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VBS Aug 1-5
6:00-8:30pm
"Good News Clues"
By: David C. Cook
Ages 4 - completed 6th grade

Martial Arts Ministry Demonstration

Revival with  Steve Proctor   Sermons and hilarious skits from this event in streaming audio and video, plus historical details about our speaker and his mentoring of our Pastor.

Mothers Day/Baby Dedication  [includes streaming video, audio, and pics from this big event!]

 Celebrate Recovery [substance abuse/chemical dependence]

Growing Kids God's Way [parenting class]

2005 GBC Missions Conference                 Oct. 2-5

"Morality, Values and the Christian Response" - by Dr. Alan Keyes
Greater Vision Concert 2005
Legacy Five Concert 2004
Valentine Banquet Pics
The Northam Revival
Old Fashioned Day

Missions Conference 2004

Every Day at Grace is a Special Event [take our VirtualVisitor tour]

Fall Family Festival '04

Sean Hannity & Pastor Jerry

Pastor Jerry represented GBC at the Decatur Indoor Sports Complex for the
patriotic rally led by Sean Hannity of Fox News' "Hannity and Colmes."
Sean's book "Deliver Us From Evil" was for many months #1 on the New York Times Bestseller
List and his daily radio program is the most widely listened to of anyone on
the air today. He is a man of principle who stands with us for the
Biblical values of faith and freedom.

 

 


"CSI:  Easter" - Easter series with great graphics and investigative theme.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


"The Napkin Is Still Folded" - Famous Clyde Box Easter sermon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


"Evidence That Demands A Decision" - Easter or anytime.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Palm Sunday"View From The Donkey" - Matthew 21:1-11 [Palm Sunday]
Triumphal Entry - Takes a unique look at this story from a more humble vantage point. The SAVIOR, the SERVANT, and the SINNERS.

 

 


Palm Sunday Sermon"Palms in the Garden" - Matthew 26:36-56  [Palm Sunday]
The only palms that really mattered eternally during passion week were Jesus’ palms. A study of all His hands touched and accomplished, and what they were about to do!

 

 


Independence Day Patriotic PowerPoint SermonsPatriotic Sermons:

"Heroes" "So Much To Remember!" "Ten Ways America Is Under Attack"

"America: Past, Present, and Future"    "The Greatness, The God, The Guilt of America"

"World War Won!"    "One Nation, Under God"

"When Does God Finally Judge A Nation?"

 

 


Graduation Message:  "But Continue Thou..."

A sermon on continuing steadfastness and faithfulness for any occasion.

 

 


Father's Day  &   Mother's Day:

Evan Almighty PowerPoint Sermon

"Dad Almighty" - Hebrews 11:7
NEW FOR 2007 - Uses "Evan Almighty" theme - GET SAVED, GET RIGHT, GET INTO CHURCH!  How dads of today can construct an ark of protection for their household.

 

 

 

 

More:  "Men Behaving...Godly"

"A Few Good Men" "My Dad is the Greatest"   

"The Husband's Sacred Duty"    "7 Ways to Love Your Mother"

"God's Way for the Woman"    "Getting Paid to Raise Your Own Child"

"What Was Her Name?"

The Glory of the Lord is Departed5/10/06 - "The Mother Who Chose a Very Strange Name" - I Samuel 4:1-22
Who names their son Ichabod, and why?  6 ways to know the glory of the Lord has departed.

 

        [This sermon only available in the ''Complete Collection'.]  Click here

 


Halloween:

Hell's Holiday Sermon"Should Christians Celebrate Halloween?"

A study of this Hellish Holiday and its pagan roots leads to even better Biblical reasons not to participate, but rather to offer good Christian alternatives.

 

 

"Bones, Bodies, & a Big Breath" 

Ezekiel 37:1-14
’Dem Bones--Imagine the scene Ezekiel saw as the scattered dry bones on this old battlefield surf the desert in search of each other. New life in Christ and the future restoration of Israel.

 

 

 

 

Hypocrisy PowerPoint Sermon"Dead Hypocrites" - Ananias and Sapphira - Acts 5:1-11
Have you ever lied to God? Made Him a promise you didn’t keep? Cared more about what others think than what God knows? The Problem, the Purging, the Punishment.

 

 

 

 

 

"Crossing Over the Line" - Expose on occult including Harry Potter, Dungeons and Dragons, etc. The Bible has a lot more to say about these things than most people realize!

 

 

 


Thanksgiving Sermons:

Lord's Supper PowerPoint SermonNew for 2006! - "Come To The Table" - 1 Corinthians 10:16-11:31
Includes 7 things we ought to bring with us as we approach the greatest dinner table of all time.  [Post-Thanksgiving Sermon]

 

 

Thanksgiving 2006 PowerPoint SermonNew for 2006! - "Thanksgiving, 1456 BC" - Deuteronomy 2:7
Moses led the people of God in remembering things they easily forgot. They didn’t have turkey…but they had eaten quail for decades now!

 

 

gratitude PowerPoint SermonNew for 2006! - "The Thanksgiving Catalog" - Psalm 102

The biggest 'gratitude killer' is the day after when Christmas shopping begins in earnest and we stop thinking about what we have and start thinking about what we want.

 

 

Praying at table PowerPoint SermonNew for 2006! - "Praying and Giving Thanks" - Colossians 1:9-14
Not only at Thanksgiving, and not just at meals, but always and in all things...give thanks! A study on PRAYER is also a study on PRAISE.

 

 

"Why Should We Be Thankful?"-Psalms 100:1-5
3 Scriptural reasons in this 10 min. devotional sets the stage for a testimony service for Thanksgiving and praises.

 

 

"Never Satisfied"-Proverbs 30:15-16
The Bible gives us 4 things which are never satisfied, and then tells us where true satisfaction comes from. [Pre-Thanksgiving sermon]

 

 

"Thanksgiving: 3 Ways to Look at It" - An Upward Look, An Outward Look, An Inward Look, Should All Make Us Thankful.

 

 

 

"Turning Thanksgiving into Thanksliving" - How to live it out better the rest of the year.

 

 

 


Christmas Sermons:

 

Christmas Communion:  "From the Stable to the Table"

- Luke 22:7-10
"A Christmas Carol" style look at the Past, Present, and Future--remembering the birth, the life, the death, and then the ’breath’ of the Risen Christ!

 

"'After Christmas' Gifts" - Matthew 2:1-11
The Wise Men and the symbolic significance of their gifts, and how they should change us all this Christmas!

 

           

 

"Star Trek" - Matthew 2:1-10
The Wise Men were the true originals. This focuses on the real STAR of Christmas, Jesus, and how we can reflect that light to others this season and always.

 

 

"X Marks the Spot" - Colossians 1:18
This year is all about “Happy Holidays” and “holiday trees”, and schools taking “winter” break.  Aaaarrrgggghhh!  Christ is the most important part of Christmas, but is being "X’ed" out.

 

            

"Good News, Anyone?" - Luke 2:10-14
7 Reasons why the good tidings brought by the angel that night were much needed "good news" in this world.

 

 

"Mary and the Little Lamb" - Mary’s HUMILITY, PURITY, AVAILABILITY. Jesus was a SUBSTITUTIONARY, SUPERNATURAL, SPECIAL, SACRIFICIAL, and SPECIAL LAMB, and He SHOULD be a SOUGHT Lamb.

 

 

"Gift Wrapped" - HOW GOD WRAPPED His greatest gift, HOW MARY WRAPPED the gift, HOW SATAN WRAPS the gift, and HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT UNWRAPS it.

 

 

 

"A "Wonderful" Christmas Message" - The CRADLE, The CROSS, and The CROWN...and practical looks at Jesus’ Wonderful HEART, HANDS, EYES, EARS, BOOK, SPIRIT, AND HOME.

 

 

 


Baby Dedication:

Main Dedication Page w/ Video, Audio, Pictures, and much more of this big event!

"Give 'Em Back to God"            "Making Arrows out of Sticks"

 

"My Child Is Precious"    "Raising Kids That Count"

[both available by email or on 'off site' CD-ROM]


 

Other Timely Sermons:

"Pornography: Lies & Chains" - This silent sin has crept into the church, esp. thru the internet, and it’s time to lift our voices like trumpets and dispel the ignorance which allows it to thrive!

 

 

 

 

 


September 11th 2005
"911:  When Buildings Fall & Waters RiseMatthew 14:22-33
In Case of Emergency--Have FAITH, not FEAR; PRAY, don’t PANIC; BELIEVE, don’t BLAME; RESPOND, don’t RUN.

 

 

 


"Grandparents Day" - September

All Grandparents will be blessed by this honoring message.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


"Consider the Heavens" - A breathtaking pictorial tour of the universe that will convince atheists and encourage believers.

 

[huge, 7mb PowerPoint-only presentation available for high speed download here or as a part of this 'Timely Sermons' Collection CD-ROM only.]

 

 

 


"Left Behind:  On the Cutting Room Floor

Mark 13
Summary of entire movie series, with helps for discerning between it’s great truths and some of the "artistic license" found there.

 

 

 

 

 

Also included in this series:  Many other sermons and PowerPoints designed for Communion, Valentine's Day, Graduation, Super bowl, Daylight Savings Change, and so much more! 

 

[Non-linked sermons / PowerPoints only available in the Timely Sermons Series or the 'Complete Collection'.]  Click here

 

You can receive the entire "Timely Sermons" series by "Instant Download" or on a CD-ROM for just $40.  [Microsoft Word and PowerPoint formatted]  That's about 150 Sermons and PowerPoint Presentations!

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