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Blog entries for the category Good Friday-Easter
In the Garden: Not the Gardener
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 8
“’Woman,’ he said, ‘why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?’ Thinking he was the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him’” (John 20:15). Why didn’t Mary recognize the Lord? The text doesn’t say but several a...
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Behind Closed Doors: Waiting
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 7
“Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment” (Luke 23:56).The four gospels do not tell us much about what happened on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We know that after Jesus died, the disciples stayed behind locked doors for fear of the Jewi...
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A Good Friday Reflection
Posted by Brian Bill on Friday, April 6
The crowd below parted and I saw a man carrying a huge wood beam on his back. He walked slowly, and with great effort, as he struggled to keep his balance. Another man followed. He put his cross down, took out a whip and started beating his back. Bright red blood appeared on top of the lacerations he had from a previous whipping. I kept hoping he would stop because it looked so painful. But he didn’t.
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Golgotha: Were You There?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, April 6
“They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull)” (Mark 15:22). It’s Friday morning, 9 A.M. Killing time in Jerusalem. Outside the Damascus Gate is a road and on the other side of the road is a flat area near the spot where the prophet Jeremiah is buried. Up above you can see a rocky outcropp...
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Gethsemane: The Traitor’s Kiss
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 5
“Jesus asked him, ‘Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?’” (Luke 22:48).When we study the four gospels, we find a remarkable series of facts about Judas:He was personally chosen to be an apostle by Jesus Christ.He forsook all to follow the Lord.He spent 3 1/2 years traveling the length and breadth of Israel wi...
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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....
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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...
Sunday Video: Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 4, 2010
Today’s video features a stirring arrangement of “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.” If you need an infusion of joy on this Easter Sunday, sing along with the video. How can we not rejoice when our Lord has conquered the grave?…
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Saturday Video: Were You There?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 3, 2010
This beloved spiritual transports us back to the time of Christ’s death and burial. We are asked to relive those events as if we had been standing there watching Jesus die on the cross. This particular version is very appropriate for Holy Saturday because it ends with the verse that asks, “Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?&…
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Friday Video: How Deep the Father’s Love For Us
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, April 2, 2010
Since this is Good Friday, I wanted a song that focused on the cross. Among the many newer songs, “How Deep the Father’s Love” stands out for its emphasis on the true meaning of death of Christ. You can find a ton of good theology in just these four lines: “Why should I gain from His reward/I cannot give an answer/But this I...
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Thursday Video: O Sacred Head Now Wounded
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 1, 2010
Fernando Ortega sings this beautiful version of “O Sacred Head Now Wounded,” a hymn attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, taken from a poem that first appeared in the 14th century. The hymn comes from an English translation (of the original Latin) made in 1830 by James Alexander, a Presbyterian minister. His translation contains many more...
Wednesday Video: Hallelujah! What a Savior!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Philip Bliss, beloved gospel musician and good friend of D. L. Moody, wrote this great hymn shortly before his untimely death in 1876, in a train wreck near Ashtabula, Ohio. In his last public meeting Mr. Bliss conducted a service for 800 inmates at the Michigan State Prison. Many of them wept in true repentance as he sang the verses of “Hall…
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Tuesday Video: And Can It Be?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Today’s video features a congregation singing Charles Wesley’s famous hymn “And Can It Be.” I may be wrong in calling it famous because many Americans don’t know the hymn at all. A friend told me that it was mostly unknown in the US until after Billy Graham’s 1954 London Crusade at Harringay Arena. Cliff Barrows ...
Monday Video–"There Is a Fountain”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 29, 2010
As we make our journey through Holy Week, walking with Jesus as he moves toward the cross, we will feature a different video each day to prepare our hearts and center our thoughts on the great sacrifice our Lord made for us. Today’s video features Selah singing “There is a Fountain.”...
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“Christ is risen!” in 59 languages
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, March 23, 2008
Since the early days of the Christian church, believers around the world have greeted each other by saying, “Christ is risen!", to which the other person responds, “Indeed Christ is risen!” This morning I found a Greek Orthodox website that offers transliterations of this traditional Easter greeting in 59 languages:English: ...
Did Jesus Descend Into Hell?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, March 22, 2008
The Apostles’ Creed contains the phrase, “He descended into hell.” This is widely taken to be the answer to the question, “Where did Jesus go between his death and resurrection?” Christians have debated the phrase, the question, and what happened to Jesus after his death and before his resurrection. Here are two sermo ...
Silent Saturday
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, March 22, 2008
The four gospels do not tell us much about what happened on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We know that after Jesus died, the disciples stayed behind locked doors for fear of the Jewish leaders (John 20:19). Their fear was well-founded because on that Saturday, the chief priests and the Pharisees met wi ...
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Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, March 21, 2008
Today I spent an hour on WMBI radio in Chicago tracing the events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Nancy Turner (host of “This the Day!") and producer Mark Breta came up with the idea of reliving the day Christ died and the morning of his resurrection. They invited me to paint word pictures of the key events, interspersed ...
Passion Week Locations
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, March 21, 2008
Check out this interactive Google map of the events of Holy Week. (HT to Brian Bill.)
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Wonderful Cross
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, March 21, 2008
I found this YouTube video of Michael W. Smith in concert singing “Wonderful Cross.” You can hear the audience singing along with him. I hope you will not only watch the video but sing along also and remember what Good Friday is all about.
Good Friday Radio Interview
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, March 20, 2008
I am doing an interview about the true significance of Good Friday and Easter Sunday on WMBI-FM from 10-11 AM CDT Friday morning. Listeners in the Chicago area can hear the interview at 90.1 FM. Outside Chicago you can hear the interview by going to the WMBI website and clicking on “Listen Live” in the lefthand column.
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Special Note for Our Canadian Friends
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, March 20, 2008
This note is for the Canadian friends of Keep Believing Ministries. When we redesigned the website, we added a special field to the Donate button that allows you to make your gift in Canadian funds. We are grateful for all our supporters who love us and pray for us and give to help this ministry go forward. And we’re ...
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Eighteen Easter Sermons
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 17, 2008
Here are eighteen Easter sermons. You are welcome to use this material in any way that might be helpful to you as you prepare your heart for the celebration of our Lord’s resurrection from the dead.Where is Jesus When We Need Him? Going All In: “The Third Day He Rose From the Dead"Good News from the GraveyardEaster a ...
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Happy Holy Week
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, March 16, 2008
I woke up this morning thinking about three friends. One recently lost his job, one may be on the verge of losing his job, and third one doesn’t like her job. All three have questions about what God is doing, what he is saying, and why things aren’t going so well right now. I have heard from all three of my frie ...
Ed Mcollum on the Resurrection
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 8, 2007
Here are some thoughts on the resurrection of Jesus by my mentor in the ministry, Ed McCollum. When I was a teenager, I used to listen to him preach at the First Baptist Church of Littleville, Alabama. He was the first Bible expositor I ever heard. I can still remember how he took at least five years to go through the book ...
Korean Version of “Discovering God’s Will for Your Life”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 7, 2007
The Korean version of Discovering God’s Will for Your Life has just been released.
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Where Is Jesus When We Need Him?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 7, 2007
We have just posted a new Easter sermon:Where Is Jesus When We Need Him?Here is an excerpt:We all live somewhere between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We are on the long Emmaus Road journey together. There are times when we feel alone and overwhelmed and doubts creep in and our heart gives way and we feel like we can&rsquo ...
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Looking for a Good Friday Message?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, April 6, 2007
Tonight many churches will have Good Friday services. If you are speaking at such a service and still don’t have your message nailed down, you might want to check out this brief message by Paul Barreca, pastor of Faith Bible Church in Vineland, NJ, whose son is deployed with the troops in Iraq. Each week he sends out ...
What the Future Church May Look Like
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 5, 2007
Keith Drury teaches at Indiana Wesleyan University. Lately he has been studying his students to get some hints on what the next generation of church leaders might look like. He offers 25 prominent characteristics of the coming wave in the church. Here are a few that caught my eye.1. From larger churches, yet value smaller o ...
The Great Firewall of China
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 5, 2007
Is your favorite website banned in China? You can find out by going to the Great Firewall of China.
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Leah’s New Sermon CD Covers
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 5, 2007
Check out the brand-new sermon CD covers Leah designed for the five CD sets we plan to offer. Click on the Stealth Attack cover and a slide show will come up on your screen. It will take you through the CD covers and the individual CD labels for all five sets. Leah did the designs and Josh helped post them on the Internet.O ...
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A Note from Nepal
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Just received this email from a friend who serves in Nepal. Note that my friend uses “Lxxd” instead of “Lord” because of posssible email censorship in a country where Christians are often persecuted for their faith. Dr. Pritchard, I am writing from Nepal and am just so very thankful to hear the Lxxd speaking to you and thro ...
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First Interview for Stealth Attack
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 4, 2007
At 10:30 AM CDT I am doing my first radio interview for Stealth Attack, my new book on spiritual warfare. You can listen live on KDOV in Medford, Oregon.The book develops the concept of “asymmetric spiritual warfare,” in which a weaker power uses unconventional tactics to counter the overwhelming conventional military super ...
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Hell and Holy Week
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 2, 2007
Last week the Pope made headlines when he said that hell is a real place. Addressing a parish gathering in a suburb of Rome, he said noted that hell “really exists and is eternal, even if nobody talks about it much any more.” He’s definitely right that we don’t talk about it very much, even in church.When was th ...
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Begin to Weave and God Will Give the Thread
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, March 31, 2007
Years ago I ran across a German proverb that says, “Begin to weave and God will give the thread.” I always thought that was an extremely good way to look at life. Hebrews 11:1 reminds us that faith is the “evidence of things not seen.” Faith sees what others can’t and acts accordingly. Faith thus is not a feeling but ...
America’s Wake-Up Call—Interview Broadcast at 7 PM Tonight
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, March 30, 2007
Yesterday I recorded an interview with Bennett and Joyce Luke for their program America’s Wake-Up Call. It airs tonight at 7 PM CDT (8 PM EDT) on WCVX in Cincinnati. Click on “Listen Live” to hear the interview.
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Would You Like a Free Copy of Stealth Attack?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 26, 2007
Would you like a free copy of my newest book, Stealth Attack: Protecting Yourself Against Satan’s Plan to Destroy Your Life?I would like to give you a free copy if you will help us get the word out. Before I explain how you can get a copy, let me tell you about the book.Stealth Attack contains clear teaching about spi ...
Pontiac Bible Church
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, March 25, 2007
Here are some pictures from our visit to Pontiac (IL) Bible Church. I first met Brian Bill in May 1989 when I was a visiting preacher at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park. After I became the senior pastor, we served together on staff for three years and developed a friendship that has continued to this day. Seven-and-a-ha ...
Latest News from the KBM World Headquarters
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
This Sunday I’m speaking at Pontiac (IL) Bible Church in both morning services. This is a treat for me on several levels. When we moved to Oak Park in 1989, Brian Bill was one of the pastors on staff at Calvary Memorial Church. I knew immediately that he was a gifted leader. I can remember telling him early on that pa ...
A Quick Trip to Chicago
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 6, 2006
I flew to Chicago today to spend some time with Robert and Susan Odom. Robert is the president of Love INC, a dynamic ministry uniting Christians and local churches to reach out to the poor and needy. I am one of the speakers for their national conference in Minneapolis April 27-30. The three of us came to Chicago so we cou ...
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Six Months in Mississippi—A Self-Interview
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Quite a few people have asked how we’re doing and what our plans are for the future. In just a few days we will have been in Mississippi for six months. Here are the answers to a few questions that friends have asked.Q: Where exactly do you live? A: We’re living in a cabin by a lake a half-mile down a gravel roa ...
Do Atheists Make Good Church Members?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, March 28, 2006
A few days ago I blogged about Robert Jensen, the professor from the University of Texas who calls himself a “sort of” Christian even though he doesn’t believe in God or that Jesus was the son of God or that he rose from the dead. Even so, he recently joined St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. I wondered ...
Soothing Ourselves to Death
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, March 23, 2006
Chuck Colson has an important article in the current issue of Christianity Today called Soothing Ourselves to Death. Here are a few excerpts:I admit I prefer traditional hymns, but even so, I’m convinced that much of the music being written for the church today reflects an unfortunate trend—slipping across the line f ...
How to Raise Up Godly Fathers
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, March 21, 2006
My friend Peter Odanga in Kenya is concerned about the rise of fatherless children in African society. “Dad is either too traditional, unfaithful to his marriage, abusing the child. The boy child is rebellious; the girl child falls into the hands of the wrong people. My plea is that we should stop being Africans and become ...
The 21-Day Challenge
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, March 19, 2006
This morning I preached on “Discovering God’s Will” at the First Baptist Church of Tupelo. I ended the sermon by sharing the following story: My wife and I had lunch with friends who were visiting from a distant city. As we began our meal the thought passed through my mind that the husband looked more relaxed than I h ...
Back to the Cabin
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, March 17, 2006
After more than two weeks living out of suitcases, it’s time to go home to the cabin in the woods. Alan sent an email saying that the big logs have been replaced and the workers have finished all the related repairs. We haven’t been able to live in the cabin since before our trip to Florida on February 23. It wi ...
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Three Links Worth Checking Out
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, March 16, 2006
1) Creation-Evolution Headlines. Some creation-evolution sites seem a bit drab to me. But this one offers a ton of useful information, updated daily, in a rolling weblog format. The writers stay on top of the latest news, offering instant analysis of stories from a wide variety of sources. This is a good example of how the ...
Ants in the Pants of Faith
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, March 15, 2006
We had an excellent conference at Camp Wonderland. Of my four messages, the sermon on doubt attracted the most feedback. Several people thanked me for raising a topic that we rarely talk about in church. That’s too bad because doubt not only is not sinful, it can be a catalyst for spiritual growth. One writer called d ...
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