Agape Baptist Church Singapore

It’s Youth Sunday! This Sunday, we celebrate God’s faithfulness to our youth and God’s faithfulness to Agape through our youth. What we want for our youth — is not merely for them to be well-behaved, or well-adjusted, or even well-equipped — but to be deeply rooted in Jesus (the Well-Spring of Life). So join us as Pastor Johanan deals with the familiar issues of anger and lust, through calling us...

The way the world defines security in life has influenced all of us. We can look back at our past to see how it has shaped us. Psalm 23 has been the source of comfort to many lives for thousands of years. But when we take a closer look, Psalm 23 is also meant to point us to the ultimate security. Join us as Torkis unpacks Psalm 23.

We’re all sick of it — aren’t we? Christians are tired of Christianity being seen as just another religion. Non-Christians are tired of Christians talking about holiness, but often failing to live it out. The frustration is mutual. But the gospel demands that Christians make the first move to remedy this. How do we do that? Join us as Pastor Johanan brings us answers from Matthew 5:17-20.

How do you know a Christian? By how they look? By how they sound? It’s by how they taste . It's by what's on the inside . We begin a new sermon series this Sunday, LET IT OUT: Filling the world with the flavour of the Kingdom. Join us as Pastor Johanan brings the first instalment from Matthew 5:13-16.

“This is home, truly, where I know I must be…” We’ve sung it at National Day. We mean it. Singapore is home — the food, the streets, the people we love. But the national story, however good, was never meant to carry your soul. Somewhere underneath, you know it. Thousands of years ago, four young men were carried off to Babylon and knew that ache too. The empire that renamed them is long gone. The...

Are you worn out by the trials of life, feeling as if you can’t continue through your present difficulties? Do you stumble along through these challenges, working and working yet still feeling hopeless? We will study Psalm 62 and seek to understand and apply David’s experiences and wisdom in this song to our lives. We will explore the folly of trusting in ourselves and the hope found in turning to...

Are you tired of running on the endless treadmill of Singapore’s culture of excellence, performance, and constant upgrading? This Sunday, Wilson will unpack the story of Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38–42 and explore how even good service can easily turn into anxious striving. The sermon will trace their paths to the Cross and reveal why our ultimate value is never found in our achievements, but in...

“Christianity” or “Christi-sian-ity”? Has the Christian life become a joyless drudgery to you? Is the faith meant to be soul-sappingly wearying? What are we missing? Join us for answers in this final sermon on the Beatitudes by Pastor Johanan, from Matthew 5:9-12.

What are you looking for? What do you seek? What is your life pursuing after? As Pastor Johanan leads us through the next two beatitudes: mercy and purity of heart. Join us for this penultimate sermon from Matthew 5:7-8.

The Beatitudes: Do they constrain us or free us? Do they make us less or make us more? Does meekness and hungering and thirsting for righteousness lead us to joy? Join us, as Pastor Johanan brings us answers in the second instalment of our Beatitudes series, from Matthew 5:5-6.

The Sermon on the Mount. Gandhi loved it. Others ridiculed it. Christians can’t ignore it. What makes it so controversial? Why does it open with this list of ‘Beatitudes’ (“blessedness”)? What do these ‘Beatitudes’ tell us about the kingdom of heaven? Why does all this matter today? Pastor Johanan begins a new series titled: JOY: The King is Calling You to His Kingdom. Join us for the first instal...

When we experience the darkness of this broken world, we expect Jesus to come with comfort or to come with deliverance. And yet, Matthew tells us that the main thing Jesus says to us is: “Repent.” Why? What does our repentance have to do with the darkness of this world? Join us as Pastor Johanan brings us answers in A Flame Catches from Matthew 4:17-23. Invite a friend!

A 2016 study found Singapore to have the highest light pollution in the world. We probably don’t realise that our city is one of the most well-lit cities in the world. Question: Does a city like ours, need the light of Jesus? Do you? As Pastor Johanan continues our study of Matthew, with IGNITION: Matthew 4 and the King’s Mission and Majesty. Join us for the first installment from Matthew 4:11-17,...

It’s Easter Sunday! Day by day, we go through life with the shadow of death looming over us. Death is not just about the moment you take your last breath. Death is about how everything is decaying and falling apart - from aging to our relationships to even the state of the world. The shadow of death breeds insecurity, anxiety, distrust, and hopelessness. But in the resurrection, Jesus not only bea...

In Genesis 24, the chief servant successfully completes his mission to find a wife for his master's son. Through this story, we come to encounter a God who lovingly and faithfully fulfills His covenant promises by guiding every step in His redemptive plan. Join us, as Pastor GL concludes the series with the second sermon, "A Mission Fulfilled" from Genesis 24:29-67.

In the longest narrative chapter in the Bible in Genesis 24, God reveals Himself to be faithful in guiding those who seek His help in carrying out His purposes. As we begin a two-part sermon series, God's Guidance on a Long Journey: The Story of Isaac and Rebekah. We will see how an unnamed servant is led by God's grace to find a bride for his master's son. So join us as Pastor GL brin...

In the 20th Century, mankind believed they had found the solution to evil: Education. Until we witnessed all the atrocities of World War 2… Education hadn’t “fixed” evil, because ignorance wasn’t the underlying issue. So then: What is the underlying issue? How does a cute, innocent baby grow up to become a twisted, malicious adult? How do we address the issue of “evil” - not just out there in the...

“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.” It wasn’t so long ago that this was one of the most-quoted verses in Christian circles. However, living in a fast-paced, instant-gratification world has made it so much harder to respond to this God-given invitation. Have we given up on seeing, encountering, and beholding our God and King? Join us as Pastor Johanan brings us “Be...

What separates the ‘red-carpet treatment’ from the regular ‘VIP treatment’? Those on the red carpet are not just the honoured guests - they are the ones we behold. We continue our journey into the book of Matthew with BEHOLD! Rolling out the red carpet for Jesus’ arrival. Join us, as Pastor Johanan brings us “The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand” (Matthew 3:1-12).

"Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me." — Ralph Waldo Emerson We are often guilty of loving the gifts more than the Giver. But God was never content to send gifts from a distance. His only Son bled – the final, ultimate expression of a love that refused to be replaced by anything less than Himself. As Danie...

As we come to the end of this opening series into Matthew, the question we’re left with is: “What are you going to do about this Jesus?” Join us as Pastor Johanan leads us to wrestle with this question, in A City in Upheaval from Matthew 2:13-23.

“When Christ is most worthy, we are most happy.” Really?? We look at our lives - and the obvious solution doesn’t seem to be “more of Jesus”! Instead, we honestly feel like we need more of everything else but Jesus. Why can’t we be happy & rested in Jesus? As we look at Matthew 2:1-12, as Jesus’s coming continues to shake everything. Join us as Pastor Johanan brings us answers in A City Troubl...

We know the Christmas story. We know that Jesus’s coming means “peace on earth” and “joy to the world”. But do we get just how radical, and how disruptive Jesus’s coming truly was? That the arrival of the Prince of Peace was anything but “peaceful”? We all want deep, unshakeable peace. But what if the pathway to unshakeable peace is the shaking up of our lives and our world? As Pastor Johanan begi...

What does it mean to walk with God? In the genealogy recorded in Genesis 5, we are introduced to Enoch, a man uniquely described - for the first time - as one who walked with God. As we will learn from Enoch's distinctive life how the blessed life, in a world of sin and death, is marked by walking with God. Join us as Pastor GL preaches the sermon, Enoch: The One Who Walked With God from Genes...

What is robbing you of your rest? This is a deep soul rest. Not merely sleep or having time to relax. How do you approach these rest-robbers? How do you deal with them? And how do you re-gain that rest - and then guard it jealously? Join us as Pastor Johanan closes this opening series of the year with Don’t you miss Him?