Agape Baptist Church - Sermons

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 1:29-34 Behold, the Lamb of God 29  The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!  30  This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’  31  I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revea...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on John 1:19-28 The Testimony of John the Baptist 19  And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”  20  He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”  21  And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”  2...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John1:14-18 14  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[ d ] from the Father, full of grace and truth.  15  (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)  16  For from his fullness we have all received, grace...

a Sermon by Carl Lehmkuhl on John 1:4-13 4  In him was life,[ a ] and the life was the light of men.  5  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6  There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.  7  He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.  8  He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9  Th...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 1:1-3 The Word Became Flesh 1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  2  He was in the beginning with God.  3  All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis. This sermon is a summary and a recap of what we have learned in Genesis over the last year and a half.

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 50 50  Then Joseph fell on his father's face and wept over him and kissed him.  2  And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.  3  Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. 4  And when the days of weeping f...

a Sermon by Wayne Schmidt on Matthew 2:1-10 The Visit of the Wise Men 2  Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men[ a ] from the east came to Jerusalem,  2  saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose[ b ] and have come to worship him.”  3  When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jer...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 49:1-33 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49  Then Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come. 2  “Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,      listen to Israel your father. 3  “Reuben, you are my firstborn,      my might, and the firstfruits of my strength,      preeminent in dignity and p...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 48 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48  After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.  2  And it was told to Jacob, “Your son Joseph has come to you.” Then Israel summoned his strength and sat up in bed.  3  And Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[ a ] appeared to me at Luz in the land...

Sermon by Bryant Crane from Gen. 47

Sermon by Daniel Crane from Gen. 46

Sermon by Daniel Crane from Gen. 45

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 44 Joseph Tests His Brothers 44  Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack,  2  and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him. 3  As soon as the mor...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane Joseph Tests His Brothers 44  Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack,  2  and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him. 3  As soon as the morning was light...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 43 Joseph's Brothers Return to Egypt 43  Now the famine was severe in the land.  2  And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”  3  But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’  4  If you will...

Jesus Delivered to Be Crucified 19  Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him.  2  And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe.  3  They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands.  4  Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt i...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 42. Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt 42  When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”  2  And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.”  3  So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy gra...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 41:37-57 Joseph Rises to Power 37  This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his servants.  38  And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?”[ a ]  39  Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are.  40  You shall be over my house, and all my peo...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 41:1-36 Joseph Interprets Pharaoh's Dreams 41  After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,  2  and behold, there came up out of the Nile seven cows, attractive and plump, and they fed in the reed grass.  3  And behold, seven other cows, ugly and thin, came up out of the Nile after them, and stood by the other cows on the b...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 40 Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners' Dreams 40  Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of Egypt and his baker committed an offense against their lord the king of Egypt.  2  And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,  3  and he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 39 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife 39  Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, had bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there.  2  The Lord was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, and he was in the house of his Egyptian master.  3  His master saw tha...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane Judah and Tamar 38  It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.  2  There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her,  3  and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.  4  She conceived again and bore a son, and sh...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 37 Joseph's Dreams 37  Jacob lived in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 2  These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.  3 ...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 36 Esau's Descendants 36  These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).  2  Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter[ a ] of Zibeon the Hivite,  3  and Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.  4  And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reue...