Musical Interlude: For Lizzy

Evangelical Growth in Brazil A Brazilian perspective. Call It Like it Is Ed Stetzer with straight talk regarding Schaap debacle. Publish or Perish …or both Missions Trips They are great for church planters too. Marriage Should it happen earlier? Lego Creation of the Week Enchanted Forest Endangered Sounds Remember these? Some of them brought back…

I will have more pictures and stories from the baptism yesterday…it was truly an amazing day. But while I organize that post, please indulge a moment of fatherly pride as I post this video…the baptism of my oldest son, Michael.

This is long overdue, but what follows are some pictures and commentary from a trip I took with area pastors and laymen to the state of Ceará, where we participated in that state’s association meeting. As there are only two Regular Baptist churches in Maranhão, we participate in the Ceará state association. The four men…

It’s been a while, so here are a few of the books that I have managed to read during the previous weeks. The Iron King by Maurice Druon Think 21st century politics is corrupt? Meet King Philip the Fair and the intrigue surrounding his reign in 14th century France. The prose is a little stilted…

Almost every year we have been in Brazil we have hosted at least one church missions team. This year we hosted two. The first team was from Open Bible Baptist Church in Orange City, Florida, led by Pastor Paul Youmans. They were followed–almost immediately–by a group from Grace Baptist Church in Batavia, NY, led by…

Top Ten Ways… …to insure I’ll never revisit your church The Early Church on Abortion Not much in the way of ambiguity. Music in the Trenches A heartwarming (?) tale from WWI. Lego Creation of the Week Guarding the Gates of Gondor In the Groove No idea what the music was like, but this has…