Crawford Avenue Baptist Church

1 Timothy 4:11-16 English Standard Version (ESV) 11  Command and teach these things. 12  Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 13  Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. 14  Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council...

1 Timothy 4:6-10 English Standard Version (ESV) A Good Servant of Christ Jesus 6  If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed. 7  Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; 8  for while bodily training is of some value, godl...

1 Timothy 4:1-5 English Standard Version (ESV) Some Will Depart from the Faith 4  Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2  through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, 3  who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksg...

1 Timothy 3:14-16 English Standard Version (ESV) The Mystery of Godliness 14  I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15  if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. 16  Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh,    ...

1 Timothy 3:1-15 English Standard Version (ESV) Qualifications for Overseers 3  The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2  Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3  not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of mon...

1 Timothy 2 English Standard Version (ESV) Pray for All People 2  First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2  for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3  This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4  who desires all people t...

Luke 16:19-31 English Standard Version (ESV) The Rich Man and Lazarus 19  “There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20  And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21  who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22  The poor man died and was...

Psalm 27  English Standard Version (ESV) The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation Of David.   27  The Lord is my light and my salvation;     whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life;     of whom shall I be afraid? 2  When evildoers assail me     to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes,     it is they who stumble and fall. 3  Though an army encamp against me,     my heart shall not...

2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there i...

Our next guest is Chad Trollinger: he’s one of the lay elders at Crawford Avenue and he serves as a small business owner and realtor here in Augusta. Chad is married to Amanda Trollinger and they’ve been married for 22 years. They have two high schoolers at Greenbrier, Aubrey and Brooks . In this episode you’ll learn about how Chad was raised in church but came to a saving knowledge of Christ in c...

1 Timothy 1:12-20 English Standard Version (ESV) Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners 12  I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, 13  though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14  and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me wi...

1 Timothy 1:1-11 English Standard Version (ESV) Greeting 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Warning Against False Teachers 3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons...

1 Timothy 1:1-11 English Standard Version (ESV) Greeting 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Warning Against False Teachers 3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons...

John 13 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13  Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2  During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, 3  Jesus, knowing th...

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

Galatians 5:13-15 English Standard Version (ESV) 13  For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14  For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15  But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. English Standard Ve...

A Living Sacrifice 12 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Gifts of Grace 3 For by the...

My Refuge and My Fortress 91 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High     will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,     my God, in whom I trust.” 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler     and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his pinions,     and under his wings you will find refuge;     his faithfulness...

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. 90 Lord, you have been our dwelling place     in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth,     or ever you had formed the earth and the world,     from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 3 You return man to dust     and say, “Return, O children of man!” 4 For a thousand years in your sight     are but as yesterday when it is past,     or as...

Psalm 89 English Standard Version (ESV) I Will Sing of the Steadfast Love of the Lord A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.   89  I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;     with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2  For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;     in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” 3  You have said, “I have made...

Esther 9-10 English Standard Version (ESV) The Jews Destroy Their Enemies 9  Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and edict were about to be carried out, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them. 2  The Jews gat...

Esther 8-9 English Standard Version (ESV) Esther Saves the Jews 8  On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her. 2  And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. 3  Then Esther spoke...

Esther 5:1-5 (ESV) Esther Prepares a Banquet 5  On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace. 2  And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she won favor in his sight, and he held out to Esther...

Esther 6:1-11 English Standard Version (ESV) The King Honors Mordecai 6  On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. 2  And it was found written how Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuer...