Kingdom Of God

Recently I was invited to participate in a panel on Faith & Work at the CBB (Brazilian Baptist Convention) Multiplique event. During the panel I provoked the audience of senior leaders of Baptist churches across Brazil with the image below: Which image best represents a mission field? The overwhelming majority…

Brief thoughts from daily devotions — I’m going to start a new infrequent sub-series called “Coffee with Jesus”, which will be short blogs based on whatever I’m currently reading in the Bible during my morning devotions (as I drink my coffee, hence the name). …

Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom, telling us the Kingdom of God is with us and to believe this good news, this gospel. In his kingdom, the normal order of things was turned on its head: servants were leaders, the the outcast, the stranger, the poor and the sick…

This article is the transcript from episode #1 of a six-part podcast that I released between October 2, 2022 and January 2, 2023. The name of the podcast is “The Meek Will Inherit the Earth”. You can find it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcast directories. Here is the…

1. Destiny Have you ever asked yourself what you are created on this earth for? Have you noticed that the world has a life cycle that everybody follows — You were born, then study, work, and die? Is that our purpose in life, just passing by as just-yet-another-normal human beings? I believe…

Mark 11:12–14 (NKJV) 12 Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry. 13 And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves…

Ezekiel 11:20 (NKJV) 20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. God always wants to dwell among us. He will use you to carry out His purpose and be assured that…