Brandon Jones
@bcjoneskc.bsky.social
Kansas City guy serving as a missionary in Porto Alegre Brazil.
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Keeping Up with the Joneses - NAB Newsletter November 2025
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November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our latest newsletter is out!
It’s easy to envision ourselves as an Isaiah, responding “Here am I. Send me.” It’s harder to admit to our own sins and then be willing to proclaim a message to our own family and friends about what true obedience and faithfulness actually looks like.
Here Am I. Send Me: Being on the Side of the Truth in a Post-Truth Age — NAB in Brazil
It’s easy to envision ourselves as an Isaiah, responding “Here am I. Send me.” It’s harder to admit to our own sins and then be willing to proclaim a message to our own family and friends about ...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s easy to envision ourselves as an Isaiah, responding “Here am I. Send me.” It’s harder to admit to our own sins and then be willing to proclaim a message to our own family and friends about what true obedience and faithfulness actually looks like.
If 2025 has taught me anything it is that I am not equipped to carry the weight of the world’s news in my heart every day...
Growing Young in My Forties: Reflections of a Prodigal Son — NAB in Brazil
If 2025 has taught me anything it is that I am not equipped to carry the weight of the world’s news in my heart every day. Like Rich Mullins, there are secrets I wish I hadn’t known and despite the te...
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October 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If 2025 has taught me anything it is that I am not equipped to carry the weight of the world’s news in my heart every day...
Senior pastor, youth pastor, executive pastor
Corporate/ personal injury /criminal defense
October 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Senior pastor, youth pastor, executive pastor
Paul Hanson calls this emotivism, which is the philosophy most in sync with liberated,“unencumbered” humanity:
"In a society in which emotivism has triumphed, the source of moral truth no longer resides in traditions, practices, and institutions, but in the subjective consciousness of the individual
"In a society in which emotivism has triumphed, the source of moral truth no longer resides in traditions, practices, and institutions, but in the subjective consciousness of the individual
I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.
Fuckin yikes, man
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Paul Hanson calls this emotivism, which is the philosophy most in sync with liberated,“unencumbered” humanity:
"In a society in which emotivism has triumphed, the source of moral truth no longer resides in traditions, practices, and institutions, but in the subjective consciousness of the individual
"In a society in which emotivism has triumphed, the source of moral truth no longer resides in traditions, practices, and institutions, but in the subjective consciousness of the individual
What does history and the Bible teach us about our politics? Paul D. Hanson's book, A Political History of the Bible in America, aims to answer this question and a whole lot more…
Riders on the Storm: Navigating Politics as a Christian — NAB in Brazil
What does history and the Bible teach us about our politics? Paul D. Hanson's book, A Political History of the Bible in America, aims to answer this question and a whole lot more…
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September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What does history and the Bible teach us about our politics? Paul D. Hanson's book, A Political History of the Bible in America, aims to answer this question and a whole lot more…
If asked to choose one word for the paralysis that afflicted the mechanisms of government in 2013 and 2014, it would be “absolutism,” defined as a certainty of the truthfulness of one’s own position that categorically falsifies opposing views.
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September 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If asked to choose one word for the paralysis that afflicted the mechanisms of government in 2013 and 2014, it would be “absolutism,” defined as a certainty of the truthfulness of one’s own position that categorically falsifies opposing views.
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*Joe Buck voice
"Well, our Fox AI brought to you by AWS says they should go for it here."
*taps earpiece.
"Ah yes, well it is actually first down."
Aikman - "AI always says to go for it, right?"
"Well, our Fox AI brought to you by AWS says they should go for it here."
*taps earpiece.
"Ah yes, well it is actually first down."
Aikman - "AI always says to go for it, right?"
who's gonna be the first coach to get a playcall script from a LLM and then blame the LLM when it doesn't work.
Your team having a losing season because your Head Coach is falling in love with ChatGPT
August 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
*Joe Buck voice
"Well, our Fox AI brought to you by AWS says they should go for it here."
*taps earpiece.
"Ah yes, well it is actually first down."
Aikman - "AI always says to go for it, right?"
"Well, our Fox AI brought to you by AWS says they should go for it here."
*taps earpiece.
"Ah yes, well it is actually first down."
Aikman - "AI always says to go for it, right?"
2nd century BC Judea or America today?:
"Opposing religious values and ideologies played a part, but basic human vices also fanned the flames of conflict; for example, unfettered political ambition allied to rampant economic greed created bedfellows...
"Opposing religious values and ideologies played a part, but basic human vices also fanned the flames of conflict; for example, unfettered political ambition allied to rampant economic greed created bedfellows...
August 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
2nd century BC Judea or America today?:
"Opposing religious values and ideologies played a part, but basic human vices also fanned the flames of conflict; for example, unfettered political ambition allied to rampant economic greed created bedfellows...
"Opposing religious values and ideologies played a part, but basic human vices also fanned the flames of conflict; for example, unfettered political ambition allied to rampant economic greed created bedfellows...
As a missionary it is a rare form of insanity to sign up for moving to a new country back and forth every several years.
Today is Moving Day for me so I thought I’d compile all the Moving Tips I think of to help with your next move! List starts here:
1. Never move
2. Simply live where you live now, forever
3. Whatever stress your current home causes you is lower than the years of stress racked up in one day of moving
1. Never move
2. Simply live where you live now, forever
3. Whatever stress your current home causes you is lower than the years of stress racked up in one day of moving
July 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
As a missionary it is a rare form of insanity to sign up for moving to a new country back and forth every several years.
@joeposnanski.com The international coverage with Matt Vasgersian and Yonder Alonso did a great job last night telling the audience in the 9th inning about the possibility of a Home Run swingoff.
They too were shocked at Aranda being chosen ahead of guys like Witt.
They too were shocked at Aranda being chosen ahead of guys like Witt.
July 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@joeposnanski.com The international coverage with Matt Vasgersian and Yonder Alonso did a great job last night telling the audience in the 9th inning about the possibility of a Home Run swingoff.
They too were shocked at Aranda being chosen ahead of guys like Witt.
They too were shocked at Aranda being chosen ahead of guys like Witt.
Augustine knew nothing of baseball, but he knew plenty about love - the one constant through all the years. It is love that marks the time. And while America rolls by in Mann's speech, Augustine's perspective reminds me that the world might just one day roll by America.
Love Marks the Time — NAB in Brazil
Augustine knew nothing of baseball, but he knew plenty about love - the one constant through all the years. It is love that marks the time. And while America rolls by in Mann's speech, Augustine'...
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July 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Augustine knew nothing of baseball, but he knew plenty about love - the one constant through all the years. It is love that marks the time. And while America rolls by in Mann's speech, Augustine's perspective reminds me that the world might just one day roll by America.
Very niche, but Rich Mullins's "Never Picture Perfect" album has an unfortunate anti-evolution song that just doesn't fit on any of his albums, and especially that album.
All these no-skip albums I wanna hear about the 1-skip albums and what song should have been cut
July 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Very niche, but Rich Mullins's "Never Picture Perfect" album has an unfortunate anti-evolution song that just doesn't fit on any of his albums, and especially that album.
As a missionary I have loved our partnership with Kairos University and am happy to share about how that partnership is growing in 2025 and beyond.
Partnership Spotlight: Projecto Etos - Kairos University
Partnership Spotlight: Projecto Etos July 7, 2025 by Brandon Jones and Lyndell Campbell Réquia, Projecto Etos For over four decades the Brazilian field of the North American Baptists has invested in t...
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July 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As a missionary I have loved our partnership with Kairos University and am happy to share about how that partnership is growing in 2025 and beyond.
"To persevere in Christ is to persevere in faith in him; and this faith, as the same Apostle defines it, works through love (Gal 5:6); and love, as he himself says elsewhere, does no evil (Rom 13:10)" - Augustine, City of God 21.25.
It's never time to grow weary in well-doing, brothers and sisters.
It's never time to grow weary in well-doing, brothers and sisters.
July 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"To persevere in Christ is to persevere in faith in him; and this faith, as the same Apostle defines it, works through love (Gal 5:6); and love, as he himself says elsewhere, does no evil (Rom 13:10)" - Augustine, City of God 21.25.
It's never time to grow weary in well-doing, brothers and sisters.
It's never time to grow weary in well-doing, brothers and sisters.
One of many tensions in the Bible is God's people and their king. But Samuel reminds them that there is a cost to being like all the other nations.
The people thought the king would give: he would protect and fight their battles for them.
Perhaps, but there is also much that a king will take.
The people thought the king would give: he would protect and fight their battles for them.
Perhaps, but there is also much that a king will take.
June 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
One of many tensions in the Bible is God's people and their king. But Samuel reminds them that there is a cost to being like all the other nations.
The people thought the king would give: he would protect and fight their battles for them.
Perhaps, but there is also much that a king will take.
The people thought the king would give: he would protect and fight their battles for them.
Perhaps, but there is also much that a king will take.
It is, along with the first one, among the worst of all the MI movies. But, unlike the first one, it is clearly the most fun. This is not to say it's a bad movie at all.
Just watched MI:2 and the best part is how it’s both an insane John Woo film and also the most 2000 movie ever made
May 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It is, along with the first one, among the worst of all the MI movies. But, unlike the first one, it is clearly the most fun. This is not to say it's a bad movie at all.
I've been invited to preach this upcoming Sunday and my text is Mark 4:26-5:20. The end of this text is fitting for Ascension Day. A man who (rightly) felt out of place at home asks to go away with Jesus, but Jesus tells him to stay home to be a witness to God's mercy.
It's hard, but good, to stay
It's hard, but good, to stay
May 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I've been invited to preach this upcoming Sunday and my text is Mark 4:26-5:20. The end of this text is fitting for Ascension Day. A man who (rightly) felt out of place at home asks to go away with Jesus, but Jesus tells him to stay home to be a witness to God's mercy.
It's hard, but good, to stay
It's hard, but good, to stay
Sometimes I am a little ashamed to admit that Rich Mullins's music introduced my heart to Jesus more than anything else when I was younger.
Now as a teacher, my goal isn't to present information about Jesus, but to present him in all his fulness - best I can- into people's hearts, where he belongs.
Now as a teacher, my goal isn't to present information about Jesus, but to present him in all his fulness - best I can- into people's hearts, where he belongs.
Rich Mullins - You Did Not Have A Home (Live in Lufkin,1997)
YouTube video by Ragamuffin Archive
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May 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sometimes I am a little ashamed to admit that Rich Mullins's music introduced my heart to Jesus more than anything else when I was younger.
Now as a teacher, my goal isn't to present information about Jesus, but to present him in all his fulness - best I can- into people's hearts, where he belongs.
Now as a teacher, my goal isn't to present information about Jesus, but to present him in all his fulness - best I can- into people's hearts, where he belongs.
Among those reasons:
Dex
People address Padmé as "M'lady" all the sudden and throughout the movie after it not being used once in Ep. 1
Sand really sucks, am I right?
Dex
People address Padmé as "M'lady" all the sudden and throughout the movie after it not being used once in Ep. 1
Sand really sucks, am I right?
May 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Among those reasons:
Dex
People address Padmé as "M'lady" all the sudden and throughout the movie after it not being used once in Ep. 1
Sand really sucks, am I right?
Dex
People address Padmé as "M'lady" all the sudden and throughout the movie after it not being used once in Ep. 1
Sand really sucks, am I right?