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Blog entries for the category An Anchor for the Soul
Lost and Found
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, May 18
Several years ago we began a partnership with The Mailbox Club in order to reach inmates of the Chattanooga (TN) jail system. The chaplains (and ministry volunteers) give out copies of An Anchor for the Soul along with a printed invitation to take a Bible correspondence course from the Mailbox Club. Recently one of the inmates who has found the Lor...
96,000 Anchors Arrived Last Week
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, May 17
Last week 96,000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul arrived at our new Book Depot in Pontiac, IL. I called it our “new” book depot because for the last few years we have used a storage facility in Chicago where Ernie Schulz spent hundreds of hours (on a volunteer basis) preparing boxes of books for free shipment to ministries across Ameri...
Random Notes
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, May 7
A few thoughts on a variety of topics:1. The China broadcasts continue three times a week (M-W-F) at 6 AM CDT (7 PM China time). Check out our Chinese website and the iPhone and Android apps.2. We have just posted the Spring 2012 KBM Newsletter with the headline “We Need More Anchors.” Later this month we expect delivery of 100,000 copi...
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“I Been Married to My Biker Chick”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, February 18
Received a handwritten note recently from a self-professed outlaw biker who somehow got a copy of An Anchor for the Soul and read it. I read your book An Anchor for the Soul. It’s a real good beginner’s book.I became a follower of Jesus 8-9-77. I was a full member of a outlaw motorcycle gang with a full set of colors. Of course I spent ...
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Anchor at a Strip Club
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, November 27, 2011
In the past few years we’ve heard some amazing stories of how An Anchor for the Soul has been distributed in some very unlikely places. But recently we heard a story that caught us completely by surprise.This is about Anchor at a strip club. A few months ago we donated copies of Anchor to a crisis pregnancy center. They primarily use the book...
Anchor in Nigeria
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 10, 2011
Several months ago a pastor in the US asked for some copies of An Anchor for the Soul that he could take with him on a trip to preach in several Nigerian churches. Recently he sent us some pictures from his time at the Ife Oluwa Baptist Church in Kaduna, Nigeria. Here is part of what he wrote to me:While in Kaduna, I distributed the book: Anchor fo...
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KBM Launches China Partnership
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, September 30, 2011
“I think you should consider a partnership with Trans World Radio."That simple comment, made a year ago by someone we met at a Bible conference in Michigan, started a discussion that led to a major decision.Last Saturday the Keep Believing board voted to enter a strategic partnership with Trans World Radio (TWR) to do ministry in China....
Nick’s Story
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, September 5, 2011
“I stole soap from Walgreen’s so I could wash myself at a fire hydrant.""I lived in my car near Humboldt Park until I was arrested.""I don’t remember much about my 20s because I was on drugs the whole time."When the police arrested him, he was put in jail for 30 days. Sometime during that period he fo...
Secret Baptism in Pakistan
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, August 29, 2011
Seven years ago Brian Bill, pastor of Pontiac (IL) Bible Church, sent a copy of An Anchor for the Soul to a young man in Pakistan. He never knew how the book was received (or even if it made it to Pakistan) until he received the following note a few days ago: Dear Pastor Bill. In 2004 you sent me a book about sin. That book and Bible...
Anchor in Uganda
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, August 15, 2011
Several months ago we received a request for Anchor books to be used on a missions trip to Uganda led by Pastor Charlie Butt from the First Baptist Church of Amery, Wisconsin. This morning we received the following note:Ray:Just a quick note to say thank you for the books that you provided for our mission trip to Uganda and Sudan. We di...
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Latest KBM Newsletter Now Online
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, July 1, 2011
The Spring 2011 newsletter has just been posted online. In this issue we share good news about our recent one-day pastors conference in Brunswick, Maine. You can check out our travel schedule for the rest of the summer and learn how we serve as “quartermasters” for the body of Christ around the world. Plus you can learn what we’ve...
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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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Anchor # 8 on Moody’s All-Time Bestseller List
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, March 18, 2011
I just received a copy of a brand-new history of Moody Bible Institute written for their 125th anniversary called The MBI Story. On pages 203-204 author James Vincent mentions that four of the top eight all-time bestsellers from Moody Publishers have been released in the last 25 years. Coming in at number 8 is An Anchor for the Soul. I had no idea ...
Anchor in Afghanistan
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, February 23, 2011
In the last three months we have shipped almost 60,000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul from our Book Depot in Chicago. From the beginning of this ministry in 2001, we have always put a priority on donating copies for the men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces. Thousands of copies have ended up in Iraq and Afghanistan.How do those …
Testimony of a Heroin Addict
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, February 3, 2011
“My life as a heroin addict was going very bad."That’s the first sentence of a testimony from a prisoner in California. He wrote it for a prison ministry volunteer who gave it to the prison chaplain who sent it his regional director in Virginia who sent it to us. Here is his whole testimony: My life as a heroin addict was goi...
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A Visit to the Anchor Book Depot
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, January 22, 2011
After the Keep Believing board meeting this morning, we took a trip to visit the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago. It’s actually a storage locker where we keep 100,000 copies of the new edition of An Anchor for the Soul. Ed Santiago works with Moody Publishers. He told us how glad Moody is to support the Anchor Book Project. We told him that with...
Do You Need Free Copies of Anchor Right Now?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, December 17, 2010
Do you need some free copies of An Anchor for the Soul?We have around 10,000 copies in our Book Depot in Chicago.We need to clear out our inventory to make way for the new edition arriving in late January.Here’s our deal . . . We give the books away for free and we pay for the shipping anywhere in the United States.We don’t ship in...
First Look at the New “Anchor for the Soul”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, October 3, 2010
In early 2011 Moody Publishers will release the new edition of An Anchor for the Soul, the short “gospel book” that was first released in 2000. The front cover of the new edition includes a label that reads “Over 500,000 in print,” a number that includes the more than 400,000 copies that we have donated to ministries across ...
Maybe the Best Prisoner Letter We’ve Ever Received
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, September 24, 2010
In the last decade we’ve received over 10,000 letters from prisoners who received a free copy of An Anchor for the Soul and wrote to thank you. Nearly all those letter are handwritten, sometimes they are quite lengthy, often they ask for more literature, and sometimes they share how the book has helped them come to Christ. Each letter reminds…
“I’m Not Done With You Yet”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, August 28, 2010
The picture shows the beginning of a handwritten letter from an inmate in Virginia. Here is the rest of his story: I was put in jail with no hope left for my life. I had no hope in God. No hope in anything. I thought my life was over. I tried to kill myself. I didn’t have the will to live anymore. God intervened again. He spoke to me and said...
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How Do You Do This?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, July 2, 2010
Here’s a neat story from this week at Cannon Beach. On Monday I mentioned that Keep Believing Ministries supplies free copies of our little “gospel book” called An Anchor for the Soul free of charge to prison ministries, military ministries, relief agencies, crisis pregnancy centers, street ministries, rescue missions, and for mis...
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Miracle at Kwale Prison
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 21, 2010
On Tuesday Peter took us to Kwale Prison to minister there. On this particular day 100-150 men voluntarily came to the meeting while many others who could not come listened from a nearby building. We brought soap and toilet paper, two items the prisoners desperately need. After Peter introduced our team, Jim King gave a spirited testimony. Then Pet...
Wednesday Scattershooting
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Odds and ends, a little of this and a little of that . . . *Just got off the phone with Ernie Schulz who said they just got a ton of new snow in Chicago. Ernie runs our Anchor Book Depot, which means that when we ship boxes of An Anchor for the Soul, Ernie is the one who actually makes the mailing labels, goes to the warehouse where we store the bo...
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Q&A with John Piper at Angola Prison
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, January 11, 2010
In November John Piper visited Angola Prison in Louisiana. Long considered one of the most violent prisons in America, it has been transformed in recent years under the leadership of Warden Burl Cain. His motto is, “I will be as nice as they let me, as mean as they make me be.” You can read more about what God is doing at Angola Prison ...
Saved on Christmas Eve
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 9, 2009
His life changed on Christmas Eve.Scot is serving time in a Michigan prison. When fellow inmate gave him a copy of “An Anchor for the Soul,” he decided to see what the book was all about since his friend had read it and like it. “After I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down.” On Christmas Eve he developed a sever...
Help Wanted for Anchor 10th Anniversary Edition
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Next year marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of An Anchor for the Soul. Well over 400,000 copies of that little “gospel book” written in “Wal-Mart English” are now in print. God has allowed us to give away hundreds of thousands of copies to prisoners across America and to soldiers serving in the Armed Forces. Plu...
Readers Theater Audio Now Online
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, October 5, 2009
The KBM banquet last Thursday night featured a Readers Theater that highlighted letters we have received. Most of the letters came from prisoners who read An Anchor for the Soul, but we included one letter from a soldier in Afghanistan and another letter from from a young lady whose life was changed by reading Stealth Attack. Amber Cussen, Dina Kre...
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We Support Gospel Outreach Through the Book Depot
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, August 6, 2009
The third thing you need to know about KBM is . . .1. We support Gospel outreach through the Book Depot.This part of the story goes back almost 12 years, long before the formal beginning of Keep Believing Ministries. Shortly after I wrote a book called What a Christian Believes, we began partnering with Prison Fellowship to give away copies of the ...
Letter from the Fairfax County Jail
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, July 6, 2009
Recently we received a letter from a 27-year-old prisoner at the Fairfax (VA) County Jail. He wrote to tell us that he had read my book An Anchor for the Soul. Here is the heart of what he wrote:I thank you for your book “An Anchor for the Soul”, it was very inspirational for me. Today’s the day I finally let go, finally stopped h...
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7674 Copies So Far
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, June 23, 2009
It’s time for an update on the Anchor Book Depot. Since January 1 we have distributed 7674 copies of An Anchor for the Soul to the following ministries. Where a jail or prison is listed, it means that we donated the books to a ministry or to chaplain serving the inmates in that particular facility. Arkansas Department of Corrections, Pine Blu...
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God Loves a Challenge
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, May 24, 2009
At the end of a meal with Skip Olson, he asked me to sign a copy of my book An Anchor for the Soul. During the meal he had engaged the waitress in a conversation about spiritual matters. She seemed intrigued when she learned about our name– Keep Believing Ministries. So I signed the book and Skip left it on the table along with a generous tip...
Sean’s Story
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Recently we received a letter from our friends at Prison Fellowship thanking us for partnering with them in distributing copies of our little gospel book called An Anchor for the Soul to prisoners across America. Enclosed with the letter was a testimony from a federal prisoner in Kentucky named Sean. His story illustrates the life-changing power of...
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“Your Book Was Heaven Sent”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 6, 2008
It’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned the Anchor Book Depot. That’s the arm of our ministry that provides free copies of our little “gospel book” called An Anchor for the Soul. For those who don’t know, it’s the gospel in “Wal-Mart English” for people who want to know how to go to heaven but don...
Anchor in Afghanistan
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, July 20, 2008
As part of the Anchor Book Depot, we donate copies of An Anchor for the Soul to military ministries that reach out to the men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces around the world. Recently we received a note from a soldier serving in Kabul, Afghanistan. As you read it, I think you’ll appreciate his sense of humor. Dear ...
Priceless
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, June 8, 2008
A man wrote to say that he had purchased a copy of An Anchor for the Soul to give to his friend “Joe” who lives in a distant state. He and “Joe” have had many conversations about the Lord. Now he plans to send him a copy of the book with a prayer that God might use it in bringing “Joe” to salvation. This is ...
Anchor Books for Prison Fellowship
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Ten years ago we started a ministry partnership with Prison Fellowship that continues to this day In the beginning we gave away copies of “What a Christian Believes” and “Keep Believing” to inmates who responded to an offer in the Inside Journal, a newspaper published by Prison Fellowship and distributed in prisons across t ...
Can You Wash an iPod?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Can you wash an iPod the same way you wash clothes? And if you do, will it survive?The answer to both questions is yes . I learned this after doing some extensive field research this morning. It all started when Marlene commented on how messy my bookshelf has become. I can see her point because my view of a bookshelf is tha ...
“You’ll Need This Someday”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
How do you get professional hockey players to take a free book about the gospel?That’s the dilemma Alex Pirus faces every time he speaks at a chapel service sponsored by Hockey Ministries International. Despite the fact that he played hockey in the NHL and can therefore relate to the players, Alex still faces hurdles ...
Quick Thoughts After Watching “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
This afternoon Marlene and I watched Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed at a theater in Tupelo. Here are a few quick reactions:Ben Stein is fun to watch.This is a viewpoint documentary designed to elicit strong reactions.The movie is mostly about academic intolerance.Good animation showing the complexity of a single cell. Ri ...
Always Hope
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Last September when I spoke at a conference in Colorado, I met a prison chaplain who asked if we would donate 3000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul from the Anchor Book Depot to be distributed in New Mexico prisons. We were happy to comply with that request, and early this year we received a letter from an inmate named Will ...
Midnight Miracle
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
We have just posted a new sermon called Midnight Miracle based on Luke 22:49-51. This is the story of Jesus healing the ear of Malchus, the servant of the high priest, in Gethsemane on the night he was betrayed and arrest. This is the final miracle of bodily cure performed by our Lord and the final miracle before he went to ...
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Florida State Fair Photos
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, February 16, 2008
Located on the midway, the Live Prayer Gospel Tent covered5000 square feet and seated 300 people. This young man and his mother helped prepare the books for distribution. These four teens received copies of An Anchor for the Soul. A gospel group prepares for a concert inside the tent. Marlene Pritchard, Lee Fay, Scott an ...
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A Note to AOL Sermon Subscribers
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, February 15, 2008
Last Sunday I sent out the weekly sermon email to over 4000 people. I just found out that the sermon didn’t reach most of the AOL subscribers on the list. We had over 450 bounce-backs, a much larger figure than normal. Nearly all of them were AOL subscribers. Evidently that happened because I had to go through a proxy ...
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Florida State Fair—Gospel Outreach Update
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Florida State Fair opened its 12-day run in Tampa today. By the time the fair closes on February 18, total attendance will top 500,000. Last week we sent 4000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul to be used as part of an evangelistic outreach at the Live Prayer Gospel Tent, a 5000-square foot tent seating 300 people right o ...
When You Have Two Good Choices
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, February 7, 2008
A email arrived from a friend with a question that came up during a discussion time with some young women—most of them in their early 20s. All the young women are single. Here is the question that came up during the discussion:"How do you make decisions in life when both roads seem to be good?” We were talking about ...
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Anchor at the Florida State Fair
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Last Thursday we shipped 4000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul from our Book Depot in Chicago to Tampa, Florida where the Florida State Fair begins this Thursday. The books will be used as part of a daily evangelistic outreach at the Live Prayer gospel tent on the fairgrounds.This is an amazing opportunity because over 500, ...
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Speaking to Tupelo Singles Meeting Tonight
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, February 5, 2008
I’m speaking tonight to the Tupelo-area singles meeting at the First Baptist Church of Tupelo. We start with a meal at 6:30 PM followed by the meeting at 7 PM. If you are in the area, please join us this evening.
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“I Understand What I Have Missed All These Years”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, February 1, 2008
Last night I read this remarkable letter from a prisoner in Michigan who read An Anchor for the Soul on Christmas Eve. Written in pencil (as most prisoner letters are), the letter describes how he ended up reading the book, a remarkable experience with the Lord, and how God used the book to bring him to a new understanding ...
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A Former Player’s Tribute to Gary Olson
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, January 31, 2008
In the post just below this one, I mention Gary Olson who died in 1999. He has been on my mind lately because I received an email from a young man who wanted a picture he could use on a Facebook page created for former Oak Park-River Forest (IL) football players. When I realized that I didn’t have any digital pictures ...
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Life’s Grace
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, December 27, 2007
We received a letter from a prisoner in California named Rocky. After reading An Anchor for the Soul, he wrote a poem called “Life’s Grace” and sent it to us.This poem captures a sense of what it is like to try to live for the Lord in prison. There may be no darker spot on earth than the inside of a prison cell. That& ...
Father and Sons—My Christmas Gift
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Nick, Mark, Ray, JoshAlthough this photo was taken at Mark and Vanessa’s wedding in July, I saw it for the first time several weeks ago. Marlene framed copies of the photo to give to the boys, and she gave me a large framed copy to hang in my study. It was a very happy moment on a very happy day.
Anchor in Iraq
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, December 8, 2007
A few years ago we sent 5000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul to Word of Life in New York where they were bundled with a New Testament and a Quiet Time Diary. These Solider Quiet Time Packs were then sent to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. We just received this report (via Wayne Lewis) from a soldier serving in Iraq:I j ...
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Happy Birthday, Mark!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, December 8, 2007
Today Mark celebrates his 26th birthday. Back in 1981 I was pastoring Redeemer Covenant Church in Downey, California (a Los Angeles suburb). Mark was born in nearby Whittier. Two years later we moved to Garland, Texas (a Dallas suburb) where I became the pastor of Northeast Bible Church. Soon thereafter we enrolled Mark in ...
“I Have Only 2 Dollars to Give”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Here is a check we received from an inmate at a prison in New York. After reading “An Anchor for the Soul,” he decided to send a donation to our ministry. “I have only 2 dollars to give but it is the thought that counts,” he said. His letter illustrates why we started the Anchor Book Depot. And it stands as a reminder of ou ...
Nancy Hoy
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Last February I preached at a church in the Chicago area and afterward a group of friends came for lunch. Don and Nancy Hoy came late, and when they came in, Don shook my hand and Nancy hugged Marlene and me and said how good it was to see us again. But really it was the other way around. How good it was to see her and Don ...
Trading Food for Books in Prison
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
A few months ago we opened the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago to give away copies of a simple gospel book called An Anchor for the Soul. This is a continuation of a ministry that started seven years ago. Since then we have given away over 350,000 copies, mostly to prisoners across America. Sometimes the prisoners find the boo ...
China Bans Bible for Olympic Athletes
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Evidently the organizers of the Summer Olympics in Beijing are afraid of the Bible because they have put it on the list of prohibited items for Olympic athletes coming from other countries. Here are several articles:The Olympic BibleChina Bans Bibles for Olympic AthletesIn addition, visitors to China are being warned not to ...
Anchor in a Laundromat
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, October 13, 2007
Several years ago we donated copies of An Anchor for the Soul to the “Glory to Thee” missionary boat run by John and Gaydean Nolte. Their unique ministry takes them to various ports on the Gulf Coast and also along the inland waterways (including the Great Lakes), sharing the Good News of Jesus. John left a copy of the book ...
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Four Dogs In Our Living Room
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, October 12, 2007
A few minutes ago there were four dogs in our living room. It all started last night when Mark mentioned casually that Nick was driving over from Birmingham with Brad so they could go to the Ole Miss-Alabama game in Oxford tomorrow. “I think they’re coming over tonight,” Mark said. Of course we didn’t know anyth ...
Anchor Updates
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, September 9, 2007
Here are two quick updates:1) An Anchor for the Soul has just been published in French by a publisher in Montreal. We received our copy a few days ago. Originally the book was published to coincide with a conference where I’m speaking in Montreal in November but now the book has been released for the general public.2) ...
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Is It Hard to Keep Believing?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, September 8, 2007
I’m writing this note at the end of a very exciting day at the Keep Believing board retreat in McHenry, Illinois. This morning Peter Faulkner led us in a brain-stretching exercise that started with a discussion of intentionality and ended up with the walls covered with erasable sheets of thin while plastic filled with ...
Anchor in a Texas Women’s Prison
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, August 27, 2007
Over the weekend we received this email from a volunter chaplain in Texas:I am a volunteer Chaplain at the Henley State Jail in Dayton, Texas. We house approximately 550 women. We received a box of your books, An Anchor for the Soul", a while back and our ladies have been requesting it constantly. We are totally out and we ...
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Samson—A Complex Man
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, August 26, 2007
On Friday night, after I finished my final message on the life of Samson at Cannon Beach, a man came up and made what I thought was a profound observation. He said that Samson’s story fascinated him because it doesn’t fit neatly into our man-made categories. “When I read about a Bible character, I tend to put hi ...
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Anchors Away!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, August 17, 2007
The Anchor Book Depot has been busy recently. Here are some of the places we have sent the books:1) Military Torch Ministry, Norfolk, Virginia. The books are sent to sailors serving on ships deployed around the world.2) Camp Nathanael, Emmalena, Kentucky. We provided copies for a group of women completing a drug rehab progr ...
New Stealth Attack Podcast
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, August 17, 2007
Yesterday I recorded a new podcast regarding my book Stealth Attack with Stacy Harp of Active Christian Media. Click here to listen to the podcast.
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Anchor in Hong Kong
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, August 3, 2007
We received this note from a woman in Hong Kong:I wanted to let you know that I have given your book, Anchor for the Soul, to several inmates in prison here in Hong Kong. I have been visiting prisoners since moving back to Hong Kong last year and have been blessed by it. I visit those with no family—-a Vietnamese (in for m ...
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Still in California
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, August 2, 2007
We are still in California. After leaving Merced on Monday afternoon, Marlene and I plus Josh and Leah and Nick traveled east, passing through Yosemite National Park for a three-day stay at Mammoth Lakes, a renowned ski area in the winter and a biking, hiking, mountain climbing, skateboarding vacation spot during the summer ...
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An Atheist Finds Christ in New Zealand
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Robin Brooks, a missionary serving in New Zealand, sent me the following story:Tracey is a university student in New Zealand. She claimed to be an atheist, but had some very unusual life goals. One of them was to attend a church sometime in her life. In February, a week before university started, Tracey advertised for a &ld ...
All You Need is Love
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, July 30, 2007
Things are winding down in California. Most of the people who flew in for the wedding have left already. We’re hitting the road ourselves in another hour or two. Late last night as I crawled into bed, dead tired, I thought about how impossibly crammed the last four days have been. Our wedding trip has been an unqualif ...
God Did It!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, July 24, 2007
A few days ago I posted some pictures from the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago. That day we were shipping books to Dr. Bob Cosby in Logansport, Indiana. Here is an email we received from him this morning:Got the Anchor books the other day and have already had an inmate relate his testimony of having been saved as a result of h ...
Wedding Week
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, July 23, 2007
This is Monday of wedding week. By this Saturday our entire family will be in Atwater, California (in central California, in the San Joaquin Valley, between Modesto and Fresno, more or less due east and over the mountains from San Jose) for the wedding of our son Mark and Vanessa Friesen. Already the westward migration has ...
Pictures from the Anchor Book Depot
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, July 16, 2007
This morning I visited the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago for the first time. I traveled to the storage facility with Cliff Raad and Skip Olson. Ernie Schulz met us at Hall’s Self-Storage Facility where we rent a locker. Ernie is amazingly organized. He came with UPS shipping labels already filled out. But best of all, ...
Breaking Points
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, July 14, 2007
We have just posted a new sermon called Breaking Points. Here’s an excerpt:I have a friend who is going through a crisis regarding his newborn grandchildren who are having serious medical issues. He spoke of being on a roller coaster of emotions as the doctors first gave bad news, then good news, then news that is som ...
Anchor and Prison Fellowship
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, July 12, 2007
In 2001 we began providing Prison Fellowship free copies of An Anchor for the Soul for distribution in prisons across America. We started this ministry through the Book Depot at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL and it continues today through the Keep Believing Book Depot in Chicago. Over the years we have received ov ...
Unworthy
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, July 11, 2007
We have just posted a new version of an old sermon called Unworthy. I first preached this message 20+ years ago when I pastored in Garland, Texas. I preached it again in my early years in Oak Park, IL. I hadn’t thought about it in years until I had a conversation with a total stranger who stopped me more or less out o ...
Anchor Books Being Sent Out
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, July 7, 2007
Now that the Anchor Book Depot in Chicago is operational, we have started sending out shipments to the following ministries:Pacific Garden Mission (Chicago)Pontiac (IL) Bible ChurchThe Mailbox Club (Valdosta, GA)A church in Kansas City, MOA jail in Santa Rita, CAAnd there are othe requests pending.
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China Clippings
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, July 7, 2007
Anthony Bollback has just posted the latest edition of China Clippings. Here’s an excerpt:University students in China are showing signs that they will be the next great wave of evangelism in China. In the last issue of CHINA CLIPPINGS it was reported that evangelism is leaping forward among China’s university s ...
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Graduation Day
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, May 26, 2007
Today was bright and beautiful in Birmingham. It seemed fitting for the day when our youngest son would graduate from college. We calculated that Josh entered college in the fall of 1998 and Nick graduated in the spring of 2007, making a full decade of having sons in college. And then we figured out that Josh entered Second ...
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Father, Forgive Them
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, March 30, 2007
We have just posted a new sermon called Father, Forgive Them. Here is an excerpt:In order to come to grips with the healing power of forgiveness, we need two things: soft hearts and courage. Some of us have been deeply hurt by the things others have done to us. People have attacked us, maligned us, mistreated us, abused us, ...
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Podcast on “He Descended Into Hell”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, February 15, 2007
On Tuesday I did an interview with Kevin McCullough on WMCA in New York. Each month we take a chapter of my book Credo and discuss it on the air. Since the book is based on the Apostles’ Creed, this is an amazing opportunity to discuss the Christian faith on the number one Christian station in America’s largest ...
Word of Life Alaskan Cruise
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, February 8, 2007
Last summer I was invited by Word of Life to be the Bible teacher on an Alaskan cruise. This will be a unique vacation opportunity because it is actually a combination train excursion through the Denali National Park followed by a cruise starting in Anchorage and ending in Vancouver. You can sign up for the train excursion ...
Beyond the Ultimate
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, February 3, 2007
The following full-page ad is running in the weekend edition of USA Today: Check out Beyond the Ultimate to find out more details.
Herod Then and Now
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, January 28, 2007
When we boarded the plane in Tel Aviv on Friday morning, I picked up a copy of the English edition of the Jerusalem Post. The headlines reported that the president of Israel is taking a leave of absence because of serious accusations of sexual misconduct. One story noted that should he eventually step down or be impeached, ...
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Dudley and Tom
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, December 18, 2006
This weekend Tom and Fay Phillips came through Tupelo on their way to Arkansas. When they arrived late Saturday afternoon, Tom and Dudley immediately became lifetime friends, so much so that Dudley decided Tom’s lap was the ideal place for a nap. They both seemed to enjoy it. We told Fay that they need a basset hound ...
New KBM Brochure
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 30, 2006
Check out the new brochure for Keep Believing Ministries .
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How the Internet is Changing Ministry
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 16, 2006
I ran across two recent articles that reinforced the notion that the Internet is radically reshaping how we will do ministry in the 21st century.Brian Bill pointed out an article in CT called What’s Next: Publishing and Broadcasting. Here is the money quote:Already, industry insiders are talking about on-demand kiosks ...
Happy Birthday, Josh!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 2, 2006
Happy Birthday, Josh!Our oldest son celebrates his 27nd birthday today. On Tuesday night we had an early birthday celebration with Josh and Leah in Chicago. Josh looked so happy and Leah was radiant. Being with them was the highlight of our trip.
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If You’re Looking For a Sign From God . . .
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, October 6, 2006
I saw this on the sign for the Eggville Free Will Baptist Church: “If you’re looking for a sign from God, this is it.”
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123 Days, 2 Hours, 50 Minutes, 5 Seconds
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, September 16, 2006
Mark has a MySpace China blog. His counter says that there are 123 days, 2 hours, 50 minutes, 5 seconds until the Holy Land tour, January 17-26, 2007. By the way, we now have 15 people signed up for the tour. We expect to have a group of 25-30 people. If you are thinking about going with us, now is the time to sign up.
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Not So Quiet on the Southern Front
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, September 4, 2006
When I went outside this morning, I heard several loud blasts from a shotgun. That can only mean one thing—dove hunting season has started in Mississippi. From now until sometime in January, you can hear guns blasting early in the morning, especially on the weekends. Dove season starts in September, but it is only the warm ...
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KBM Update—August 25
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, August 25, 2006
It’s been a while since I’ve passed along news about Keep Believing Ministries (KBM). A lot has happened over the summer, much of it behind the scenes work related to getting this new ministry established on a firm foundation. 1) Go to the About page if you’d like to know our vision in more detail. You&rsq ...
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World Trade Center
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, August 12, 2006
Last night Marlene and I saw World Trade Center, the new movie from Oliver Stone about the rescue of two New York Port Authority policemen from the rubble of the Twin Towers on 9/11. Both of us were choked up by the end. I imagine that everyone who sees the movie will relive that awful day and will think about where they we ...
Thousands Are Asking
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, August 9, 2006
1) When are you going to start blogging again?Today! 2) What did you do on your summer vacation?Preached for a week in Oregon, then for most of a week in New York, then Josh and Leah got married in Vermont, then we traveled back to Tupelo where we spent a few days with Mark before he flew back to China. I preached at Harris ...
MY TURN
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Guest blog by Peter R. Faulkner, Director of North American Ministries, the Mailbox Club, Valdosta, GA As a friend of Ray Pritchard for 34 years and a Board Member of Keep Believing Ministries, I am excited with the prospects about what the Lord can do through this ministry. To sense Ray’s keen desire to be of help ...
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MEF Conference Messages
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, June 25, 2006
Here are the four messages I preached at the MEF Bible Conference in Colorado Springs last week:Monday seminar: Praying For Your Prodigal Tuesday night: God’s Freedom Thursday night: If I Believe, Why Do I Doubt? Friday morning: How to Help a CavemanOn Thursday afternoon Marlene and I led a seminar on forgiveness. You ...
Thursday Night at the MEF Conference
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, June 22, 2006
Tonight’s service at the MEF conference had a little bit of everything. Mac Brunson, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida, preached on “What do you when you sin?” from Psalm 51. He spoke with great passion about the importance of confession of sin in order to be right with God. As I listened ...
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Seeking Help for the KBM Logo
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, June 16, 2006
At the KBM board retreat two weeks ago, we discussed the need for a logo that could be used on our website and on all of our printed material. Here is a quote taken verbatim from the minutes of the retreat: KBM LOGO: By general consensus, it was determined that Ray would issue a general appeal via the “blog” as ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, August 12, 2003
7:49 PM Happy to report that 54,000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul were delivered to Oak Park last week and are now safely in storage. Just today we received a note from a retired Chicago firefighter who writes: I send a quarterly mailing to 85 retired Chicago firemen, mostly non-believers. I sometimes include a book in w...
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July 31, 2003, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, July 31, 2003
1:58 PM Just received good news (via Seth in Colorado) that 100,000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul have been delivered to Good News Jail and Prison Ministry in Richmond, Virginia. They will begin shipping the books to their chaplains around the country next week. By God’s grace, these books will lead to thousands of priso...
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Thursday, July 17, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, July 17, 2003
10:17 PM Just back from Word of Life Island. Around 600 teens and counselors crowded into Pine Pavilion for the service—which was loud and raucous, high-energy, incredibly exciting. Scott Foreman, Mike Laymon and Larry Bollback did a super job of keeping order amid the noise, cheers, clapping, singing, swaying, laught...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, July 15, 2003
10:00 PM Before I forget, here’s the Legacy Campaign prayer request for today: “Pray for the safety of the work crews during construction.” Brian Bill, pastor of Pontiac Bible Church, will be our guest preacher this Sunday. Brian and Beth attended Calvary during their student days at Moody and Brian later joined the st...
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Thursday, July 3, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, July 3, 2003
6:11 PM Two exciting reports regarding An Anchor for the Soul. The first comes from Seth Grotelueschen who is passing along an e-mail he received from a friend: Just wanted to give you a praise report! My dear 60-year old JEWISH cousin read “An Anchor for the Soul” and told me that she wants to give her life to Christ!!...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Only 12 more days till Groundbreaking Sunday! Big News: After months of trying, suddenly the door is open once again to reprint An Anchor for the Soul for free distribution in prisons across America. Through a series of providential events, we were able to make a connection with Good News Jail and Prison Ministry in Richmond, Virginia. They provid…
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Satuday, April 26, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 26, 2003
Saturday, April 26 A gorgeous day in Minneapolis. Finished my speaking at the Love INC conference a few minutes ago. I spoke this morning on “The Mystery of Unanswered Prayer,” and the Lord seemed to touch many hearts. God willing, I’ll be back home in a few hours. Friday, April 25 I’m writing this from my hotel room in...
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