The Ebenezer youth group got together on the beach last Friday for a final bash for 2019. As we look through these pictures we are thrilled with how these teens have grown, both in numbers and in their walk with God. We are also thankful for Pastor Francivaldo, who brought a reflection from the Word…
I love the ocean. One of my favorite pastimes here is going to one of the many beaches within ten minutes of our house. But THIS is why I do not swim in said ocean: This bad boy was caught off the coast of the city of Icatu, which, if you’ve been paying attention, you…
Last night marked a huge milestone for the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church. Our founding church (Good News Regular Baptist) voted to officially grant us “emancipated” status. What this means is that we are no longer a congregation of that church, but a duly recognized, independent, Regular Baptist church. For a long time we have functioned…
Rediscovering the Church Fathers by Michael A. G. Haykin A collection of essays on a few of the notable Church Fathers of the first four centuries of Christianity. I learned a lot, and it piqued my interest to delve more deeply into patristic life and theology. All the chapters were informative. My personal favorite was…
Some time ago I posted about the evolution of my daily running routine from “just something I did to stay healthy” to “a bunch of guys from the church bonding” to “official church running day”. Now, there is one more addition to the trajectory: “fund-raising for church construction”. This idea was actually born on one…
A week of bed-rest made time for some serious reading this month. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch by Donald J. Sobol This is the third Encyclopedia Brown book I’ve read with my sons at the lunch table. The guys enjoy trying to figure out the mysteries before we read the answers,…
Snapshots of the life of a missionary family in Brazil. Haven’t done one of these in a while…lots of pictures to share. Be sure to follow our Instagram account to get these in “real time”. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) View this post on Instagram A post shared…
Last weekend we held our seventh annual anniversary conference at the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church. As part of the conference, my son Michael, a teen named Rodrigo, and myself performed a recorder arrangement of the hymn Holy, Holy, Holy. Go ahead and listen…then I’ll share a couple neat things about it. It goes without saying…
On Saturday and Sunday the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church celebrated seven years of existence as a congregation. As is our custom here, the event was marked with a conference. Our speaker this year was missionary colleague Brandon Carmichael, who drove down from the city of Belem for the event and brought an outstanding series of…
Roman Province of Judea, ca 30 AD The Twitter-sphere erupted in outrage yesterday due to inflammatory remarks made by a popular Bible teacher from Nazareth. Jesus, referred to by some of his more radical followers as “the Christ”, reportedly used the terms “brood of vipers”, “whitewashed sepulchers” and “blind leaders of the blind” in reference…