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April 2011 blog entries
Man of Sorrows
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 21, 2011
“He was . . . a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isaiah 53:3)."Suffered under Pontius Pilate.” That phrase comes from the oldest Christian creed, the Apostles Creed. It is noteworthy that the Creed passes immediately from the Virgin Birth to the death of Jesus with no mention of anything in between. There is nothin...
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The Resurrection and the Life
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 24, 2011
“I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25).Notice how personal this is.Jesus doesn’t say, “I bring resurrection and life” but rather “I am the resurrection and the life.” In the presence of Jesus death is no longer death. It is something else entirely. As Paul says later in the New Testament, d...
Morning Star
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, April 1, 2011
“Until he Morning Star rises in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:19).Think about two stars. The evening star suggests the slowing down of life as the day ends and night approaches. It has about it the feel of deepening gloom. But the morning star speaks of energy and the approach of another new day with all its uncharted possibilities. The ...
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The One They Have Pierced
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, April 22, 2011
“The one they have pierced” (Zechariah 12:10).It is not often appreciated that our Lord Jesus died in terrible pain. If you run the clock back from 3 o’clock in the afternoon—the moment of his death—back to about 3 o’clock in the morning and review what had happened to Jesus as he moves through those hours—...
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A Dead Man Named Jesus
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 23, 2011
“A dead man named Jesus” (Acts 25:19). Death is never easy to deal with. Most of the time we can avoid it or postpone it or keep it far away from us. But sometimes death stares us in the face and we don’t know what to do or how to respond.The four gospels do not tell us much about what happened on the Saturday between Good Frid...
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Way
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 10, 2011
“I am the way” (John 14:6).We live in a “postmodern” age. If that term is new to you, it simply means that we live in an age in which our culture has largely abandoned the notion of truth. The old consensus about right and wrong has almost entirely disappeared, replaced by appeals to pluralism, diversity, and moral relativi...
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Cornerstone
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 14, 2011
“See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone” (Ephesians 2:20).The world stumbles over Jesus because it has no use for him. Peter says it in some startling ways:1) The religious leaders (the builders) rejected him.2) But God made him the Savior of the world anyway.3) Christ causes men to stumble because they choose to d...
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Redeemer
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, April 8, 2011
“The Redeemer will come to Zion” (Isaiah 59:20).Of all the names that the Bible gives to Jesus Christ, none is more precious than the name Redeemer. There are other names we use more often, such as Lord and Savior, and rightly so because those too are Bible terms, but no word touches the heart like the name Redeemer. When we say Lord…
Lord of Glory
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 12, 2011
“None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (1 Corinthians 2:8).Let that thought hang in the air for just a moment. “They would not have crucified the Lord of glory."If they had known . . . If they had understood . . . But they didn’t!This means that ...
Mediator
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 20, 2011
“There is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5).Everyone needs a mediator nowadays.A quick check of the headlines reveals the fractured state of the world:"Judge tells NFL and players to keep at it, with new mediator.""Mediator tries to broker Tribune deal.""Oba...
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Friend of Tax Collectors
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, April 15, 2011
“A friend of tax collectors" (Matthew 11:19).This was not a compliment. The older translations use the word “publican” instead of tax collector. That was actually a job title for those who served the Roman government as public contractors by supplying goods and services to the Roman legions. In that role they collected d…
Carpenter’s Son
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 3, 2011
“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son?” (Matthew 13:55).It wasn’t a compliment.They meant it as a slur.These were people from his hometown of Nazareth. They had seen him grow up.They knew Mary and Joseph. They knew his brothers.Who did Jesus think he was?Jesus didn’t fit into their small town way of thinking. He was jus...
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Fountain
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity” (Zechariah 13:1).The Bible often uses the image of the fountain to convey the thought of cleansing from sin. In Jeremiah 2:13 the Lord speaks with sorrow to the nation of Israel:My people have committed tw...
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Heir of All Things
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 5, 2011
“His Son, whom he appointed heir of all things” (Hebrews 1:2).God has appointed Jesus as heir of all things. I understand this from a personal point of view. When my father died in 1974, I found out that my name had been written in his will. That meant that along with my brothers and my mother, I shared in my father’s estate. I...
Amen
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 2, 2011
“The Amen, the faithful and true witness” (Revelation 3:14). Our problem with “Amen” is that we hear it so often that it loses all meaning. For most of us, “Amen” either means, “The prayer is over” or “It’s time to eat.” It’s like the caboose at the end of the train. The word it...
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50 Good Friday/Easter Sermons
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 23, 2011
We have put together an online collection of 50 Good Friday/Easter sermons. Feel free to use this material in any way that may be helpful to you, including sermon preparation or in Bible studies, or simply for your own blessing as we prepare our hearts for Holy Week....
Consolation of Israel
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 4, 2011
“He was waiting for the consolation of Israel” (Luke 2:25). In this baby Simeon sees the fulfillment of all the hopes and dreams of the Jewish people across the centuries. To call Jesus “the consolation of Israel” takes us back to the time of Abraham when the Lord said, “I will make your name great, and make of you...
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Creator of All Things
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 6, 2011
“For by him all things were created” (Colossians 1:16).Jesus is the agent of creation and the Lord of the epochs of history. At the Father’s command, he brought the universe into being and wrote the script for the unfolding ages. Through him God made everything. There are really only two choices a person can make as he studies the...
Sustainer of All Things
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 7, 2011
“Sustaining all things by his powerful word” (Hebrews 1:3). Some years ago U.S. News and World Report reported that the United States planned to launch a space station into orbit in an attempt to define gravity. That’s an interesting thought. We’ve known what gravity is for hundreds of years, but we don’t know how it w...
Propitiation
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 9, 2011
“He . . . is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours only but also for the whole world” (1 John 2:2).To propitiate means to turn away wrath by offering a gift. In the New Testament the word applies to Jesus’ death on the cross. When Jesus hung on the cross in great agony and great pain, he cried out to God, &ldquo...
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Desire of All Nations
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 11, 2011
“I will shake all nations, and the Desire of all nations shall come” (Haggai 2:7).This is a fascinating verse that apparently has a double meaning. It applies first to the rebuilding of the temple by Zerubbabel. In that sense God promises that the wealth of the nations will flow into the temple in Jerusalem. The rest of the verse promis...
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Welcome AFR Listeners
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Thanks for listening to the interview on Today’s Issues. We would love for you to have a free copy of the ebook version of In the Shadow of the Cross. We make it available in Kindle, Nook, and PDF formats.You’ll need to go to the ebook download page. If for some reason you don’t see the image at the top of this blog entry, hit the…
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Living Stone
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 13, 2011
“As you come to him, a living stone . . . you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house” (1 Peter 2:4-5).Peter calls Jesus the “living Stone” and he says that we who believe are like “living stones.” That means that he is the Rock and we are like chips off the Living Block. If we under...
KBM Retreat Ignites Big Dreams
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Over the weekend twenty-three people met at the Olford Center in Memphis, TN for our first-ever KBM “Dream Team” Retreat. Although our board has met before for weekend get-togethers, this was the first time our board plus staff plus ministry volunteers have come together. It was a grand success in every way. Twenty-th...
Apostle
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 16, 2011
“Consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession” (Hebrews 3:1).Jesus the apostle.It doesn’t sound quite right to us because we’re used to thinking of Paul the apostle or James the apostle. This is the only time Jesus is called an apostle.The word itself means “one sent as a messenger.” When a...
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Fragrant Offering
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 17, 2011
“Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Ephesians 5:2).Who killed Jesus?That question has echoed down the ages. Did the Jews kill Jesus? Was Pilate guilty of murder? What about Caiaphas the high priest and Herod the king? What role did the centurions play? What about the crowd shouting, ...
KBM Launches YouTube Channel
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 14, 2011
Call it Video 2.0.A year ago we launched our first-ever video page on the KBM website. Since then we’ve been adding sermons, FAQs, a new feature called “sermon briefs,” sermon illustrations, and travel videos from our trips to Africa and China. As the video page has grown in content, it has also grown in popularity.Today we take a...
Our Passover Lamb
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 18, 2011
“Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7).Either the lamb dies.Or the firstborn of the family dies.The blood must be shed either way. Suppose you were an Israelite being asked to sacrifice your prized lamb and smear its blood on the door for all the neighbors to see. Would you do it? Or would you be embarras...
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Download Your Free Ebook Here
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, April 22, 2011
We’re offering free downloads of the ebook version of In the Shadow of the Cross. The book is available in Kindle, Nook, and PDF formats. We especially welcome listeners to . . ."Chris Fabry Live” on Moody Radio."This is the Day” on Moody Radio.The Good Friday special on American Family Radio. You can download the book...
“The Release of Barabbas” by George Tinworth
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 20, 2011
In the 1870s a British artist named George Tinworth produced a terra cotta rendering of the moment when Pilate releases Barabbas and orders Jesus sent off to be crucified. The differences between Jesus and Barabbas are quite pronounced. Though it is hard to see it clearly in this picture, Tinworth inscribed the words “The World’s Choice...
The G.O.S.P.E.L.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 28, 2011
Check out this amazing video. It crams the whole story of life into just four minutes. Very contemporary, full of good theology. If you like this, tell someone else about it....
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