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October 2011 blog entries
“Pastor Ray, What Have You Been Reading Lately?”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 13, 2011
When a friend asked me recently what I’ve been reading, I didn’t have a quick answer because I had to go home and check my iPad. Basically I don’t read anything these days that isn’t in ebook format.Before I give my list, here are three caveats. First, this isn’t a complete list. Basically these are the books that made...
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Cruising to Alaska
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, October 17, 2011
Next summer I’m going to be the speaker for an Alaskan cruise sponsored by Camp Forest Springs in Westboro, Wisconsin. We’ll depart from Seattle on Friday, June 29 and return to Seattle on Friday, July 6.We’ll visit Juneau, Skagway, the Tracy Arm Fjord, and Victoria, British Columbia. Along the way we’ll see some of the most...
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A Bigger Miracle
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, October 14, 2011
“We need a bigger miracle."That’s what a friend said regarding a bad situation that had suddenly turned worse. It’s tough enough when you need a miracle in the first place, but what do you do when you need a bigger miracle?Ask for one. By definition a miracle is something you can’t do yourself. You were already a...
Christ Hates Religion
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, October 16, 2011
“Did you know that Christ hates religion? Religion is orthodoxy gone dry and stale. Religion is worship turned into entertainment. Religion is being busy but going through the motions. Religion is when you believe all the right stuff on the surface, but you’re really leading a double life. You’ve got your life at church and then y...
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2 Million Visits to the KBM Website
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, October 5, 2011
This afternoon I did some research into the traffic at the Keep Believing website. Since the site debuted in March 2008, we have had:2,033,484 visits to the website.1,101,217 unique visitors.7,435,672 pageviews.Visitors have come to us from 226 countries and territories. Just recently we added our first visitor from Somalia. Here are a few ran…
“If I Struggle With Sin, Does that Mean I’m Not Saved?”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, October 11, 2011
From the question box:If a believer continues to struggle with any sin after confessing it to God and asking for deliverance, does that mean he was never saved?The answer is no. Struggle with sin is the common experience of Christians everywhere. James 3:2 says, “We all stumble in many ways.” Romans 7:23 speaks of a “war&rdq...
Mormonism and the Cult Question
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress says that Mormonism is a cult.Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Seminary, says Mormonism is not a cult. To confuse matters further, William McGurn denounces the “cult” of Anti-Mormonism.Who’s right?The answer is, it all depends on definition and context. Some years ago Walter Martin offered the follow...
Good Times at the KBM Board Meeting
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, October 17, 2011
Here’s a scene from the KBM board meeting on Saturday morning. L-R Peter Faulkner, Chris Johnson from Trans World Radio, Cliff Raad, Doreen Mahlstedt, MaryAnn Spiegel, Dave Hoy, Ray Pritchard, Marlene Pritchard, Nick Pritchard, Mark Pritchard. Board member Skip Olson took the picture. Webmaster Derek Taylor arrived a few minutes after this pi...
Whom I Have Believed
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, October 18, 2011
My good friend Phil Newton has been preaching through 2 Timothy. This week he came to one of the best-known verses in the book: “I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.” (2 Timothy 1:12). He applied the truth to the issue of believers dou...
How to Pray for Those Who Travel
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
This morning Marlene and I are driving to Dallas for what will be our longest trip of the year–17 days in all. On Thursday Mark and I are flying from Dallas to Seoul, South Korea and then on to Jeju Island where we will team-teach 1 Peter next week at Word of Life Bible Institute. On October 29 we’ll fly to Dalian, China to spend a few ...
Counterintuitive Faith
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 20, 2011
Marlene and I were having dinner with some close friends who are also supporters of our ministry. At one point during a delightful evening, the husband looked at me and said, “What you are doing is counterintuitive.” The dictionary defines counterintuitive as being “contrary to what common sense would suggest.” As I thou...
When Should a Pastor Leave a Church?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, October 21, 2011
The question came from a young man pastoring his first church. I don’t know much about the congregation he serves except that it is small and filled with mostly older folks who don’t want to change.At least that’s how the young pastor sees it. Both he and his wife have been feeling discouraged. After three difficult years, here is…
Day 2: Airport Evangelist
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, October 22, 2011
Here’s the video from Day 2 of our trip to Korea and China in which we meet a man carrying a cross at the airport in Seoul:...
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The Pastor Who Didn’t Believe in Hell
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, October 23, 2011
Recently I read about a pastor who lost his faith in hell and then found it again. Having been trained in a liberal seminary, he simply dropped his belief in hell without telling anyone else. He regained his belief first by reading the Bible and then by doing some serious repenting before the Lord. When asked how a loving God could send amazingly ...
Day 1: Somewhere Over the Aleutian Islands
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, October 21, 2011
Mark and I left yesterday on a 17-day trip to Korea and China. Here’s the video update from Day 1....
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Day 3: Young Nak Presbyterian Church
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, October 23, 2011
Here’s the video from Day 3 of our Korea-China trip featuring our visit to the Jeju Young Nak Presbyterian Church....
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Day 4: Visit to a Buddhist Temple
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, October 24, 2011
Here’s today video in which we visit a Buddhist temple on Jeju Island.
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Day 5: Betsy’s Story
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Here’s the video from Day 5 in which you get a glimpse of our first session with the students and also we share a testimony from Betsy, a student from Taiwan....
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Day 6: Kent’s Story
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Here’s the video from Day 6 of our Korea-China trip with a glimpse into the classroom and a Korean student shares his story....
Day 7: A New Stove for the BI
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 27, 2011
Here’s the video from Day 7, in which a gift that started in California ended up heating a tent in Korea....
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Day 8: The Students Say Thank You
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, October 28, 2011
The students take center stage in the final video from Jeju Island....
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Student Night in Dalian
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, October 30, 2011
Friday night was a new experience for us. I’m not sure exactly where we were in Dalian because it was late and Chinese cities are a forest of skyscrapers. Pastor Peter led us to a building where we took the elevator to an upper floor and entered an apartment where a house church meets. There were about 40 university students there, all in the...
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