Grace Baptist Church | Cape Coral

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series on 2 Corinthians. In a message entitled “Concerns of a Faithful Ministry,” the pastor opens God’s Word at 2 Corinthians 10:1 – 18. Nehemiah provides an example of a faithful ministry. Called by God from the center...

Pastor Tom Ascol, beginning a short series on the character of God, teaches on “The Holiness of God.” This message centers on the attribute Andrew Fuller identified as the “fundamental principle in religion.” God’s holiness is more than just one...

Pastor Jared Longshore preaches from Philippians 1:12 – 20 about honoring Christ through our suffering. Paul faced trials in his ministry and life yet he was able to rejoice even in the midst of them. The Bible, and this passage in particular, teaches...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series on 2 Corinthians. In a message entitled “Biblical Giving,” he exposits 2 Corinthians 8:1 through 9:15. Everyone seems to know of examples where churches appear to be focused on “passing the basket” for collections...

In a message entitled “God Cares about Our Views of Him,” Pastor Tom Ascol opens God’s Word at Psalm 50:16-23. God cares about our views because it is important. Our understanding of what God is like will determine how we live and reveal the kind of...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series on 2 Corinthians with a message entitled “How God Comforts His Depressed Servants” centered on 2 Corinthians 7: 2 – 16. Many people have been oppressed by depression over the years. Christians are not immune from...

Former Associate Pastor Steve Haines returned to Grace Baptist Church to help celebrate Pastor Tom Ascol’s thirtieth anniversary as senior pastor. He preached from 3 John 4, one of Pastor Ascol’s favorite verses, “I have no greater joy than to hear...

Fred Malone, a pastor and longtime friend of Pastor Tom Ascol preached at Grace Baptist Church as part of a celebration of Pastor Ascol’s thirtieth anniversary at Grace. He addressed one of Pastor Ascol’s favorite verses, Romans 8:32, “He who did not...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues in his series in 2 Corinthians with a message entitled “Who Shares Your Yoke?” centering on 2 Corinthians 6:14–7:1. In today’s passage Paul uses the metaphor of a yoke, the apparatus farmers use to join animals used for...

Guest speaker, author, and retired pastor Baruch Moaz brings a message entitled “Living out the Gospel” based on Romans 12:1–11. Opening with a quote from Psalm 133:1, “how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity,” our speaker sets out to...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues in his exposition of 2 Corinthians, opening Chapter 6, verses 3 through 13, in a message entitled “Ministry that Endures.” Throughout this letter to the Corinthians the apostle Paul makes the point that a ministry true to...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series in 2 Corinthians. In a message entitled “The Ministry of Reconciliation, the pastor opens God’s Word explaining 2 Corinthians 5:11 – 6:2. Using a vignette from the life of Henry David Thoreau, an illustration was...

Pastor Jared Longshore preaches on 1 John 1:1–3 in a message entitled “The Fellowship of Christ.” Fellowship is an old word used primarily today in a church setting. Fellowship speaks to the opposite of loneliness. Many songs over the last decades...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues in his series on 2 Corinthians. In a message entitled “Life After Death” pastor covers 2 Corinthians 5:1 – 10. Humans, it seems, almost universally wonder “What happens when we die?” Public fascination with near-death...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues teaching through 2 Corinthians in a message entitled “How Affliction Becomes Light” based on 2 Corinthians 4:16 – 18. In this life sorrows and suffering are sure. This is true for Christians as well as non-Christians...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his 2 Corinthians series with a message about 2 Corinthians 4:7 – 15 entitled “Treasures in Jars of Clay.” The Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest manuscript fragment we have of the Old Testament books, were found in the late...

Pastor Jared Longshore teaches from Luke 1:67-79 in a message entitled “A Remarkable Salvation.” Human beings were created to worship God. Since the Fall of Adam and Eve if we do not worship God we will find something else to worship. In fact, John...

Pastor Tom Ascol’s Easter message, entitled “Why Jesus Changes Everything,” is based on Romans 6:1-11. Using the ancient thinking of a flat earth as an example, the pastor told of the Copernican Revolution. Copernicus and Galileo had proved the earth...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues in his series in 2 Corinthians with a message entitled “Gospel Power in Human Weakness” centering on 2 Corinthians 4:1-6. How, in our weakness, are we to discern faithful ministry? Remarkably, some sources have identified...

Pastor Tom Ascol resumes his series on 2 Corinthians. In a message entitled “Characteristics of a Faithful Ministry, Part 1,” the pastor examines 2 Corinthians 4:1-6. We have seen in the series so far that false teachers had attacked Paul’s ministry...