Seen on the Road to Morros
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Seen on the Road to Morros

Some pictures and videos from our trip to the camp construction project today. View this post on Instagram   More courage than sense… A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) on Sep 11, 2018 at 6:23pm PDT View this post on Instagram Just hanging out on the side of the road… A post shared by…

The Wineskin Conundrum (Luke 5:36-39)
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The Wineskin Conundrum (Luke 5:36-39)

The latest in a series of posts based on messages in Luke that we are currently preaching at the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church. We now come to Luke 5:36-39, which has proven to be a knotty problem for many a theologian. What are the garments? What are the wineskins? What is Jesus talking about here?…

Ebenézer Update: The Recorder Orchestra
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Ebenézer Update: The Recorder Orchestra

One of the great things about the Music Week we organized back in July is that it is a gift that keeps on giving. By that I mean that we continue to see positive repercussions of from it. In one of our sister churches, this has taken the form of a choir. At Ebenézer, we…

The Furious Fasters (Luke 5:33-39)
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The Furious Fasters (Luke 5:33-39)

People are getting healed. Lives are being transformed. Truth is being expounded as never before. And yet, at this point in Jesus ministry, people have an urgent question that Jesus must answer: John’s disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but Yours eat and drink. Do you catch…

Field Report: A Conference of Hope
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Field Report: A Conference of Hope

Hope as in “Igreja Batista Regular Esperança” or, Hope Regular Baptist Church. These conferences are great, because it gives us a chance to see how God has worked in our association of churches here in São Luís. One of the greatest blessings was seeing Pastor Geandro, newly-called pastor of the First Baptist Church. As you…

The First Drone Video
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The First Drone Video

Back in 2016 we were given a drone by one of our supporting churches. Since then I have been slowly learning how to use it. Here is a video I took from our back yard. In it you can see our house, a little shed that sits to the side of the house, our neighbor’s…

The Tax Man Converteth (Luke 5:27-32)
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The Tax Man Converteth (Luke 5:27-32)

Nothing makes legalists mad like seeing God’s grace applied to people they deem unfit. This truth can be seen clearly in the passage we will look at today. After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” Now, right here…