Biblical teaching from Bay Leaf Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC — a multi-campus church passionate about gospel-centered preaching, disciple-making, and mission. Tune in weekly for sermons that explore God’s Word and encourage you to follow Jesus in everyday life. Whether you’re part of our Falls Lake or 540 campus—or listening from afar—you’ll find truth, hope, and practical application from Scripture.
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On Easter Sunday, Pastor Jared Richard delivered a powerful message to Bayleaf Church using Exodus 14 and the story of Israel crossing the Red Sea to illustrate the meaning of salvation through Christ's resurrection. He explained that many people celebrate Easter without fully understanding what it means to be "saved," so he used this Old Testament narrative as a divinely orchestrated picture to help answer that question. The central theme was that "God has allowed us to cross over by passing through" - meaning we've been saved from the power of sin by crossing over, and saved from the penalty of sin by passing through death in Christ.
Pastor Jared drew parallels between Israel's situation and our spiritual condition. Just as the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt under Pharaoh's cruel power, we were enslaved to sin, death, and Satan. Just as Israel needed to get not only out of Egypt but beyond Pharaoh's reach, we needed deliverance from both sin's power and its penalty. The Red Sea represented the waters of judgment and death that Israel had to pass through to be truly free. Similarly, Jesus served as our greater mediator who didn't just part the waters like Moses, but willingly entered into God's judgment and death as our substitute, then rose victorious, bringing us through to the other side. Pastor Jared concluded by calling people to either receive this salvation through repentance and faith, or to rejoice in the freedom they already possess in Christ, emphasizing that there's no middle ground - we're either in spiritual Egypt or we're not.
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Monday Mar 30, 2026
Monday Mar 30, 2026
Pastor Jared Richard began this Palm Sunday message by asking the crucial question: "Why does the story of Jesus lead to a cross?" To answer this, he took the congregation back to Exodus 12 and the night of the Passover in Egypt. He explained how God's judgment was coming upon all of Egypt, including the Israelites, because when the holy God comes personally to judge, everyone stands condemned. However, God provided a way of escape through the blood of a spotless lamb applied to the doorposts of Hebrew homes. When God saw the blood, He would pass over that household, sparing the firstborn because the lamb had died as a substitute.
Pastor Richard connected this directly to the Gospel, declaring that Jesus is the true Passover lamb whose blood covers believers from God's judgment. Just as there were only two kinds of houses in Egypt that night—those Marked by blood and those that weren't—when God comes in final judgment, only the blood will matter. But the blood doesn't just cover us; it claims us. Those saved by Christ's blood belong entirely to God and should live lives that reflect this ownership. Pastor Richard challenged the congregation to examine whether their homes, families, and lives look like they belong to God, emphasizing that believers are not just saved from judgment but saved for God's glory.
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Bay Leaf at Falls Lake: 12200 Bayleaf Church Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614
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Monday Mar 23, 2026
Monday Mar 23, 2026
In his sermon from Exodus 7-11, Pastor Jared Richard addressed the most important question every human will face: "Who is the Lord?" This question, first asked by Pharaoh in Exodus 5:2, becomes the driving force of the entire book of Exodus as God acts to reveal Himself through the ten plagues. Pastor Richard explained that these plagues were not merely displays of power, but intentional Revelations of God's glory that challenged Egypt's false gods while demonstrating both His supreme power and remarkable mercy.
Pastor Richard showed how God's power is revealed as greater than any other power, unique and singular, and far-reaching over all creation. The plagues systematically exposed the weakness of Egypt's pantheon of gods, proving there is no God like the Lord in all the earth. Yet woven throughout the judgment was God's mercy - seen in the progression from mild to severe plagues (giving opportunities for repentance), the precision that protected Israel while judging Egypt, and the provision that blessed God's people even in the midst of judgment. However, Pharaoh's response serves as a tragic warning. Despite multiple opportunities to repent, Pharaoh's heart became increasingly hardened through repeated resistance to God's word. Pastor Richard warned that the more we resist God's word, the harder our hearts become, and that superficial sorrow over sin is not the same as true repentance. He concluded by pointing to the greater Revelation of God's power and mercy in the gospel of Jesus Christ, calling for complete surrender rather than half-hearted responses to God's grace.
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Monday Mar 16, 2026
Monday Mar 16, 2026
Pastor Jared Richard opened his sermon with the story of 19th century missionary John G. Paton, who faced tremendous persecution and personal loss while ministering to cannibalistic tribes in the New Hebrides Islands. This illustration set up the central question: "What happens when you obey God and things go terribly wrong?" Drawing from Exodus 4-7, Pastor Richard showed how Moses experienced this same dilemma when his initial success with the Israelites was met with fierce resistance from Pharaoh, who made their slavery even harsher.
The sermon outlined three key lessons from Moses' experience. First, difficulty often follows faithfulness because we're engaged in spiritual warfare against powers opposed to God's kingdom. Second, difficulty always refines God's servants - God uses these moments to build our trust and dependence on Him rather than allowing circumstances to define us. Third, difficulty leads us back to God's promises, as seen in Exodus 6:1-8 where God reassures Moses of His presence and power. Pastor Richard emphasized that God's "I will" statements in this passage show that the work of deliverance depends on God's power, not our adequacy. The sermon concluded with Paton's eventual success when he returned to the islands, leading to widespread conversion, and an invitation to the Lord's Supper as a reminder of God's promises to sustain us through hardship.
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Bay Leaf at Falls Lake: 12200 Bayleaf Church Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614
Bay Leaf at 540: 10921 Leesville Rd, Raleigh, NC 27613
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Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
Dr. Allan Moseley delivered a message from Exodus 3 and 4 focusing on God's call of Moses and how it demonstrates that God can use us in His redemption plan when we obey Him. The sermon centered on two major truths: first, that God sees our suffering and has a plan to rescue us, as evidenced by God's declaration in Exodus 3:7-8 that He had seen the affliction of His people in Egypt and had come down to deliver them. Second, God overcomes our inadequacies to use us for His good purpose, despite our feelings of unworthiness or inability.
Dr. Moseley systematically examined Moses' six objections to God's call: "Who am I?" (feeling unqualified), not knowing God well enough, fear that people wouldn't believe him, inability to speak well, wanting God to send someone else, and concern for his family. To each excuse, God provided patient answers and assurance of His presence and power. Dr. Moseley emphasized that God delights in choosing unlikely people—shepherds, fishermen, teenagers from small towns—to accomplish His greatest work, so that no human being might boast in God's presence (1 Corinthians 1). The message concluded by contrasting Moses as an imperfect human deliverer with Jesus as the perfect, eternal deliverer who came not just to redeem Israel, but to be "the Savior of the world" (1 John 4:14).
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Bay Leaf at Falls Lake: 12200 Bayleaf Church Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614
Bay Leaf at 540: 10921 Leesville Rd, Raleigh, NC 27613
SERVICE TIMES
Come join us on Sundays at Bay Leaf at Falls Lake (8:30 AM or 11:00 AM) or at Bay Leaf at 540 (10:00 AM)
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Tuesday Mar 03, 2026
Tuesday Mar 03, 2026
Pastor Patrick Austin begins his sermon on Exodus 1-2 with a relatable family vacation analogy, explaining how what starts as joy can turn uncomfortable—much like the Israelites' experience in Egypt. The descendants of Jacob, who initially prospered in Egypt under Joseph's favor, eventually found themselves enslaved under a new Pharaoh who "did not know Joseph." Pastor Austin emphasizes that "in the darkest days of life, God is working to lead his people out of Egypt and into grace."
Drawing from Exodus 2:23-25, Pastor Austin outlines four ways God works: He hears (listening to the Israelites' groaning under oppression), He remembers (staying faithful to His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), He sees (positioning Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah to protect newborns), and He knows (providing Moses as a deliverer). Pastor Austin explains how God's "remembering" doesn't mean He forgot, but rather demonstrates His faithfulness to never abandon His promises. Even when Moses initially failed and fled to Midian, God was still working according to His perfect plan.
The sermon's climax connects Moses to Jesus as the true and better deliverer. While Moses could only provide temporary deliverance from physical slavery, Jesus provides eternal deliverance from sin and death. Pastor Austin calls unbelievers to "cry out to God" for salvation, reminds Christians to remember God's faithfulness in their own salvation, and encourages all believers to "cling to the perfect deliverer" during current dark seasons, knowing that Jesus walks beside them and will one day lead them home to glory.
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Bay Leaf at Falls Lake: 12200 Bayleaf Church Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614
Bay Leaf at 540: 10921 Leesville Rd, Raleigh, NC 27613
SERVICE TIMES
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Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Tuesday Feb 24, 2026
Pastor Jared Richard delivered a timely message from Genesis 11:1-9 as Bay Leaf Baptist Church celebrates God's provision for their building project on Creedmoor Road. The Tower of Babel story reveals humanity's attempt to build a city and tower to make a name for themselves and avoid being scattered across the earth, directly disobeying God's command to fill the earth. Pastor Richard explained that while the unity and technological advancement displayed at Babel was impressive, the heart behind the project was flawed - it was motivated by human pride and the desire for security apart from God.
The pastor drew important parallels to the church's building project, asking the crucial question: "Are we building for his name or our name?" He warned that it's entirely possible to build a church building while simultaneously building the Tower of Babel in our hearts. The sermon emphasized that we don't need to build towers to reach heaven because heaven already came down in Jesus Christ. Pastor Richard connected this to the gospel, showing how God's judgment at Babel was actually merciful - scattering humanity to prevent collective rebellion while ultimately pointing toward the true unity that comes through worship of Jesus Christ. He concluded by challenging the congregation to ensure all their works, including the Creedmoor Road project, are done for God's glory rather than their own, as only what is done for His glory will truly last.
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Bay Leaf at Falls Lake: 12200 Bayleaf Church Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614
Bay Leaf at 540: 10921 Leesville Rd, Raleigh, NC 27613
SERVICE TIMES
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Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
Tuesday Feb 17, 2026
In this sermon on Genesis 6-9, Pastor Jared Richard demonstrates how the story of Noah functions as a "mini gospel" that prepares us for the greater story of Jesus Christ. Richard outlines five key elements: the problem of sin (humanity's complete depravity), the promise of judgment (God's wrath through the flood), the place of salvation (the ark), the partial fulfillment (Noah's eventual failure), and the perfect fulfillment (Jesus as the true and better Noah).
Richard emphasizes that by Noah's time, human wickedness had become so pervasive that "every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time continually" (Genesis 6:5). God's judgment through the flood was both necessary and grievous to His heart. While Noah provided salvation for his family through the ark, his story ultimately ends in failure - naked, ashamed, and dead, just like Adam. This demonstrates that Noah was only a partial fulfillment of God's promise, pointing us to our need for something greater. Jesus Christ is that greater fulfillment - the true and better Noah who doesn't merely build an ark, but becomes the ark himself, willingly plunging beneath the flood of God's wrath so that all who are "in Him" can find not just salvation, but transformation. Richard concludes with an urgent call to come to Christ, the only place of safety from the coming judgment.
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Bay Leaf at Falls Lake: 12200 Bayleaf Church Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614
Bay Leaf at 540: 10921 Leesville Rd, Raleigh, NC 27613
SERVICE TIMES
Come join us on Sundays at Bay Leaf at Falls Lake (8:30 AM or 11:00 AM) or at Bay Leaf at 540 (10:00 AM)
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Monday Feb 09, 2026
Monday Feb 09, 2026
In this sermon on Genesis 3, Pastor Jared Richard addresses the fundamental question of why our world feels broken despite God creating it "very good." He explains that the problem isn't something happening around us, but something that happened within us - sin entered the world when Adam and Eve listened to the wrong voice in the garden.
Pastor Richard breaks down Genesis 3 into two scenes. The first scene (verses 1-7) reveals Satan's scheme to destroy through his question "Did God really say?" The serpent works to make Eve doubt God's goodness, distort God's created order, and diminish God's glory. Adam fails in his role as leader and protector, staying silent while his wife is deceived. The second scene (verses 8-21) shows God's gracious response to human rebellion. Rather than destroying Adam and Eve in judgment, God pursues them in their hiding, asking "Where are you?" - not because He doesn't know, but to give them opportunity for confession and repentance.
The sermon emphasizes that God's plan for restoration involves three key elements: He continues to pursue us in our sin, He will crush the head of our enemy (referencing Genesis 3:15 as the first gospel promise), and He covers our shame. Pastor Richard connects this directly to the gospel, showing how Jesus is the promised offspring who would crush Satan's head, and how God clothes us in Christ's righteousness just as He clothed Adam and Eve. The message calls listeners to stop hiding and blaming, and instead trust in God's goodness and His plan of redemption through Jesus Christ.
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Bay Leaf at Falls Lake: 12200 Bayleaf Church Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614
Bay Leaf at 540: 10921 Leesville Rd, Raleigh, NC 27613
SERVICE TIMES
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Friday Jan 30, 2026
Friday Jan 30, 2026
Pastor Jared Richard begins this sermon by comparing the recent harsh winter weather in North Carolina to humanity's spiritual condition outside the Garden of Eden. Using Genesis 1:26-27 and Genesis 2:18-25, he explains that God created humans in His image to live in deep, life-giving relationships. Since God exists eternally in relationship as Trinity—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—we as His image bearers were designed for community and connection. The pastor emphasizes that "it is not good for man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18), showing that we need relationships with God, with creation, and especially with other human beings who are both similar to and different from us.
Pastor Jared highlights marriage as the foundational human relationship, where "male and female" (Genesis 1:27) come together in complementary unity, reflecting God's own nature. He describes the original state of Adam and Eve as "naked and not ashamed" (Genesis 2:25), representing perfect intimacy without fear of rejection. However, sin has affected all relationships, creating shame and fear that drive us toward isolation. The solution comes through Christ, who died naked and shamed on the cross to remove our shame, enabling us to be fully known by God and accepted. When our relationship with God is restored through Jesus, all other relationships can begin to reflect the gospel's grace and truth.
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ONE CHURCH. TWO LOCATIONS. ONE MISSION.
Bay Leaf at Falls Lake: 12200 Bayleaf Church Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27614
Bay Leaf at 540: 10921 Leesville Rd, Raleigh, NC 27613
SERVICE TIMES
Come join us on Sundays at Bay Leaf at Falls Lake (8:30 AM or 11:00 AM) or at Bay Leaf at 540 (10:00 AM)
CONTACT
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(919) 847-4477
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