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“As a teenager, I wanted to die, but die
happy.” Despondent after the divorce of
his parents, 14-year-old Leandro Tarrataca
was on the verge of choosing the quickest
escape route—suicide—when a friend
invited him to church: “Hey, come to
church with me!” his friend pleaded.
Certain that death was preferable to
hanging around “wacky Christians,”
Leandro refused. Only the lure of meeting
forgive my friend because that very night
I met Jesus as my personal Savior!”
Pastor Leandro Tarrataca’s sense of
humor puts him in good stead as the
Director of Back to the Bible’s ministry
in Brazil where he’s facing the biggest
challenge of his 20-year career: How to
help disciple the ever-increasing number
of fledglings in the faith being birthed
Catholicism as Brazil’s national religion
of choice ... albeit unofficially.
Now it’s out to devour Brazil’s newest
Christ-followers. In fact, many believe
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cute girls persuaded him.
“As it turned out, the guy was a liar;
there wasn’t one good-looking girl in the
service!” laughs the now 38-year-old. “Of
course, an hour later I was forced to
face-to-face
Leandro meets a listener
daily as part of Brazil’s “gospel explosion.”
Astonishingly, the number of Protestant
evangelicals in Brazil nearly tripled to
26 million (about 15 percent of the
population) between 1980 and 2000.
Fervent But Fickle
It’s easy to admire the fervency of
these new believers. But statistics show
they aren’t staying committed. “There are
reasons for that,” says Leandro, “these baby
believers have no historic foundation of
faith to undergird them—and Brazilians
tend to like their religion ... well, eclectic.”
Metropolitan areas consist of a mixture
of races—along with their respective
religious practices—creating a hot stew of
religious syncretism.
Bless Your Socks Off or Bless Your
Socks?
“Some new Christian church services
today mimic a ‘spiritist service’—for
instance, the blessing of inanimate
objects such as light bulbs, plants ...
even socks!” claims Leandro.
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of spiritism is sound, biblically based
discipleship. “But to get discipleship
tools implemented in churches, you
have to first train pastors,” believes
Leandro, who finds that many church
leaders are as biblically illiterate as their
congregations—learning their “trade”
from TV evangelists.
That’s just one of the reasons Leandro
is working to bring training materials like
The Book of Revelation reveals Jesus to you in a way no other Understand the Persecution Promise.
book of the Bible does; it tells you about coming world events; Persecution is tough. It’s one thing to lose a friend because
Back to the Bible’s spiritual growth tools
to local churches as well as all Brazil via
it focuses your eyes on the future. But will it benefit you today? of your beliefs; it’s something else entirely to be physically
mass media channels such as cable TV
Why should you spend time reading cryptic descriptions of harmed because you claim Jesus as your Savior. In Revelation,
and radio.
world chaos? Jesus assures us that He sees each of us who suffers for
His name.
“As Christian leaders, it’s not about Because it’s not just in the end times these problems exist.
Certainly they will be greatly magnified then, but they exist Even now, He prepares a reward for those who remain faithful
growing a multi-million-dollar ministry
and making a name for ourselves,” says today. On a global scale, Christians are facing more persecution even to death: “Do not fear any of those things which you
now than ever before. And the temptation to compromise our are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some
Leandro. “Instead, it’s about seeing how
we can all come together to pray and morals is increasing every day as believers struggle to find a of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have
plan for the cause of biblically-based balance between being in the world but not of it. tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you
the crown of life” (Revelation 2:10 NKJV).
discipleship so we can keep these new Revelation will help you find that balance in six important
babes in Christ from falling away from the ways. An in-depth journey through Revelation will enable Recognize False Teaching.
true faith.” you to: There are different interpretations of the Book of Revelation.
A lot is open to debate. It is possible for two people to interpret
Develop a Finish-line Focus.

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Spiritism takes many forms; yet
whatever form it takes—be it black
magic or “psychic energy”—it’s an
“anything goes” demonically-fueled
Imagine how long you’d last in a race if you learned the
Fast Fact: Each week, contest would last forever. You’d be tempted to quit, right? The
40 new churches are Book of Revelation provides you with a finish line (Revelation
21:1–5). And it gives you a picture of a loving Savior, shouting
planted in Brazil.
the end times differently and still be united in Christ. But watch
out for teachers who say, “It doesn’t matter whether or not you
believe in Jesus; there are many ways to heaven.” They are the
ones to avoid. Revelation reveals the truth about who Jesus is
and exposes their lies (Revelation 22:12–13).

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words of encouragement. If life is wearing you thin today and (continued inside)
religious practice that’s replaced
you’ve got nothing left to give, give your life to Jesus and let

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Him carry you.

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Revelation reveals the truth about who Jesus is.
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