Grace Baptist Church | Cape Coral

Pastor Jared Longshore teaches on Psalm 2 in a message entitled “The King of Kings.” There are several voices, or speakers, in this psalm but the overall thrust of them all gives God the Father’s testimony about Jesus Christ, the King of kings. Jesus...

Pastor Jared Longshore teaches on Ephesians 3:14-21 with a message entitled “Power to Know Unknowable Love.” God’s love might be His most widely acknowledged attribute but it may also be the most misunderstood. What does “God is love” really mean and...

Pastor Tom Ascol resumes his series on 2 Corinthians with a message based on Chapter 3, verses 7-18 entitled “The Superiority of the New Covenant Ministry.” This passage teaches that left to ourselves, even our best efforts to understand and apply...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series on 2 Corinthians in a message entitled “A Commended Ministry” 2 Corinthians 3:1-6. The apostle Paul’s purpose in writing today’s passage is to continue countering the attack toward his ministry by false prophets...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series on 2 Corinthians with his message entitled “Trials and Triumph in Christ,” based on 2 Corinthians 2:12-17. In this passage Paul makes the point that faithful gospel ministers are invaluable in helping people know...

In a message entitled “Sin, Discipline, and Forgiveness” Pastor Tom Ascol continues his exposition of 2 Corinthians. Centering on 2 Corinthians 2:5-11 Pastor notes the often widespread breakdown in discipline within government, education, and homes...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series on the book of 2 Corinthians with a message entitled “Integrity in Ministry,” based on 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4. A gospel minister’s stock in trade is truth. Any lack of integrity or truth hinders the work to which...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series in 2 Corinthians with a message entitled “God’s Way of Strengthening Faith” centered on 2 Corinthians 1:8-11. The Christian life is a life of faith. While faith provides an entryway to a relationship with God it...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues in his series on 2 Corinthians teaching on Chapter 1, Verses 3 through 7 in a message entitled “The God of All Comfort.” The passage, so filled with promises of comfort for believers, provides readers with hope both for the...

Pastor Tom Ascol introduces a series on the book of 2 Corinthians with an emphasis on 2 Corinthians 1:1-2. In setting the stage for the study of this book Pastor introduces the city, Paul’s relationship to the Corinthian church, the nature and reason...

Pastor Tom Ascol makes a clear presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a message entitled “Too Late!” based on the eighth chapter of Jeremiah, particularly verse 20. Opportunities, it seems, are not forever. Often important opportunities are not...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series on the Advent with a message on Galatians 4:4-5 entitled “The Incarnation.” In the text we are told “God sent forth his Son.” Often, however, the centrality of God in the Christmas story is forgotten as we...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues in his Advent series with a message on Matthew 1:18-25 entitled “Jesus Was Born of a Virgin to Be Our Savior.” Jesus’ birth as described in our passage, as well as in Luke 1, illustrates for us the natural circumstances, the...

Pastor Tom Ascol teaches about Simeon and his relationship with God from Luke 2:25-32 in a message entitled “Hope and Peace in Christ.” Israel in the time of Christ was a nation under servitude to Rome. They looked to God, not in faith but out of a...

Pastor Tom Ascol exposits Isaiah 9:2 in a message entitled “Post Tenebras Lux” (After Darkness Light). This saying, a motto of the Reformation in the 16th century, was used to illustrate God’s gracious revealing of the true Gospel after centuries of...

Pastor Tom Ascol finishes his study on the book of Judges. Opening Chapters 19 through 21, in a message entitled “Homemade Religion: Morally Bankrupt,” he shows the terrible results of knowing God but forgetting and turning from Him. Israel deluded...

Pastor Tom Ascol continues his series on the book of Judges. Using Judges 17:1 through 18:31 as the text, his message is entitled: “Homemade Religion: A Disaster in Disguise.” The cyclical nature of Judges, repeated rebellion, judgment, repentance...

Pastor Tom Ascol resumes his study of the Book of Judges with a message entitled “Samson: The Startup Savior, Part 2” based on Judges 15:1-16:31. Though Samson may well have been the greatest of judges, especially considering his exploits, he was...

Pastor Tom Ascol, using Hebrews 13:3 as his basis, presents a message entitled “Brotherly Love for Persecuted Christians.” Our insulated life in western civilization has desensitized us to the struggles of Christian brethren across the globe...

Pastor Jared Longshore finishes his exposition of 1 Thessalonians with a message on 1 Thess 5:23-28 entitled “He Will Surely Do It.” Uncertainty regarding one’s relationship with God can cripple even the strongest believer. Paul’s purpose in this...