency. That is, making decisions on our own without the Lord controlling our lives.

    THE NATURE OF THE FLESH Part III of Christ in You Traditional view - Man is both (or either) good and evil; only 2 parts to every man. Biblical view - all that we are without Christ, and all that we are with Christ FLESH - all that we are without Christ; it only knows how to function in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Soul Patrol Series

    Contributed by Ken Hubbard on Feb 11, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,302 views

    A sermon on how God heals the painful "holes" in our lives.

    We are getting ready to embark on a journey That will: Provoke Cut Hurt Heal Victory Be deep INTRO: My kids and I watched a movie a couple years ago entitled "Holes" These young boys / for some crime / were sent to a reform boys camp To dig holes in the middle of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Defeating Depression Series

    Contributed by Ken Hubbard on Feb 11, 2010
     | 5,776 views

    Part 2 of a message on dealing with depression, particularly of how God helped Elijah through his episode of depression

    TEXT: 1 Kings 19:1-9 INTRO: Depression - - - pushed down de/pressed An area that is sunk below its surroundings A hollow / a hole When we push down hurts, pain, abuse, guilt... ...we are de/pressing ...it will show up Push down - - - Hurt Anger = becomes bitterness = Rage ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Our Baptismal Mission: Goodness, Beauty, Truth

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 7, 2010
     | 2,795 views

    If we are to minister to a world in need, we must give it what Jesus gave: goodness, beauty and truth

    The Baptism of the Lord January 10 2010 The first thing we should do today is correct a Hollywood-produced misconception about John’s baptism. Many of us grew up watching one or the other movie in which Jesus was baptized, or a large group of Protestant Christians were baptized in a river, ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Real Help For Families

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Mar 21, 2011
     | 3,178 views

    General help for families.

    Son 8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Son 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Lies+emotions+bias=mobs

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 21, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,576 views

    Beware of mobs of hundreds or becoming a mob of one.

    Act 19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. Sounds like a great many meetings that I have attended. Some were bored and doodling like me or trying not to be called on or asked questions ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Wise And The Foolish

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jun 16, 2011
     | 3,058 views

    It's a common enough topic. Some people know how to invest, and others don't. But the result of each is critical. Especially in the lives of our children.

    Passage: Matthew 25:14-30 Intro: We have talked a lot in the last few weeks about being “ready” for the return of Christ. 1. might wonder what that means. 2. “PJ, it’s Mother’s Day!!!” 3. absolutely, and mothers in specific and parents in general can take ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Experiencing A Healthy Home Or Relationship Through Submission

    Contributed by Olorunnisola Oni on Jun 3, 2012
     | 3,307 views

    The sermon teaches us how we can experience a healthy home or relationship through submission to one another

    Introduction: Ephesians 5: 21 say: “submit to one another out of reverence for Christ” and the entire passage where this is taken from talk principally of our relation with one another – what we are expected to do to one another in the home/marital relationship. In our homes ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Looking For A Blessing On Empty

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Feb 6, 2014
     | 11,869 views

    The creeping of depression can prevail when you embrace the iniquity of your past and reality of a faint spirit are no longer as strong as they once were.

    Looking for a Blessing on Empty Psalms 31:9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 31:10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Pentecost And Spiritual Gifts

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 17, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,718 views

    We can learn much about the reception and exercise of the spiritual gifts from both the Blessed Virgin and the heresies rejected by the Church.

    Pentecost (Whitsunday) 2015 Extraordinary Form One of the pleasures we derive from living in a southern climate–especially this year–is our ability to take the Easter lilies we buy at the grocery store and replant them in our gardens. But, as it happens most year, the lilies we ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    No One Likes A Bullying God Series

    Contributed by Troy Luttrell on Mar 21, 2014
     | 5,771 views

    This sermon addresses the question that if God is a God of love and mercy, why does the Bible seem to suggest that God is more like a bully that He is friend.

    Background: • Last week we talked about whether it is possible for God to change His mind. And we learned that God’s heart is set to move to one of two positions depending on man’s reaction….judgment for wickedness; mercy and forgiveness for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Redemption And The Obedience Factor Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 7, 2014
     | 6,574 views

    Jesus obeyed the Father, and Jesus calls us to obey the Father, too!

    Redemption and the Obedience Factor (Isaiah 50:4-11) 1. [A] mother who wanted to have the last word but couldn't handle the hassle that resulted whenever she said no to her young son. After an especially trying day, she finally flung up her hands and shouted, "All right, Billy, do whatever you ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Avoid Enslaving Yourself To Sexual Sin Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 10, 2021
     | 1,408 views

    St Paul shares the reason serious Christians are most careful to avoid sex with anyone other than his spouse, why sexual sin is always serious: it’s a sin against our very selves.

    The overarching theme of today’s sacred scripture is the call of God to the individual, or what we call the “universal call to holiness.” Saint John Paul wrote in 1988: “We come to a full sense of the dignity of the lay faithful if we consider the prime and fundamental vocation that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    The Blessings Of Solid, Godly Character Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 2, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,002 views

    In a world emphasizing freedom and personal choice, it should not surprise us that character has taken a back seat. But for God’s people, things are different. Character matters. Today we are going to see three blessings of solid, godly character.

    The Blessings of Solid, Godly Character (Proverbs 28:1-5) 1. Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A pair of animal control officers in New Jersey came to the rescue of a deer spotted with a plastic pumpkin stuck over its head. Montclair Township Animal Control said two officers responded after multiple calls came in ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible