Sermons From Grace Baptist Church of Richmond Hill

Peter is famous for being the disciple who denied Jesus three times. Later, however, he demonstrated incredible courage in the face of persecution and eventual death. This message looks at what changed him and how we can develop convictions and courage in our lives today.

Fears can keep us from following Jesus and serving Him. We fear what people might say. We fear what we might lose. We fear what we don’t know. This message looks at how Jesus meets us in our fears and how He builds His church in spite of them.

Every new year, people make resolutions to improve their lives. But give it a month, a couple of weeks, or even a few days, and most people fail to follow through on their resolutions. Why is that? In today's passage, we will learn from Jesus that the change we all need goes beyond our own actions and abilities. What we truly need is to be born again!

Bathsheba was plucked from her home by a king with a wandering eye who planned her husband’s murder. How could God redeem such tragedy?

Mary was looking forward to marriage with a good man that she loved, but an unplanned pregnancy brought her world crashing down. How would she find a path forward?

Ruth lost her husband and was uprooted to a foreign land where she felt the searing eyes of discrimination. What future would there be possible for her?

Rahab turned to prostitution to make ends meet in a city that was so far gone that its destruction was assured. What hope could there be for someone like her?

Tamar was a woman who faced the abuse of selfish men who used her instead of protecting her. How could God lift up someone so trodden down?

Regret is a common feeling people confront at the end of their lives. How do we live today so that we don’t experience regret tomorrow? This message looks at how it’s possible to seize life’s opportunities and the joy that God can give.

We live in the information age where keeping up with the latest is everything and no one has time for God’s ancient truth. But we lack wisdom as a result and can hijack our happiness and sabotage God’s blessings. This message looks at the power of wisdom and how to pursue it.