Agape Baptist Church - Sermons

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 17 Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision 17  When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;[ a ] walk before me, and be blameless,  2  that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.”  3  Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him,  4  “Behold, my covenant is with...

a Sermon by visiting Pastor Miles on Hebrews 11:24-28 24  By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,  25  choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.  26  He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.  27  By faith he left...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 a Memorial Service for Grandma Apple. The Resurrection Body 35  But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?”  36  You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.  37  And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.  38...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 16. Sarai and Hagar 16  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.  2  And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children[ a ] by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.  3  So, after...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 15. God's Covenant with Abram 15  After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”  2  But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue[ a ] childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”  3  And Abram said, “Behold, you have given m...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 14. Abram Rescues Lot 14  In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,  2  these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).  3  And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddi...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 13. Abram and Lot Separate 13  So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. 2  Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.  3  And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,  4  to the place where he h...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 12:10-20 Abram and Sarai in Egypt 10  Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.  11  When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance,  12  and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then t...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 11:27 - 12:9 Terah's Descendants 27  Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot.  28  Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans.  29  And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wif...

A Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 11:1-9 The Tower of Babel 11  Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.  2  And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.  3  And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.  4  Then they said, “Come,...

A Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 9:18 -10:32 Noah's Descendants 18  The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)  19  These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.[ b ] 20  Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.[ c ]  21  He drank of the wine and be...

A Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 8:1 - 9:17 The Flood Subsides 8  But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. 2 The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, 3 and the waters receded from the earth continua...

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 6:9 - 7:24 Noah and the Flood 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.  10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.  12 And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corr...

Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane from Genesis 6:1-8 6  When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,  2  the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.  3  Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in[ a ] man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”  4  The Nephilim[ b ] were on the...

Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane from Genesis 4:17-26 17  Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.  18  To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech.  19  And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the...

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 4:1-16 Cain and Abel 4  Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten[ a ] a man with the help of the Lord.”  2  And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.  3  In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground,  4  and Abel...

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 3:20-24 "Naming the Woman Eve, Covering Them with Skins and Exiling Sinners" 20  The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.[ a ]  21  And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them. 22  Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and e...

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 3:14-19 14  The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,      cursed are you above all livestock      and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go,      and dust you shall eat      all the days of your life. 15  I will put enmity between you and the woman,      and between your offspring[ a ] and her offspring; he shall...

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 3:8-13 8  And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.  9  But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 3:1-7 Following the sermon from last week on the same verses Pastor Dan focuses on the key aspects of what led to the eating of the forbidden fruit.

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 3:1-7 "Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made."

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 2:18-25 And the Lord God said, "it is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him" "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 2:4-17 Life in God's Garden and The Goodness that God showed to man, Revealing God's Goodness

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 2:1-3 "So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all His work that he had done in creation"

Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane from Genesis 1:26-31. Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness."