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  • No Room In The Inn

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 33,113 views

    OUR TEXT STATES THAT THERE WAS NO ROOM IN THE INN. THE SCRIPTURES DO NOT TELL US WHY THERE WAS NO ROOM. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

    NO ROOM IN THE INN Luke 2:1-18 OUR TEXT STATES THAT THERE WAS NO ROOM IN THE INN. THE SCRIPTURES DO NOT TELL US WHY THERE WAS NO ROOM. I. The Natural Reason there was no room for Christ in the Inn. A. The reasons why there was no room in the inn. 1. Undoubtedly Bethlehem’s inn was full because ...read more

  • A "Fast" Message - Fasting And Prayer

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 6, 2004
    based on 485 ratings
     | 72,624 views

    3 TYPES OF FASTING AND God’s 9 main purposes for fasting. Link included to Powerpoint and formatted text version.

    A “Fast” Message Is. 58:6-8 Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website: http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons.html I. Definition Fasting=a voluntary withdrawing from food and/or drink, or other fleshly appetite, for a specified period of time. 3 most basic types of fasting ...read more

  • Believing Without Seeing!

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 1, 2013
    based on 59 ratings
     | 31,992 views

    "Look at yourself and doubts will increase...look at God, and doubts will cease." Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

    Believing Without Seeing! John 4:45-54 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/BelievingSeeing.html Jesus returns to the site of His first public miracle, and He’s going to work a second public miracle. In between the two was a miracle not so public. It was more internal than external, and it was the ...read more

  • Allowing Ourselves To Be Stretched Spiritually (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Dan Proctor on Jan 16, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,269 views

    How can we (individually and as a church) stretch ourselves spiritually and accomplish spiritual goals? This text will show us how.

    Allowing Ourselves to be Stretched Spiritually (Part 1) Philippians 3 Introduction: 1. How many of you have ever heard the expression, “This is really stretching me”? What do we mean when we say, “This (new job, college class, project at work, problem, trial) is really ...read more

  • Allowing Ourselves To Be Stretched Spiritually (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Dan Proctor on Jan 23, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,975 views

    How can we (individually and as a church) stretch ourselves spiritually and accomplish spiritual goals? This text will show us how.

    Allowing Ourselves to be Stretched Spiritually (Part 2) Philippians 3 Introduction: 1. How many of you have ever heard the expression, “This is really stretching me”? What do we mean when we say, “This (new job, college class, project at work, problem, trial) is really ...read more

  • The Greatest Peace Mission

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 4, 2013
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,384 views

    There will be no peace there until the Prince of Peace comes in person and establishes that peace! Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

    The Greatest Peace Mission Ephesians 2:12-19 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/PeaceMission.html In September of 1938 the British Prime Minister Chamberlain returned from conferences in Nazi Germany. He was certain that he had stopped Adolf Hitler. He said, "Peace in our time, peace with honor." A ...read more

  • How To Become Upwardly Mobile

    Contributed by Bryan Beverly on Sep 15, 2014
     | 5,464 views

    This text reminds us that exercising faith in Christ make all of the difference; faith is not just a noun but also serves as a verb.

    One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. 2) And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the ...read more

  • Truth Or Consequences

    Contributed by Bryan Beverly on Oct 15, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,152 views

    This text addresses the need to either accept God’s truth on God’s terms or deal with the consequences.

    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.” 18For ...read more

  • Ministering To The Indecently Exposed

    Contributed by Ulric Eley on Mar 6, 2015
     | 8,981 views

    This text provides us with ways to minister to righteous men and women who have moments in life where they are seen at their worst.

    In our text we are introduced to the reality that sometimes good people can face moments of indecent exposure. This is the case in the life of a man named Noah. Noah was a righteous man. He was a follower of God left on the earth. The Bible says he was blameless among the people of his ...read more

  • Water, Wind, And Fire

    Contributed by Lyndon Marcotte on Jun 16, 2011
     | 7,368 views

    The Spirit is the living Christ at work in our lives. There are three symbols of the Spirit in these texts that reveal the work of the living Christ in us.

    “Water, Wind, & Fire” John 7:37-39, Acts 2:1-21 In the text we read that Jesus promised the Spirit would come after Him. The outpouring of the Spirit happened on what is known as the Day of Pentecost, some 50 days after the resurrection, which we observe this Sunday. Sadly, this day ...read more

  • A Hymn Without A Melody Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Feb 27, 2016
     | 7,437 views

    Considering the hymnody of the faithful, what is the meaning of the hymn Paul cites in this particular text? How does this build the saints today?

    “The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.” [1] I must believe that the Apostle ...read more

  • Guarding Against Implosion Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Jun 7, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,176 views

    We can prevent the implosion of the church by holding fast to the face value of the Bible text and refusing to tolerate false teaching.

    [Video of Texas Stadium implosion] At 7:07 a.m. CDT on April 11, 2010, 11-year-old Casey Rogers, who won an essay contest for the job, pressed the button that began the process of demolishing Texas Stadium. Although the stadium had survived continuous onslaughts from the elements over its nearly ...read more

  • Strangers No Longer

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Dec 22, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,576 views

    This text is a test 1. Where we are – Whose we are – Have we a place in God’s Family Home Heart

    Sermon Strangers No Longer Ephesians 2:19 I. No More – Ye are no more a. Dead – The dead have no motion, no sensation, no enjoyment, no appetite, no life b. Swayed by the prince of the power of the air (v.2) c. Christ less – Homeless – Hopeless – godless d. Strangers – Strangers to God Father Son ...read more

  • The Little Man With A Big Need

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 22, 2022
     | 2,844 views

    This is a popular text with preachers, and I have heard several intriguing titles for it besides the one I am using today.

    Here are some of them that I recall: • A man who went out on a limb for Jesus • The Salvation of Shorty the Racketeer • The Short Scoundrel that Seriously Sought The Saviour • Seeking the True Vine By Sitting In A Tall tree Any of these titles would be appropriate for this sermon, but I have ...read more

  • Out Of The Whirlwind: Born To Trouble Series

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Oct 16, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,189 views

    What job encounters in our text this week is a god who overwhelms and transforms him, even in the depth of his pain.

    There’s nothing wrong with once in a while leaving the place of worship awestruck. It would become tiring on a weekly basis, but now and then, it is good to tremble at the threshold of the throne of God. I wonder this morning Wesley Does anyone come to worship expecting to encounter the living ...read more