Grace Baptist Church - Wilmington, NC

The sermon centers on the profound consequences of sin as revealed in Genesis 3, illustrating how Adam and Eve's disobedience immediately shattered their relationship with God, leading to fear, shame, and the instinctive response of hiding rather than seeking reconciliation. Drawing from the narrative of their concealment among the trees, the message highlights the universal human tendency to cove...

Why is it our culture is so desperate to disprove that there is a God. It is simply that they do not want to obey God and live by God's created order. Join us as Pastor Jay walks us through creation day 6, the day that God created his most personal creation, humanity bearing His image. The sermon centers on the profound theological significance of Genesis 3, presenting the fall of humanity not as...

We all ask the question "why?" and the older we get they become more legitimate. We start asking questions like; "Why am I here?", "Where did I come from?", "Where am I going?". We even ask questions like, "Why does evil exist?'. In this message Pastor Jay walks us through the reason why evil exists.

Marriage is not merely a social construct to be tampered with. It is a divine institution that was made before any society.

In all of creation the only thing that God deems as "not good" is that Adam was alone. Foundational to God's design is that humanity was created as social beings, as modeled by God in his Triunity.

Genesis chapter 1 gives us the events of creation, so why do we have Genesis chapter 2 that seems to say the same thing? In this sermon Pastor Jay helps us understand that Genesis 2 gives us a fuller understanding of Genesis 1 and see that in Genesis chapter 2 we get a theological perspective of man.

Day 7 of creation stands apart from the other days because it is the only day to receive God's blessing and consecration. In this sermon Pastor Jay walks us through God's design for rest in the creation account and how we can use it as the blue print for rest in our own lives.

Why is it our culture is so desperate to disprove that there is a God. It is simply that they do not want to obey God and live by God's created order. Join us as Pastor Jay walks us through creation day 6, the day that God created his most personal creation, humanity bearing the His image.

When we look at the account of creation the first three days are about God creating the world and the last three days are all about God filling the world he made.

Creation was done in a fantastically ordered way with a divine purpose. The created order not only proves God's existence, but it also allows us the opportunity to enjoy the majesty of His creation.

Our Youth Pastor Dan Snyder shares some of the highlights from the Student Ministry Trip to Ecuador and shares the heart and prayer for this trip.

Making distinctions becomes more important as we move through the text of God bring order out of Chaos.

The opening verses of Genesis is important because our existence either comes from a creator or it comes from chance.

How we understand the first 3 chapters of Genesis impacts our view of the world. It is important to remember that no matter your worldview you have to answer the question of origins.

In this sermon we look at the verse of the Bible that begins the story line of God, who He is, what he has done, and what He is doing.

5 expectations for standing for truth in a post Christian world.

Where is it that your heart directed? To whom is your heart focused on?

It is interesting that the first account that we get after Jesus' sermon on authentic followers is about a Roman Centurion. If you know anything about the relationship between the Jews and Roman empire you would know what makes this account interesting is that the Romans and Jews were not friendly to one another, and yet Jesus marks this Roman Centurion as an authentic follower because of his fait...

Pastor Wes shares an important reminder on the reality of Spiritual warfare.

As we continue to ask "Why is the resurrection so important?, Pastor Jay lays out three life changing results of Jesus' resurrection.

What was the central truth that had to be proclaimed by the church in its infancy? What was the central truth on the day the church began? What was so important that had to be preached boldly and with out apology?

How was it possible for the cries of praise to turn to cries of crucifixion in very short? For Jesus to be crucified it took a very real and horrific act of betrayal. Acts of betrayal destroy trust, they wound the soul, and they destroy relationships. In this message Pastor Jay takes a look a the life of Judas the Betrayer to see how he was able to commit one of the most egregious acts of betrayal...

From the beginning of the church age a believer was never meant to live in isolation. It is God's plan that we have meaningful relationships with in the body of Christ, we are not mean live our Christian lives by ourselves.

Our freedom in Christ is not for the purpose of self autonomy instead it is to be used to love others. We are free to live in a way that serves others. Specifically we serve them by participating in the restoration of a fellow believer that is over taken in sin.