Grace Bible Church

This weekend, Nigel preached from John 1:1-14 about where our identity comes from. John shows that Jesus is God, our Creator, our Life, and the Light of the world. We were made in God's image, but sin happens when we build our identity on ourselves (our needs, desires, and plans) instead of our Savior. Jesus became flesh, moved into the neighborhood, and paid for our sin. When we believe in His na...

This weekend, Nigel preached from John 1:1-14 about where our identity comes from. John shows that Jesus is God, our Creator, our Life, and the Light of the world. We were made in God's image, but sin happens when we build our identity on ourselves (our needs, desires, and plans) instead of our Savior. Jesus became flesh, moved into the neighborhood, and paid for our sin. When we believe in His na...

Continuing the Masterpiece series, Eric turns to a hard but necessary question: how does the family we grew up in shape the identity we carry as adults? Walking through four generations of Abraham's family and three generations of David's, Eric shows how patterns of deception, self-protection, and taking by power don't stay contained to one generation — they travel, often without anyone intending...

Continuing the Masterpiece series, Eric turns to a hard but necessary question: how does the family we grew up in shape the identity we carry as adults? Walking through four generations of Abraham's family and three generations of David's, Eric shows how patterns of deception, self-protection, and taking by power don't stay contained to one generation — they travel, often without anyone intending...

Most of us are carrying a name we never chose, a label absorbed so early in life it feels like a simple fact rather than a wound. This week Eric tells the story of Jacob, a man whose very name meant "deceiver," and who spent decades living up to it before God met him in the dark and demanded he say it out loud. Walking through the strange, physical wrestling match at the Jabbok River in Genesis 32...

Most of us are carrying a name we never chose, a label absorbed so early in life it feels like a simple fact rather than a wound. This week Eric tells the story of Jacob, a man whose very name meant "deceiver," and who spent decades living up to it before God met him in the dark and demanded he say it out loud. Walking through the strange, physical wrestling match at the Jabbok River in Genesis 32...

Most Christians know they're forgiven — and yet still feel crushed by their ongoing struggle with sin, as if their standing with God rises and falls with how well they're doing that day. This week Eric untangles two very different biblical uses of the word "sin": sin as a legal status before God, settled once and for all through Christ, and sin as ongoing action, a daily battle believers are activ...

Most Christians know they're forgiven — and yet still feel crushed by their ongoing struggle with sin, as if their standing with God rises and falls with how well they're doing that day. This week Eric untangles two very different biblical uses of the word "sin": sin as a legal status before God, settled once and for all through Christ, and sin as ongoing action, a daily battle believers are activ...

As we continue to unmask the false self, Eric turns to one of the most familiar stories Jesus ever told, the parable of the prodigal son, and asks the congregation to see it differently. Both the younger son and the older son are living out of the same false self, just in opposite directions: one through wild living, one through rule-keeping and resentment. Both end up saying something devastating...

As we continue to unmask the false self, Eric turns to one of the most familiar stories Jesus ever told, the parable of the prodigal son, and asks the congregation to see it differently. Both the younger son and the older son are living out of the same false self, just in opposite directions: one through wild living, one through rule-keeping and resentment. Both end up saying something devastating...

Most of us know the exhausting pull to prove ourselves — through what we do, what we have, or what others think of us. Eric opens the new series Masterpiece by naming this pattern for what it is: the False Self, a way of building an identity that can never be finished and never feels like enough. Drawing from Genesis 1 and Ephesians 2, Eric shows that every person is already God's workmanship — hi...

Most of us know the exhausting pull to prove ourselves — through what we do, what we have, or what others think of us. Eric opens the new series Masterpiece by naming this pattern for what it is: the False Self, a way of building an identity that can never be finished and never feels like enough. Drawing from Genesis 1 and Ephesians 2, Eric shows that every person is already God's workmanship — hi...

In this message, Matt Love closes out Grace's journey through 2 Corinthians with Paul's final words to a struggling church. Working through 2 Corinthians 13:1–10, Matt explores why God's correction is never rejection — it's always aimed at restoration. He unpacks why real spiritual authority looks like weakness before it looks like power, why self-examination matters more than proving yourself to...

In this message, Matt Love closes out Grace's journey through 2 Corinthians with Paul's final words to a struggling church. Working through 2 Corinthians 13:1–10, Matt explores why God's correction is never rejection — it's always aimed at restoration. He unpacks why real spiritual authority looks like weakness before it looks like power, why self-examination matters more than proving yourself to...

This sermon explores the question, “What does it really mean to love God?” Through Deuteronomy 6, Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 22, and 1 John, we see that loving God isn’t about organizing our lives correctly or simply putting Him at the top of our priority list. Instead, God calls us to love Him with all of our heart, soul, and strength- allowing our love for Him to shape every area of our lives. B...

This sermon explores the question, “What does it really mean to love God?” Through Deuteronomy 6, Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 22, and 1 John, we see that loving God isn’t about organizing our lives correctly or simply putting Him at the top of our priority list. Instead, God calls us to love Him with all of our heart, soul, and strength- allowing our love for Him to shape every area of our lives. B...

This message picks up where last week left off — with more to say about the holiness of God. Working through Job 37, Psalm 93, and Isaiah 6, we see a God who is not simply a better version of us but a different category entirely. From there the sermon traces the movement of Hebrews 10 — made holy through Jesus, being made holy through the Spirit — and gets painfully specific about what that looks...

This message picks up where last week left off — with more to say about the holiness of God. Working through Job 37, Psalm 93, and Isaiah 6, we see a God who is not simply a better version of us but a different category entirely. From there the sermon traces the movement of Hebrews 10 — made holy through Jesus, being made holy through the Spirit — and gets painfully specific about what that looks...

In this message, Eric continues the Red Thread series by diving into one of the most challenging books of the Bible — Leviticus. Rather than a dusty collection of ancient laws, Eric shows that Leviticus is about one of the most urgent questions any person can ask: how do muddy, broken people get to be with a holy God? Working through the clean/unclean/defiled categories of Leviticus, the Day of At...

In this message, Eric continues the Red Thread series by diving into one of the most challenging books of the Bible — Leviticus. Rather than a dusty collection of ancient laws, Eric shows that Leviticus is about one of the most urgent questions any person can ask: how do muddy, broken people get to be with a holy God? Working through the clean/unclean/defiled categories of Leviticus, the Day of At...

In this message, Matt Love traces a single thread through the book of Exodus, the Gospel of John, and the book of Revelation: God's relentless desire to dwell with his people. Beginning with Israel's terrified response to God's presence at Mount Sinai — where the people chose distance over nearness — Matt shows how God's immediate response was not judgment but invitation. God's command to build th...

In this message, Matt Love traces a single thread through the book of Exodus, the Gospel of John, and the book of Revelation: God's relentless desire to dwell with his people. Beginning with Israel's terrified response to God's presence at Mount Sinai — where the people chose distance over nearness — Matt shows how God's immediate response was not judgment but invitation. God's command to build th...

In this message, Eric introduces the Red Thread series — a five-week journey through the first five books of the Bible — by tracing a single thread from Genesis to Revelation: the promise of a seed who would reverse the curse. Beginning in Genesis 3 with the entry of sin, death, and the enemy into the world, Eric follows God's covenant with Abraham through to its fulfillment in Jesus, showing how...

In this message, Eric introduces the Red Thread series — a five-week journey through the first five books of the Bible — by tracing a single thread from Genesis to Revelation: the promise of a seed who would reverse the curse. Beginning in Genesis 3 with the entry of sin, death, and the enemy into the world, Eric follows God's covenant with Abraham through to its fulfillment in Jesus, showing how...

In this message, Eric walks through Galatians 6:7-8 and a simple but sobering principle: you reap what you sow, you reap more than you sow, and you reap later than you sow. Using a story from his own family's life at Moe's and a hard scene he witnessed at a Panera, Eric makes the case that technology is not neutral. It's shaping who we, and our families, are becoming, one meal and one moment at a...