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May 2011 blog entries
My Friend Jim Warren
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, May 24, 2011
My friend Jim Warren died yesterday after a long illness. Most people knew him as the founder and longtime host of Prime Time America on the Moody Broadcasting Network. For many years he was the voice of afternoon drive-time radio, speaking to the nation from the studios on the 8th floor of Crowell Hall at Moody Bible Institute.I knew him as a pers...
Professor Barkley’s Theology Lesson
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, May 3, 2011
You never know where you’ll find some spiritual insight.I found it while watching former NBA superstar Charles Barkley pontificate during the halftime of a basketball game between the San Antonio Spurs and the Memphis Grizzlies. In this particular first-round playoff matchup, the Spurs were overwhelming favorites since they were the #1 seed i...
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Good Days at NBBI
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, May 1, 2011
Since our arrival on Wednesday evening Marlene and I have enjoyed our visit to New Brunswick Bible Institute. We came for the Spring Bible Conference that climaxes this afternoon with the annual commencement ceremony. This is my third visit to NBBI and Marlene’s second. Two years ago I spoke at the “Men for God” rally that took pl...
A Short Night, Then Home
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, May 3, 2011
In our hotel Brunswick, Maine Tonight we’re packed and ready for our trip back home. Our wakeup call is set for 3:00 AM. Pastor Mark Rockwood and his wife Paula will pick us up at 3:30. We fly from Portland to La Guardia in New York City, then to Memphis and on to Tupelo. We’ll be home in less than 24 hours. Very happy about that. It&r...
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Pastors and Wives Meet in Brunswick, Maine
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 4, 2011
On Tuesday a group of pastors and wives met in Brunswick, Maine for a day of fellowship and encouragement. The Mid-Maine Pastors Conference sponsors a yearly get-together at a local hotel. When Pastor Mark Rockwood of Berean Baptist Church in Brunswick heard that we were going to be speaking in New Brunswick, he asked if we could stay over to speak...
Looking for Sermon Tapes from Northeast Bible Church, ca. 1983-1988
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, May 5, 2011
We’re looking for sermon tapes from Northeast Bible Church, Garland, Texas, from 1983-1988. Those were the years I served as pastor of that congregation.Back then cassette tapes were pretty exciting because no one had heard of the Internet, the iPhone, podcasting, YouTube, and all the other technological marvels that we take for granted. ...
Letter Carriers and Chinese Scholars
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, May 7, 2011
Recently I received an email with some encouraging stories of how God is using An Anchor for the Soul in the US and in China. Here is part of the email, with a few identifying details changed: We haven’t met but I have been blessed by your teaching and have given your book, Anchor for the Soul, to several people, including our mail carr...
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Without Her It Doesn’t Happen
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, May 8, 2011
In the closet next to our guest bedroom there are two boxes stacked on top of each other. One box is filled with what appears to be a knitting project of some kind. I say “appears to be” because I’ve never actually checked to see if there might be anything else underneath the knitting. The other box contains a vast assortment of l...
KBM Releases “He’s God and We’re Not” Ebook
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, May 9, 2011
Over the weekend we released our free ebook version of “He’s God and We’re Not”. You can download the ebook in Kindle format, Nook format, or in PDF format.Please note that the free version is only available at the KBM website. If you go to the Kindle store or the Nook store, you’ll have to pay for it. But we believe s...
“Lord, Do Something Small”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, May 13, 2011
This morning when I cleaned off my desk I found a piece of lined yellow paper on which I had scribbled some notes. It appears to be a page of notes for a talk I gave somewhere, but in looking at it I can’t recall the occasion. I did notice that halfway down the page, I jotted down a prayer that I vaguely remember having seen somewhere:”...
Reno, Here We Come
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, May 14, 2011
This morning Marlene and I are flying to Reno, Nevada for the Spring Bible Conference at Sierra Bible Church. This is our fourth time to visit this fine congregation. It all started almost ten years ago when I spoke for the Dallas Seminary Week at Mt. Hermon Bible Conference in California. Someone from the church in Reno heard me and invited me to ...
Bob and Amber’s Excellent Adventure
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, May 15, 2011
“Bob Leland said you would know what to do with this."With those few words, the young man handed me the piece of paper and walked away. He gave it to me just before the start of one of the services at New Brunswick Bible Institute. Looking at the paper, I saw that it was folded and stapled, with “Pastor Ray Pritchard” writte...
Before You Believe the Worst
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, May 17, 2011
This morning while reading Deuteronomy 17, I came across a paragraph about how to deal with idolators in the midst of the people of God. Because God ordered that they must be stoned to death (v. 5), he also ordered a key safeguard put in place:On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to deat...
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Wrapping Up a Great Visit to Reno
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Yesterday at 4 PM I met for an hour Here are the different messages I preached at Reno:When You are Falsely Accused Did I Make a Mistake? The Whole Bible in Thirty Minutes Overcoming Self-Importance How Much Sin Will God Forgive? ...
Video from the “John 17” Conference in Rochester
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 25, 2011
In early March I traveled to Rochester, New York to speak at a “John 17” conference for pastors sponsored by Koinonia Fellowship. In every respect it was a most remarkable occasion. We evangelicals talk a lot about what separates us. It was refreshing to see pastors from very different backgrounds talk about what unites us. Here are thr...
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Jesus is Coming. Are You Ready?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, May 20, 2011
I write this on the eve of Judgment Day, the one predicted by Harold Camping and his followers. The prediction relies on a complex set of assumptions and mathematical calculations regarding Bible chronology that the rest of us recognize for what it is. Nonsense.No one knows the day or the hour. No one knows for certain how close the return of Chris...
Have I Committed the Unpardonable Sin?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, May 24, 2011
An email arrived from someone who wonders if their past is so bad that God will not forgive them. Have they sinned so much and so greatly that their sin is quite literally unpardonable? The answer is not hard to find. There is such a thing as the unpardonable sin. Jesus spoke of it in Matthew 12:30-37. And in answer to the question, I can say ...
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A 19th-Century Response to Rob Bell and Love Wins
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 25, 2011
There is nothing new under the sun. So said the writer of Ecclesiastes 3000 years ago. That fact is demonstrated by the recent release of the ebook version of The Doctrine of Endless Punishment, written by noted theologian W. G. T. Shedd in 1885. In what sense is this 126-year-old book an answer to Rob Bell? Put simply, Shedd deals with virtua...
America’s Keswick
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, May 27, 2011
This morning I am traveling to Whiting, New Jersey, about an hour east of Philadelphia. I’m heading that direction for the Memorial Day Weekend conference at America’s Keswick, a beautiful and historic Bible conference center founded in 1924.America’s Keswick is unique for at least two reasons. First, it was founded to continue ...
“God Gave Me the Gift of Desperation”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, May 30, 2011
“Then God gave me the gift of desperation.” That’s what the man said on Friday night during the first service at America’s Keswick.I noted three facts about him: 1) He is a bit older than some of the men in the Colony of Mercy, the outreach to men with various addictions (alcohol, drugs, gambling, porn, etc) that has formed ...
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Why Christianity Makes Sense
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, May 31, 2011
During the five Wednesday nights in June I will be teaching an evening series called “Why Christianity Makes Sense” at Lifeline Fellowship in Tupelo. The church is located at 100 Parkgate Drive in Tupelo. Each session begins at 7 PM. I will introduce the topic and then we will have an open question and answer time. We’re focusing ...
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