Grace Bible Church

Grace Bible Church

Our vision at Grace is to see God's grace changing lives. We hope you enjoy these messages, and if you're local to Hampton Roads, we'd love for you to experience a service live sometime soon! Learn more at gracebible.church.

  1. 3d ago

    A Means to What End?

    In this message, Eric works through 2 Corinthians 9:6–15, confronting one of the most misused passages in the New Testament head-on. Framed by the anchor verse of the entire section — “they gave themselves first to the Lord” — Eric shows that the sowing and reaping principle Paul describes is not a prosperity gospel promise but an invitation into a fundamentally different relationship with money and blessing. God blesses the cheerful giver not so they can accumulate more for themselves but so they can be generous on every occasion. The harvest Paul promises is righteousness, thanksgiving to God, and the needs of others being met.

    31 min

  2. May 31

    In Whose Eyes?

    In this message, Eric explores what it actually means to honor God with your finances. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 8 and Jesus's teaching in Matthew 6, he makes the case that genuine generosity is not primarily a financial decision but a spiritual one — a question of who is actually reigning as king over your life and your resources. Eric walks through how GBC practices financial accountability, offers a fresh definition of heaven and earth from Matthew 6, and closes with a direct pastoral invitation: if you haven't surrendered financially, you have a lid on your spiritual life.

    35 min

  3. May 24

    Trading Places

    In this message, Eric opens with a simple but disorienting question: how much would you need to love someone to trade places with them? From there he takes the us to 2 Corinthians 8:9, the theological heart of Paul's generosity section, where Paul holds up Jesus as the ultimate model of sacrificial giving. Jesus moved from infinite wealth to profound poverty for our sake, and his example is not meant to be exploited for personal blessing but imitated in how we hold and give our money. Eric explores three honest questions about desire, priority, and proportion, and closes with a story about a young man who started giving not because he had extra but because he had tasted grace. The invitation is simple: what story do you want your money to tell?

    34 min

  4. May 17

    More Than Money: The Bigger Story Behind Generosity & The Local Church

    Giving in church can feel awkward. Why would anyone willingly give away a significant portion of their income? In this sermon, Ryan unpacks 2 Corinthians 8 and the massive offering the apostle Paul organized across the ancient world to support the church in Jerusalem. Along the way, we discover a bigger vision of the church—not just a building or weekly gathering, but a multi-cultural, multi-generational movement of Jesus’ people across space and time. This message challenges us to rethink generosity as one of the primary ways we participate in what God is doing in the world.

    35 min

  5. May 10

    There are No Risk Free Relationships

    In this message, Eric opens in 2 Corinthians by exploring what real relationships actually require. Drawing from Paul’s vulnerable, risk-taking pursuit of the Corinthian church in chapter 7, Eric identifies six risks that genuine relationships demand — sharing desires, vulnerability, struggle, feelings, need for others, and owning our sin. At the heart of the sermon is one of the most practical questions in Paul’s entire letter: what does godly sorrow look like, and why does it restore relationships when worldly sorrow only destroys them? The message ends with a simple, concrete invitation: one question, one person, this week.

    39 min

  6. May 3

    Jesus Didn’t Just Come to Serve…

    In this message, Eric explores one of the most countercultural identities in all of Scripture — the identity of a servant. Using John 13, he shows how Jesus, fully aware of his power and authority, got up from the table and washed his disciples' feet — not just as an act of service, but as a defining moment of identity formation. The invitation is simple but challenging: say yes to the identity Jesus has for you, and let that identity shape your responsibility everywhere you go — and specifically, in the local church.

    37 min

  7. Apr 26

    SOMEBODY SAY YES!

    “SOMEBODY SAY YES!” teaches that saying yes to God is not usually one dramatic moment, but a lifestyle of daily obedience. David’s victory over Goliath began long before the battlefield through small acts of faithfulness—serving his father, tending sheep, and trusting God in private battles. Saying yes often requires faith without knowing all the details, but God uses those moments to position us for purpose. Saying yes leads to life, just as Jesus said yes for our salvation. Our obedience also impacts others, because one person’s yes can bless families, churches, communities, and even future generations.

    37 min

  8. Apr 19

    Wisdom, Fools, and Why We Don’t Listen

    In this message, Hannah continues the Best Question Ever series by asking a harder question: if wisdom is so simple, why do we ignore it? Drawing from the book of Proverbs, Hannah unpacks three types of people who ignore wisdom — the naïve, the fool, and the mocker — and what each one needs to move toward wisdom. The answer isn't more information. It's humility, sacrifice, and a willingness to stop trusting yourself most.

    29 min
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Our vision at Grace is to see God's grace changing lives. We hope you enjoy these messages, and if you're local to Hampton Roads, we'd love for you to experience a service live sometime soon! Learn more at gracebible.church.

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  • Creator
    Grace Bible Church
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    76
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Grace Bible Church - VA