Crawford Avenue Baptist Church

John 17 English Standard Version (ESV) The High Priestly Prayer 17  When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2  since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3  And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and...

Brown Annual Marriage Getaway Planner Our goal in this series is to help our fellow Crawford Avenue church members get to know the elders of the church a little better. In our day-to-day interactions, our goal is to check on you , to learn your story, to come along side you as we navigate life together, and to care for you through counsel, teaching, and prayer. We’re grateful that you also want to...

John 17:24-26 English Standard Version (ESV) 24  Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25  O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26  I made known to them your name, and I will continue...

John 17:20-23 English Standard Version (ESV) 20  “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21  that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22  The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 2...

Our goal in this series is to help our fellow church members get to know the elders of the church a little better. In our day-today interactions, our goal is to get to know you, to learn your story and to share in both your joys and your sorrows. We realize that you also want to get to know us,  so we hope by making this long-form interview series available to you, you’ll come away with a sense of...

Luke 24:1-12 English Standard Version (ESV) The Resurrection 24  But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2  And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3  but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4  While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. 5  And a...

John 17:13-19 English Standard Version (ESV) 13  But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14  I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15  I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16  They...

Our next guest is Stephen Story: he’s one of the staff pastors at Crawford Avenue and he fills the role of Executive Pastor. Stephen is married to Dottie Story, who serves as our Children’s ministry director. They have three children: Evangeline, Elijah, and Branch. In this episode you’ll learn about Stephen’s upbringing here In Augusta, how a craving for hot dogs led to a profession of faith in C...

John 17:6-12 English Standard Version (ESV) 6  “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7  Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8  For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you;...

John 17:1-5 English Standard Version (ESV) The High Priestly Prayer 17  When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2  since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3  And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God,...

Psalm 18  English Standard Version (ESV) The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:   18  I love you, O Lord, my strength. 2  The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,     my...

Our goal in this series is to help our fellow church members get to know the elders of the church a little better. In our day-today interactions, our goal is to get to know you, to learn your story and to share in both your joys and your sorrows. We realize that you also want to get to know us,  so we hope by making this long-form interview series available to you, you’ll come away with a sense of...

Esther 3-4 English Standard Version (ESV) Haman Plots Against the Jews 3  After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him. 2  And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not...

Esther 1-2 English Standard Version (ESV) The King's Banquets 1  Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2  in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3  in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the pr...

Luke 11:1-13 English Standard Version (ESV) The Lord's Prayer 11  Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2  And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3  Give us each day our daily bread, 4  and forgive us our sins,     for we ourselve...

Luke 11:1-13 English Standard Version (ESV) The Lord's Prayer 11  Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” 2  And he said to them, “When you pray, say: “Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 3  Give us each day our daily bread,] 4  and forgive us our sins,     for we ourselv...

Luke 10:38-42 English Standard Version (ESV) Martha and Mary 38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me t...

Luke 10:25-37 English Standard Version (ESV) The Parable of the Good Samaritan 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with al...

Luke 10:17-24 English Standard Version (ESV) The Return of the Seventy-Two 17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. 20 Nevertheles...

Luke 10:1-16 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two 10 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3...

Colossians 1:9-14 English Standard Version (ESV) 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 being strengthened with all po...

Hebrews 10:19-25 English Standard Version (ESV) The Full Assurance of Faith 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, wi...

Luke 2:8-14 English Standard Version (ESV) The Shepherds and the Angels 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that w...

Luke 2:1-7 English Standard Version (ESV) The Birth of Jesus Christ 2 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is c...

Matthew 13:1-23 English Standard Version (ESV) The Parable of the Sower 13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the bi...