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    Paul Changes Bookkeepers

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 3, 2015
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    Paul Changes Bookkeepers Philippians 3:1-10 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/bookkeepers.html v. 7 is the key verse. It's a new kind of accounting. Ch. 1 was about having joy in spite of circumstances - the single mind. God works through it all for the furtherance of the gospel. Ch. 2 was about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Abide

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 14, 2014
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    Abide John 15:1-8 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Abide.html 3 elements: The Vine, the branches, and the fruit. Jesus has just warned His followers that He is leaving, but that He will send His Spirit in His place. He will be up in heaven, but will send down a life line, a way to remain ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    4 Goals For A New Year

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Dec 26, 2014
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    4 goals for a new year and a new pastor and a new church [12-30-01] Philippians 3:13-14 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/4GoalsNewYear.html I waited 31 years, to the day, to become your pastor. It was all we could do to live our lives in the ministry, and spend 10 years then under other pastors, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Making God More Real In Your Life

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 22, 2014
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    Making God More Real in Your Life John 14:7-15 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/MoreReal.html Jesus is having a Q&A session with His disciples. They have left their jobs, boat investments, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, and all their life plans in order to follow the Lord. It has been ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Night Light

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on May 6, 2015
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    Night Light Philippians 2:14-17 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/nightlight.html This letter is all about joy. It's like bells keep ringing each time we study. It's like a light shining in the midst of deep darkness. The world says to get all you can, can all you get, and sit on the can. Paul ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Sword Of The Spirit

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 29, 2014
    based on 8 ratings
     | 10,312 views

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    Sword of the Spirit Ephesians 6:17b http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/SwordOfSpirit.html Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. It has all been defensive gear thus far. Now, how about an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Meet The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Aug 29, 2014
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    Meet the Holy Spirit John 16:13 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/MeetHolySpirit.html If you knew you were going to die in 24 hours, what would you talk about with your loved ones? Chances are, it wouldn't be about trivial things like the weather or 'that look' someone gave you at the store. No, ...read more

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    Northern Comfort

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 28, 2014
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    Northern Comfort John 14:15-18 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/NorthernComfort.html Where do you find your comfort? I find mine in the one and only true and living God, named Jehovah, whose Son is Jesus Christ, whose Spirit is my Comforter, residing within me! I look up to find my comfort, from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    All God's Children

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Sep 23, 2014
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    All God's Children John 4:35 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/AllGodsChildren.html [This sermon contains many statistics, and you know how statistics can be. In many cases, you can make them say whatever you want to say. However, for this topic, I used conservative averages of many estimates from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Thomas: From Pouter To Doubter To Shouter

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on May 1, 2015
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    From Pouter to Doubter to Shouter John 20:24-29 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/thomas.html We know less about Thomas than some of the disciples. We don't know his trade or how or when Jesus called him. [unlike several others] He may have been a twin. Thomas is Aramaic for twin. Didymus is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Near The Cross

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 27, 2015
    based on 11 ratings
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    Near The Cross John 19:16-27 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/NearTheCross.html Imagine we were present in Jerusalem on the day Jesus was crucified. I wonder if we would have stood at the foot of the cross? We sing the great old hymn – “Jesus, keep me near the cross…there a ...read more

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    Buried: A Secret Message

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 20, 2015
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    Buried: A Secret Message John 19:30-42 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Buried.html A man who died received a telephone bill from Sprint at his new address -- the Hillside Cemetery in Auburn, Mass. "Our clients here don’t usually get mail," said superintendent Wayne Bloomquist. "I wondered if ...read more

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    Water 2 Wine

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Nov 24, 2012
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    Water2Wine John 2:1-11 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/water2wine.html vv. 1-2 A wedding is one of the most joyous occasions of the human experience. I’ve performed scores of weddings...including for many of you sitting here today! When I asked Kimberly’s dad for her hand in marriage he ...read more

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    The Lord Of The Joy

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Sep 17, 2014
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    Lord of the Joy John 16:19-22 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/LordOfTheJoy.html How many here are saved? How many here have joy? It should be the same exact crowd. A joyless Christian ought to be a contradiction in terms...an oxymoron. [Read text] How many know about the sorrow of v. 21? [Guys, ...read more

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    The Secret Of Joy

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Oct 4, 2014
    based on 14 ratings
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    The Secret of Joy John 16 / Philippians 1 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/SecretJoy.html In the year 1900 a survey asked, "What must you have to be happy?" Results showed 72 answers. The same survey was taken among the same size sampling in 1950. Results showed 496 answers. I wonder how many ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist