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Free Apps for China Broadcast
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 10
I have some good news for those who have been following our new thrice-weekly China broadcasts. We now have free iPhone and Android apps that will download the broadcasts directly to your smartphone: Free KBM China Apps The apps automatically download each new Mandarin program. We expect these apps to be the primary way we reach younger listeners i...
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Daily Bible Listening
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, January 6
Lately Marlene and I have started a new adventure in daily Bible listening. That’s right. Daily Bible listening.For a long time if you wanted to listen to the Bible, you had to buy a big set of CDs or DVDs. With the advent of smartphone apps, you can now listen to the whole Bible, read alone or read dramatically with music in the background.&...
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A Year-End Appeal from Keep Believing Ministries
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 28, 2011
As we come to the end of 2011, we are glad you are part of the Keep Believing family. It has been our pleasure to provide you with sermons, podcasts, videos, and other free biblical resources on the Keep Believing website.To put it simply, if we provide it ourselves, we give it away for free. That’s been our policy from the beginnin...
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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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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...
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…
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....
My 4037 Extremely Close Facebook Friends
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, August 26, 2011
In the beginning I was not a believer. At first I thought Facebook for was the kids, meaning the college-age crowd, which is in fact where it started out. Somewhat reluctantly I joined the Facebook revolution not quite two years ago. As of this moment, I have 4037 friends. That’s impressive, I suppose, until I look at the list and r...
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KBM Mobile Site Launches Today
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The brand-new KBM mobile website launches today. If you have an iPhone or an Android or some other smartphone, you can access it by typing in m.keepbelieving.com. There is also a link at the top of www.KeepBelieving.com that can be seen only by smartphone users. Using a mobile site means that we have optimized the font size and the margin…
Friday Scattershooting
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, January 7, 2011
News and notes from everywhere . . .*I have set out to use the new edition of Operation World in my prayer times this year. I highly recommend the book for anyone who wants the most up-to-the minute glimpse of what God is doing around the world.*"Snow Expected in Region This Weekend.” That’s the Friday headline in the Tupelo paper....
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A Weblog Review of 2010
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Since this is the last week of 2010, I have been taking stock of the past year and thinking about all that has happened. It’s certainly been eventful for us personally and for our ministry. Here are some of the monthly highlights from the KBM weblog: JanuaryBrit Hume Doubles Down Brit Hume reaffirms his conviction that Tiger Woods needs Jesus...
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When You’re On the Internet, You’re In Our Neighborhood
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, September 23, 2010
Several months ago we began working with Will Troxler, a young man who has his own design studio, to help us put together a tabletop display that we could use when we speak around the country. Working on this display forced us to ask the question, “What is the heart of Keep Believing Ministries?” We tried this and we tried that until we fina...
August was # 1
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, September 6, 2010
August was # 1.That’s a phrase you hardly ever hear. We usually talk about the “dog days” of August when things are hot, people are wrapping up summer vacations, and students are getting ready to go back to school. There aren’t any major holidays in August. The stretch run in baseball doesn’t start until September, foo...
My 3052 Best Friends in the World
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Do you Facebook?If you are reading this, the answer is probably yes, and since when did “Facebook” become a verb anyway? The answer is, since Facebook more or less took over the online world.Don’t believe me? Check out these numbers from the official Facebook Statistics Page:400 million users worldwide.50% of active users log on e…
KBM China Page Now Online
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, January 15, 2010
Over a year ago we organized a China Task Force to begin work on translating my sermons in Chinese so that KBM could reach the 1.1 billion Chinese-speaking people around the world. It turned into a very complicated project involving many technical issues regarding how to properly display Chinese characters on a website built for the English languag...
The Ten-Year Century
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, August 12, 2009
In a fascinating article published this week, Tom Hayes and Michael S. Malone argue that we have entered the era of the “ten-year century,” by which they mean that the pace of life has so rapidly accelerated that what used to happen in a century now happens in a decade. Changes that used to take generations—economic cycles, cultur...
FAQs for You
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I’m happy to announce a brand-new section of the KBM website called FAQs, which stands for Frequently Asked Questions. Those who surf the Internet know that most websites have an FAQs section for questions that com up over and over again.For some time we have wanted to devote a major section of the website to answering questions about the Bib...
I Can Relate to This
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, February 19, 2009
Marilyn Miller gave me a copy of this cartoon when we were at Mount Hermon. I think it’s the wave of the future. Or better yet, the future has already arrived.
Tuesday News and Notes
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, February 10, 2009
*The February edition of the KBM February 2009 newsletter is now online. The headline reads “Keep Believing Goes to the Philippines.” *Did you know that you can know make comments on any of the 800+ sermons in our database? We just added that feature a few weeks ago. *We’ve added two new blogs to our Blogroll—Post-Darwi...
My Twitter Flock
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, February 9, 2009
Two weeks ago I finally joined the Twitter revolution. Although my following of 74 people is relatively small (some people have thousands of followers), it’s still an interesting an eclectic group. A program called Twittersheep analyzes the profiles of my followers to create a “Twitter cloud” from the most-used key words. Looking ...
303,662 Visits
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, February 7, 2009
At the KBM board meeting today we talked about the fact that we are an online ministry. Since we redesigned our website in March 2008, we have had 303,662 visits from 206 countries. Increasingly we understand that we are not building a ministry in the usual sense of buying land and buildings. Not that we’re against that. We aren’t. We m...
Twittering My Life Away
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, January 22, 2009
This week I finally decided to start Twittering. Note the capital “T” because Twitter refers to the latest and greatest social networking craze. If you Facebook, think of Twitter as the status line at the to of the page that tells what you are doing at the moment. When you Twitter, you write down (in 140 characters, words and spaces) wh...
My Brand-New, Super-Amazing iPhone
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 31, 2008
For my last big purchase of 2008 I splurged and bought an iPhone, a picture of which I managed to take while holding the iPhone in my right hand and my camera in my left hand. I owe most of the credit to my friend Greg Kuehn, senior pastor of Sierra Bible Church in Reno, Nevada. When we were there for a Bible conference in October 2007, Greg had ju…
Top Ten Blog Entries for 2008
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, December 26, 2008
Here are the most popular blog entries of 2008. Politics and church life kept the waters stirred up all year long. Comments are still open on all of these entries. 1) Should Pastors Endorse Candidates from the Pulpit? Not surprising that in an election year, this drew the most comments. Not everyone agreed with my answer. 2) Sleepi...
December 2008 Newsletter
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, December 19, 2008
Check out the Keep Believing Ministries December 2008 newsletter. You’ll find the latest news about Keep Believing China, a report on the Pentagon Prayer Breakfast, and an update on the worldwide reach of our website. Did you know that since March, we have had 248,000 visits from 200 countries? …
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Email Update—Three Ways You Can Help Us
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, December 14, 2008
Several weeks I mentioned that the weekly sermon email (sent to 5200 people) has been blocked by AOL for the last six weeks. This sort of thing happens from time to time because the sermons somehow get wrongly rejected by the anti-spam software programs. This means that 500-600 people haven’t been receiving the sermons at all. They don’...
Odds and Ends
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, December 11, 2008
**We just sent out the final sermon in the three-part series from Psalm 103. Although it went out to over 5200 people, we have no idea how many will actually receive it because we continue to have problems getting it to the Inbox of all those people. AOL has been blocking the sermons for the last month. We are cautiously hopeful that we have a work...
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“Like Streams in this Desert”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 3, 2008
We received this email yesterday. I have removed all personal information for obvious reasons:Dear Rev. Ray,I am blessed by the messages given by you.I am living in Saudi Arabia, where it’s illegal to practice any other religion than Islam. Many good Christian websites are blocked from accessing. Your messages are like streams in this desert ...
Wednesday Odds and Ends
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 3, 2008
A few midweek items of interest . . .*If you are an AOL subscriber to the sermon list, you haven’t received the last two sermons because AOL has decided to block the sermons using their antispam software. This sort of thing happens routinely and those of us who don’t send out spam work hard to prevent it. We’re working on a soluti...
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Thirteen Questions
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, November 3, 2008
Thirteen questions and answers . . . 1) Where were you this weekend? Marlene and I spoke at Harvey Cedars Bible Conference in New Jersey.2) How did it go? We definitely enjoyed ourselves. One man came up at the end of the final session and said, “Every year this conference is special, but this year has been special times special.” ...
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Notes to the Keep Believing Family
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, October 13, 2008
*Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian friends. I don’t want to forget that since we’ll be traveling to Prince Edward Island on Wednesday.*Speaking of things not to forget, Marlene has already put our passports on the dining room table so we won’t forget them this time like we did during our trip to Montreal last November.*Here&rsquo...
Check Out the KBM Blogroll
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Check out the brand-new blogroll on the left-hand side of this page. Scroll down past the five main buttons, then Authors, then Popular Topics, and then you come to Blogroll. At the moment there are almost 60 different blogs listed. Here are a few quick notes:1. I have tried to include blogs from many different parts of the evangelical world.2. I d...
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If You Lose Your Cool, You Can’t Win
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, September 13, 2008
Several times this week I started to write something about the presidential race, but I haven’t been able to do it properly, mostly because I find myself getting irritated by the comments I read on the Internet and the statements made by certain members of the media. To be honest, more than once this week I’ve found myself getting angry...
Blogspotting
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Bruce Smith has a new weblog called Religion and Politics Report. Seth Godin explains the #1 most overlooked secret of building trust. Godly people laugh a lot. Milton Stanley has an excellent collection of expository links. Evidently the world didn’t end today. Michael Hyatt wonders Whatever Happened to Modesty?Stands to Reason offers resour…
Blogspotting
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, August 14, 2008
Here are a handful of useful articles and blog entries:Joe McKeever writes about three things to look for when you trying to find a good church. Steve Furtick reminds us that good opportunities must be seized because they don’t last forever. John Piper offers wise words about the Lakeland “revival."Ron Ethridge reminds us why...
A Note from Uganda
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, June 15, 2008
This morning I received the following message from a young man in Uganda:To Dr. RayDear brother in Christ,I am so glad to tell you how much you have blessed and inspired me. I believe the lord is using you to reach to people in different situations, to people like me. I am 19 years old, I love the Lord, I first heard you preach on our local Ch...
Welcome to the “New” Keep Believing Website
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, June 6, 2008
Welcome to the “new” Keep Believing website. I put the word “new” in quotes because most of the site looks exactly as it did before. The weblog is the one page that looks different than before—we have rearranged things to give more prominence to comments from our readers. You now have the ability to sign in using ...
Linking We Will Go
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 24, 2008
Check out this amazing collection of online interactive maps for understanding the land of the Bible. These free resources make it easy for any computer user to locate the places and events mentioned in the Bible.Speaking of maps, check out this map of the dominant religious groups in the U.S. on a county-by-county basis.Ch ...
Write a Prayer for a Friend
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 24, 2008
“I’m praying for you."How often have we said those four words? Christians routinely promise to pray for others. And such a promise, whether deeply felt or not, is always a wonderful gift. How encouraging it is to be going through a hard time and have someone who loves you say, “I’m praying for you."But there is ...
KBM Worldwide Outreach
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 21, 2008
Derek Taylor, our gifted web designer, just sent around a report showing that since we launched the new Keep Believing website on March 8, we have had visitors from 162 countries. Here are the top 15 countries in terms of visitors:1. United States2. Canada3. United Kingdom4. Philippines5. Australia6. India7. Singapore8. Sou ...
Sermon Delivery and Anti-Spam Software
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 21, 2008
Speaking of the sermon emails, we are still having problems getting the sermon through to certain subscribers. As far as we can tell, the sermons are being blocked by Hotmail and MSN. That means over 500 people on the list aren’t getting the sermons at all. It has to do with the anti-spam software that the big ISPs us ...
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Tupelo, Not Oak Park
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 21, 2008
I sent out a new sermon last night and began my message by saying, “Greetings from Oak Park” and mentioned riding my bike yesterday. It was a brain freeze. We’re in Tupelo, not Oak Park. That’s what I get for writing the intro notes at midnight.
Check Out the Keep Believing Links
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 7, 2008
Today we have added a Links section to the website. You will find it on the Blog page in the left-hand column. Scroll down past the Archives and the Categories. We organized the links this way:Bible Study ResourcesHere you will find websites that offer Bible commentaries and encyclopedias, Bible translations, and several mu ...
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News from China and Canada
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 7, 2008
1) This morning I received a note from ZDL Books in Beijing. They publish the Chinese translation of The ABCs of Wisdom. Here was the unexpected good news:"You will be glad to know that your book ’The ABC’s of Wisdom’ is now our best selling title! We have sold nearly 30,000 copies now and it is still go ...
How People Find Us
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, March 29, 2008
Earlier today Derek Taylor, our gifted web designer, sent a list of the keywords that people typed into a search engine that led them to the Keep Believing website. All of these searches happened in the last 48 hours. And many of them probably had never heard of this ministry. Here is the list:what about the the pigmy who n ...
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Irritability—A Moral Sin
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, March 28, 2008
Yesterday I listened to a sermon on 1 Corinthians 13 by Haddon Robinson in which he dealt with the phrase in v. 5 that says “love . . . is not easily provoked” (KJV). Other translations say “it is not irritable” (NLT), “not easily angered” (NET), “does not take offence” (NJB), is “not quick tempered” (CEV), is “not quickly ...
Twenty-Two Words
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 24, 2008
Abraham Piper (son of John)Writes a blog calledTwenty-two words.Every post contains onlyTwenty-two words.Very cool.Check it out.
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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: ...
Welcome!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, March 6, 2008
Welcome to the new Keep Believing website. Please pardon our dust! This website represents a major expansion of our ministry in order to make our resources available to more people in more places. In designing this site, we kept two things in mind:1) Making this site easy to navigate.2) Making it easy for new people to find ...
Me and Kenny Rogers
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Yesterday during my morning message at the Pastors Conference in Oklahoma, I mentioned going “all in” for Jesus. Today the men gave me a CD from Kenny Rogers featuring his song “The Gambler."I have been to a number of pastors conferences, but I’ve never met a more lively bunch than those guys in Oklahoma. They really ...
Why AOL Users Didn’t Receive This Week’s Sermon
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
We are having more and more problems with people not receiving the weekly sermon emails. That’s a growing problem with everyone who uses email both on the sending and receiving end because of the proliferation of spam. Last year spam messages increased by 100%, which anyone can attest by checking your email for fraudu ...
Oklahoma!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 3, 2008
This morning I’m on my way to my first-ever speaking engagement in Oklahoma. About a year ago I received an email from Randy Wilson, pastor of Bethany Free Will Baptist Church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (a suburb of Tulsa) asking if I would speak at the Oklahoma Free Will Baptist Pastors Conference. He became acquainte ...
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Bolivia Next
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, January 4, 2008
A few quick notes . . .1) Tonight we are getting ready for our first ministry trip of 2008. Tomorrow we leave for a nine-day trip to Bolivia where we will minister to missionaries serving with the South America Mission. To get there we will drive to Memphis, fly to Miami where we will spend the night, then on Sunday we fly ...
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The Next Great Awakening
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, January 4, 2008
Brian Bill passed along this quote from a summary of a book called Glocalization:The next Great Awakening, and perhaps the last, most likely will be global in scope since the world has gone global. The medium will likely be the Internet, not the preacher in the pulpit.Sounds right to me. Because the Internet levels the play ...
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“Islam and the Bible” Radio Interview Friday Morning
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, January 3, 2008
Friday morning I’m doing an interview on “Islam and the Bible” on American Family Radio from 10-11 AM CDT. The exact topic is “What the Bible says/What Islam says.” I’ll be doing the interview with Marvin Sanders and Kerby Anderson. You can hear the broadcast by going to American Family Radio and then clicking o ...
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2007—Looking Back on a Year in Blogging
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, December 28, 2007
Here are some of the most popular weblog entries of 2007. By “popular” I mean only that these entries brought the most feedback, not that people always agreed with what I wrote. In some cases readers disagreed strongly with some points that I made, which is fine with me. I am grateful to everyone who read this b ...
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& ...
A Christmas Benediction
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, December 24, 2007
Here’s a wonderful Christmas benediction that John Armstrong shared a year ago. He heard it in church and then mentioned it on his weblog.May you be filled with the wonder of Mary, the obedience of Joseph, the joy of the angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, the determination of the magi, and the peace of the Christ ...
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Mr. Sam
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, December 23, 2007
This morning at church one of the pastors made a presentation to an elderly gentleman known affectionately to the entire congregation as “Mr. Sam.” The pastor began by noting the price of gas in 1952 (17 cents/gallon) and the price of a new home ($17,000) and the cost of a stamp (3 cents). He went on to say that Mr. Sam mad ...
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WBCL Radio Interview This Morning
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, December 10, 2007
This morning I am being interviewed on WBCL radio in Fort Wayne, Indiana for a full hour, from 9-10 AM Eastern Time (8-9 AM Central Time). To listen live, go to the link above and then click on “Listen Now” on the left-hand side of the page.
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Four Prayers to Keep Your Heart on Track
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, December 9, 2007
In a recent newsletter (pdf) Ramesh Richard shares four prayers that keep his heart focused on the things that matter most:1. If I shame your name, please remove me.2. If I squander your resources, please remind me.3. If I shy away from opportunities, please reinforce me.4. If I steal your glory, please restrain me.Ramesh t ...
Panera Bread and Facebook
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 8, 2007
This morning I decided to go to Panera Bread to pick up some bagels for breakfast. I ended up coming back with bagels plus a few other goodies, enough for maybe 8 people, certainly more than Marlene and me and Dave and Lynette. But that’s part of the fun. You start looking at the display case and you end up buying mor ...
If I Believe, Why Do I Doubt?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 8, 2007
We have just posted a new sermon on the website called If I Believe, Why Do I Doubt? Here’s an excerpt:In times of trouble, keep going back to what you know to be true. When I hit my 50th birthday five years ago, I realized that I believe less now than I did 30 years ago. Back then I thought I had everything totally f ...
Podcasting in a Closet
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, September 13, 2007
Today I’ve been working on recording the introduction and the closing segments for our brand-new Keep Believing podcast. Even though the total recording time is only 30 seconds for the opening and a little over a minute for the closing, it hasn’t gone as smoothly as you might think.For one thing, I’ve been ...
French Edition of “The Healing Power of Forgiveness
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The French edition of The Healing Power of Forgiveness has just been released. It is available fromEditions VidaChemin du Moulin VedelR.N. 113Mas des Rosiers30900 NIMESFrance
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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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Biking Update
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, August 17, 2007
This week I’ve been riding my bike in 100+ degree weather. Yesterday I went 12 miles in 105 degree heat. Today I rode 16 miles at around 102 degrees. When it’s that hot (and very humid), you have keep yourself hydrated and not push too hard. I discovered a brand-new route that starts at our home on Valley Vista, ...
Inspirational Blogger Award
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, August 3, 2007
Congrats to Digitrail Blaze for winning the Inspirational Blogger Award.
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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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Blogspotting
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, July 11, 2007
A handful of noteworthy articles and websites:Stumbling After JesusOver 100 Foreign Missionaries Expelled by Chinese Government Secret Campaign (Here is the AP version of the story plus an update from the CT Blog plus a response from ELIC)The Amazing Human HairChildren Get Holier Than ThouSermons by David WilkersonBible Stu ...
Speaking This Sunday in Lombard, IL
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, July 9, 2007
We have just made a late addition to my schedule. This Sunday (July 15) I will be speaking at the Fountain of Life Church in Lombard, IL at 10 AM. We invite our friends in the Chicago area to come to the service. Rich Raad serves as the pastor of this dynamic, growing congregation.
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Bits and Pieces
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
*Here are three blogs worth checking out:The Normal Christian BlogBiblicalStudies.org.ukDigiTrail Blaze*Good News from China. There has been a Christian explosion among Chinese intellectuals. Read the whole article and you’ll discover that the term explosion is not an exaggeration. The church is China continues to gro ...
Just Do It
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Over the weekend we talked with someone (A) who told us about a friend of hers (B), someone she has known for many years. It seems that this friend (B) offended someone else (C) eight or nine years ago. The precise details don’t matter, except that what was done was petty and meanspirited. Now the course of life has c ...
Alaska!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, May 28, 2007
Although it took us 19 hours of travel, we finally made it to our hotel room in Fairbanks, Alaska about 10:30 PM last night. We immediately noticed that the sun had not yet gone down. In fact, sunset was listed at 11:50 PM and sunrise was set for 3:18 AM. That’s less that four hours of darkness, which is a misnomer be ...
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Anchor Book Depot Update
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
When we started Keep Believing Ministries a year ago, our first goal was to restart the Book Depot that allowed us to distribute over 300,000 of copies of An Anchor for the Soul for use in prison ministry, military ministry, disaster relief ministry, and for general missionary outreach. It has taken most of this first year ...
On the Road to Birmingham
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 23, 2007
This morning we are packing for the start of another long trip. In a few hours we’re leaving for Birmingham for Nick’s graduation this Saturday from Samford University. We’re going early because I’m speaking tonight at 6:30 PM at CrossPoint Church in Trussville, a suburb on the NE side of Birmingham. ...
Grumblers Anonymous
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, May 6, 2007
We have just posted a new sermon called Grumblers Anonymous. I preached this sermon at the Spring Bible Conference at New Brunswick Bible Institute, April 26-29, 2007. The conference ended with the graduation ceremonies. This message was part of my series on the parables of Jesus. Here’s an excerpt:I want to make a fe ...
Should Christian Leaders Receive Public Immunity?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, May 4, 2007
Last week I wrote an entry called Bill O’Reilly Doesn’t Quite Get It. My post drew quite a bit of comment and even stirred up a bit of debate about the existence of God. But the most fascinating response had nothing to do with what I wrote but with the fact that I wrote it at all. Someone sent an email objecting ...
Why We Should Pray and Never Give Up
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
An email arrived with some common questions about prayer:I teach a Bible Study course at my local church. The question that was asked, “Should I pray for something (believing the prayer will be answered) and then the next time I pray thank God for answering my prayer (although it has not come to fruition) or should I pray ...
Woodward Avenue Baptist Church
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 16, 2007
Yesterday Marlene and I had a wonderful time at Woodward Avenue Baptist Church in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. I grew up in that area so it was a sort of homecoming for me even though I didn’t know most of the people in the congregation. Pastor Ron Ethridge is a personal friend so we felt enormously welcomed from the momen ...
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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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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A Note to Bellsouth Customers
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 19, 2007
Several weeks ago I wrote about the problems that some people have receiving the weekly email sermons. In almost every case it happens because various companies use anti-spam filters that mistakenly regard the sermons as spam. Over the weekend we learned that Bellsouth has flagged the sermons as spam and has placed them in ...
Why We Don’t Have to Win Every Argument
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 19, 2007
We have just posted a new sermon on the website:Why We Don’t Have to Win Every ArgumentHere’s an excerpt:When I lived in Dallas in the 80s, I became friends with Oliver Price, director of the Bible Prayer Fellowship. He wrote a document called Forgotten Secrets to a Live Prayer Meeting. The subtitle tells you wh ...
Mid-Afternoon Ramblings
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, March 14, 2007
It’s time to go for a bike ride. But first a few items on my desk . . . 1) Doug Bandow offers an up-to-date look on the struggle for religious liberty in China. Here is the money quote:Yet even as the PRC grows in international confidence, its Communist party remains paranoid, fearful of the very diversity encouraged ...
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When Christians Disagree
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 12, 2007
We have just posted a new sermon on the website:When Christians DisagreeHere is an excerpt on three warning signs that you’ve let “your issue” impact your life negatively:Our danger is that not only will we disagree and separate, but that we’ll cross the line from justifiable disagreement to anger and bitterness ...
Miniature Earth
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Check out Miniature Earth for a sobering view of our world (HT to Dwight Nelson).Here are two blogs from the other side of the world:The Journey (Australia)Life in China
Two New Sermons
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, January 7, 2007
Here are the latest sermons on the KBM website:God’s Medicine for a Sick WorldAdoption: Plenty of Room in the Family
Back Online
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, January 7, 2007
We are back online now with the new format, which as you can tell doesn’t look a lot different from the old format. We’re on a new server and we’re using a new blog software. The Comments feature is turned back on and we welcome your comments on any topic. Special thanks to Nicko Sahlas for many hours of h ...
Moving Day
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, January 5, 2007
For the last few months we have been working on a redesign of the KBM website. Part of that process involves moving all our files to a new server. Like any large project, it takes time and must be done in a series of steps. We begin that process today. One of our goals is not to lose any of your comments during this transit ...
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Looking Back On a Year of Blogging
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Here are the most popular weblog entries of 2006. In terms of response, the first two stood out far above the rest. In compiling this list, I counted comments plus emails plus personal comments made to me. By “popular” I mean only that these entries brought the most feedback, not that people always agreed with what I wrote. ...
A Christmas Benediction
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, December 25, 2006
John Armstrong shares this benediction he heard at a Christmas Eve service:May you be filled with the wonder of Mary, the obedience of Joseph, the joy of the angels, the eagerness of the shepherds, the determination of the magi, and the peace of the Christ child. Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit bless you now and f ...
Nothing Unusual Ever Happens Around Here
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, December 25, 2006
Bethlehem, December 25, 2000 Years Ago—It’s been a quiet day in our little town. Local police reported no suspicious activity in the last 24 hours.The Greater Hebron Chamber of Commerce said yesterday that they project a 50% increase in tourism next year as a result of the decree by Caesar Augustus. Since Bethlehem i ...
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Christmas Eve Shout Out
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, December 24, 2006
It’s Christmas Eve in Gulf Shores and I can’t tell you where people are, but I can tell you where they aren’t. They aren’t anywhere near Gulf Shores. A teeming resort in the summer, the whole area is virtually deserted at the moment. Yesterday when I went shopping late in the afternoon, the mall was ...
Christmas on the Redneck Riviera
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, December 23, 2006
I am writing this note from a condo a few yards from the beach in Gulf Shores, AL. This particular area, a region that starts here and goes east into Florida—to Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach, Destin and then on to Panama City, is affectionately known at the Redneck Riviera. The beaches here are sparkling white, and outside ...
What God Wants for Christmas
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, December 23, 2006
I received this note from Brent Finchum, a missionary serving with Word of Life in Birmingham, AL: Just wanted to tell you that I preached from an outline you prepared this last Sunday. It was called What God Wants for Christmas from Micah 6:6-8. Thank you for putting these tools on the KBM website. It was a great starting ...
Out of Egypt
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, December 22, 2006
I have just posted the online version of this week’s sermon:Out of EgyptI included a link to some online paintings of the flight to Egypt that I forgot to include when I sent out the email sermon yesterday.
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My Highest Honor—Person of the Year
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, December 21, 2006
I don’t know if you heard, but I was just named Person of the Year by Time Magazine. No kidding. You would think that in a year filled with international tension that they would have chosen someone like President Bush or the president of Iran or that crazy guy who runs North Korea. Or you might think they would have g ...
After Jesus
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Tonight CNN presented a two-hour special called After Jesus: The First Christians. The program traces the beginnings of the Christian religion from its days as a sect within Judaism to its recognition as a favored religion by Emperor Constantine in AD 313. It attempts to grapple with a question that is both historical and t ...
China Tidbits
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, December 19, 2006
1) Do they celebrate Christmas in China? The answer is yes and no. The Chinese (especially in the larger cities) recognize the holiday and enjoy the bright lights, gift-giving and the part about Santa Claus but do not understand the message of the birth of Jesus. 2) Mark has posted some new pictures from his recent birthday ...
Knowing What Matters Most
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, December 15, 2006
All year long Christianity Today has been publishing a series of articles exploring how Christians can be a counterculture for the common good. Andy Crouch concludes the series with a penetrating article at the importance of knowing what’s important. In these days of enormous cultural confusion when we as Christians l ...
KBM and the Internet
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Last month I wrote about how the Internet is changing ministry. This week I received two emails that illustrate the point:1) From Malaysia Dr Pritchard, I wish to request for your permission to print 2 of your articles for our church bulletin. 1) The Agape Factor (16/11/2006) 2) How To Be A Godly Rebel (8/12/2006) My church ...
Four More Christmas Sermons
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, December 13, 2006
As you can tell, I’ve been ransacking my sermon archives to pull up all the Christmas sermons. This is part of our commitment at KBM to provide a wide range of free biblical resources via the Internet to people around the world. In the process, I discovered four sermons that had never been posted on the website. I jus ...
New Podcast and a New Audio Sermon
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, December 11, 2006
While I was in Chicago, I completed a podcast on the theme “Is Anger Always Sinful?” It’s fairly short, only about 6 minutes long. Lynette Hoy also uploaded the audio of a sermon I preached at Word of Life last week:Don’t You Believe in Miracles? (mp3 format)
Preparation Day
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, December 10, 2006
I am writing this note during the second quarter of the Cowboys-Saints football game. My back is to the screen but I can hear Al Michaels and John Madden describe the action. Marlene is resting on the sofa with Dudley sleeping on her lap. Jake, Alan’s chocolate lab, is spending the night with us because we forgot the ...
Christmas Survey in Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, December 2, 2006
Between now and December 25, Berean Bible Fellowship Church of Stroudsburg, PA will conduct a simple “Christmas Survey” as a means of engaging others in spiritual discussions. Pastor Davis Duggins says, During the Christmas season, many people are more open to spiritual issues. We want to respond to their openness by distri ...
Tuesday Links
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Mark has posted some new pictures from China. Josh has posted pictures of Thanksgiving at the cabin. Look for the November 28 entry.Andy McQuitty’s weekly note references something I wrote about the date of Jesus’ birth and draws some helpful application. Ryan Whitley writes a blog called Just One More.Check out ...
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Brimstone for the Broad-Minded
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, November 27, 2006
Tim Keller explains how to preach hell in a tolerant age. If we are going to faithfully preach the gospel, we must preach about hell to people who don’t want to hear about it. The loss of the doctrine of hell and judgment and the holiness of God does irreparable damage to our deepest comforts—our understanding of God& ...
A Voice From the Cutting Edge
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 17, 2006
Yesterday I wrote about how the Internet is changing the way we do ministry. Derek Taylor wrote a thoughtful follow-up that deserves a wide reading. Here is the heart of what he wrote:I want to echo what you said on today’s post about technology. Yesterday at work we had a very interesting speaker who is on the cuttin ...
Online Bible Translations
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 17, 2006
Looking for a website where you can find different Bible translations? Check out Online Translations of the Bible. They have more links to more translations (including some that are rather obscure) than any other site I’ve found. Excellent resource for pastors, Sunday School teachers, Bible teachers, and anyone wantin ...
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The Agape Factor
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 17, 2006
We have just posted the latest sermon in the series “The Transformed Life” from Romans 12-16: The Agape Factor: Twelve Ways to Love.
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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 ...
Mark Wants You on the Holy Land Tour
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, November 16, 2006
Writing from China, Mark explains why you need to sign up for the Holy Land tour (January 17-26)
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Three Noteworthy Articles
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Here are three articles only loosely connected . . . USA Today reports that blogging has now entered the classroom as an educational tool.Keith Drury has written a helpful analysis of how the Internet is changing the church. Church leaders would do well to consider all six points he raises. Click here to read responses to D ...
All Aboard for the Holy Land!
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Our Holy Land tour leaves in 62 days, 21 hours, 8 minutes, 4 seconds—according to the counter on Mark’s China blog. He will be flying from Shanghai and meeting our tour group in Tel Aviv. The rest of our group will be flying from Chicago, Atlanta or New York.I mention this to say that time is running out for you to s ...
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Where Have All the Pastors Gone?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 3, 2006
The email began very simply: “I am so discouraged.” The day before her pastor had resigned. Twelve years ago she had been brought back to the Lord by a pastor who seemed to be a godly man. Later he left his wife to enter the homosexual lifestyle. Then came a good pastor who was falsely accused of financial wrongdoing. Thoug ...
An Article and a Blog
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Brian Bill sent along two very helpful links:1) China’s New Legal Eagles. Evangelical leaders spur the civil rights movement as believers begin to speak out in order to nudge China toward freedom and true civil liberty. 2) Seth Godin’s Blog. Cutting edge marketing ideas from a leader in the field. Written for bu ...
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Encounter on the Escalator
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, September 20, 2006
On Monday I flew home from a weekend conference in Vineland, New Jersey. As sometimes happens on the back end of a trip, I was thinking about things I have to do this week and it seemed overwhelming. Frankly, I felt a bit discouraged. When I got the Atlanta airport, I was feeling tired and down and as I sat on the train tha ...
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Faith Bible Church
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, September 19, 2006
I have returned home from a weekend trip to New Jersey to speak at Faith Bible Church in Vineland, in south Jersey about 45 minutes east of Philadelphia. I was pleased to discover that there are many Word of Life connections at the church. Pastor Paul Barreca and his wife Kim met at Word of Life Bible Institute and many of ...
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KBM Board of Reference
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, August 25, 2006
Early in June we began assembling the KBM Board of Reference. These are key Christian leaders from around the country who believe in this ministry and are willing to lend their names to help us as we get started. We are grateful for their support and encouragement. I hope you will visit their websites and get to know them a ...
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Blogger is Not a Bad Word
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, August 20, 2006
I am writing this note about 4:20 PM on Sunday afternoon. In about an hour Marlene and I will be drive to Parkway Baptist Church in Tupelo for the final service of the Summer Harvest Revival. Last night and this morning Pastor Paul Brashier told the congregation that I am a “writer, speaker and blogger.” He said that when h ...
Revival Time
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, August 19, 2006
The following ad appeared in the Tupelo newspaper today:We start in a few hours with a hamburger supper followed by the “Pack-a-Pew” Saturday night service with a special emphasis on youth. I’ll be speaking on the topic, “Who Really Killed Jesus?"I think it’s been 25 years, at least, since I spoke at a revival m ...
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Outside In—a Blog About China
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, August 15, 2006
A friend tipped me off to a China blog called Outside In. It gives you a good sense of what’s it’s like for an American to live in China today.
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Interview with Kevin McCullough on WMCA Today
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, August 15, 2006
I am being interviewed by Kevin McCullough on WMCA in New York City today from 1:20-2 PM CDT. We’ll be talking about Credo plus I’m sure we’ll discuss Israel and the crisis in the Middle East.
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That’ll Do
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Recently I’ve written quite a bit on this weblog about the loss of congregational singing in our churches. I am happy to report that singing is alive and well at the MEF conference this week. I don’t know how Jamall Badry, the Executive Director of MEF, does it, but each year he arranges for a stellar line-up of ...
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Helpful Feedback on Congregational Singing
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Here is some feedback I’ve been getting from my series on congregational singing. The first comes from a friend who recently started attending a new church:One of the things that I have loved about Word of Life from the start is when we all sing together at the meeting house. The first year we were there, I was bowle ...
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Separating Fact From Fiction
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 23, 2006
Brian Bill began a new series on the Da Vinci Code this morning with a message entitled Separating Fact From Fiction.Today I received an email from a friend asking about Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that is edited by the readers. The English version contains over one million articles that are constantly being upd ...
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Prime Time America Interview Today
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, March 30, 2006
9:27 AM A friend emailed this thought: “I am trying to do more listening and less talking during my time with God, to make sure I don’t miss a thing he want to say to me.” That reminds me that this is Day 12 of the 21-Day Prayer Challenge. The prayer goes like this: “Heavenly Father, you are in charge of everyth ...
A “Sort of” Christian
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 13, 2006
Last Thursday I wrote an entry called “Pastor Ray, Isn’t That a Little Harsh?” , based on a question from a recent radio interview. It turns out that my entry stirred up a bit a controversy. The heart of it all stems from this comment: “If you deny the resurrection, you are not a Christian and should not be treated ...
“Pastor Ray, Isn’t That a Little Harsh?”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, March 9, 2006
This afternoon I taped a one-hour interview for “Christian Radio Magazine” that will air nationwide on Good Friday. We were discussing my new book, Credo: Believing in Something to Die For. Here was the final question of the interview:You write “If you truly do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, you have place ...
China in Twelve Days
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, January 3, 2006
11:45 AM “It does not matter whether or not people understand us or think we are even sane as long as we are true to God. Obedience to him is the important thing.” Theodore Epp9:12 AM One of our favorite Christmas cards came from some friends in Oak Park who sent us a card featuring traditional Chinese paper cutting. Each c ...
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Safer Than a Known Way
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, January 1, 2006
As we look ahead to the year that stretches before, here are four truths that ought to encourage us in 2006:1. God is already there because he is the God who goes before his people. 2. God promises to be with you no matter what happens to you this year. 3. If you know the Lord, the worst thing that can happen is that you wi ...
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Thursday, August 12, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, August 12, 2004
8:20 PM Throughout history many famous people have been nominated as the Antichrist. Click here to take the "Name the Antichrist" quiz. 3:04 PM Today's entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called God Speaks Today. 1:35 PM This is sad but not surprising. How long till this happens in America? Answer: Not as long as we think....
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Sunday, August 1, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, August 1, 2004
4:01 PM I'm writing this update from the "docking station" in the lobby of the Administration Building at Mount Hermon Conference Center. Behind me I can hear families coming and going as they check-in for Dallas Week, which begins with supper tonight. This morning I preached on "You Can Stumble But You Won't Fall" ...
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Friday, July 30, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, July 30, 2004
11:06 AM Later today 48 men from Calvary will travel to Indianapolis for the Promise Keepers conference. This year's theme is "Uprising: The Revolution of a Man's Soul."...
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Monday, July 26, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, July 26, 2004
2:12 PM Mark and his friend Dave McKee have been visiting my brother Alan in Tupelo, Mississippi. When we talked to him several hours ago, they were just leving Tupelo on their way home to Oak Park. Mark said they will not arrive until late tonight because they are stopping for dinner at Lambert's Restaurant in Sikeston, Mi...
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Saturday, June 12, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, June 12, 2004
2:15 PM Today's entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Notes From the Funeral 2:12 PM The Faith and Freedom Concert starts in 4 hours, 48 minutes. 2:11 PM The following people are being baptized tomorrow:8:30 AM Millie Bensen 10:00 AM Amanda Byrne Anthony Trader Jacob Trader Evan Trader Scott Hall 11:30 AM Pam Bartlett Luk...
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Friday, May 28, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, May 28, 2004
5:35 PM I think I should go see this movie. 11:04 AM Counting down … 9 days until the Family Fun Fest—June 6, 12:30-2:30 PM 15 days until the Faith and Freedom Concert—June 12, 7 PM 11:01 AM Marvin Olasky was among a small group of journalists who met with President Bush on Wednesday. This is his report. ...
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Friday, May 7, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, May 7, 2004
9:32 PM Just back from a dinner date with Marlene at La Piazza, a new Italian restaurant on Circle Avenue in Forest Park. Several weeks ago I read a favorable review in the Chicago Tribune so tonight Marlene and I tried it out. Generally I'm not big on Italian food—mostly because my understanding of that particular cu...
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Sunday, April 25, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, April 25, 2004
9:49 PM So many good things happened in church today it's hard to name them all. Our Upper Room Service in the renovated gym continues to draw capacity crowds. Today our high school students led the worship and did a wonderful job. At the 10 AM service we baptized three high school students in the sanctuary. We decided to s...
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Saturday, April 24, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 24, 2004
10:30 PM When I arrived at church this afternoon to perform the wedding ceremony for Luke Bartlett and Pamela Gonwa, I noticed two things immediately. First, there was a horse and carriage tied up to the rail by the ramp leading into the sanctuary. A man in top coat and tails sat in the carriage. Luke had arranged for Pamel...
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Thursday, April 22, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, April 22, 2004
9:16 AM Eric Rubio (one of our high school students) sends the following report on the Christian response ("Day of Purity") to yesterday's pro-homosexual "Day of Silence" observed by some of the students at Oak Park-River Forest High School: I would guess that at least forty percent of the student body was participa...
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Saturday, April 17, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 17, 2004
10:45 AM I got up early and took a two-hour through Whittier (where Rick and Joanne Hale live). I made it all the way to Whittier Boulevard, then turned back and headed for home. When I got to Colima Blvd., it started sprinkling. By the time I got to Broadway the rain was falling steadily. I was soaking wet when I got back ...
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Friday, December 12, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, December 12, 2003
10:05 PM Big renovation news I forgot to mention earlier: The permanent surface for the gym was delivered today. Right now it's stacked in boxes right on the subfloor. The workers should begin installing it next week. 9:39 PM Fun time with the junior highers tonight. The girls were all dressed up and the guys were wearing s...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, December 9, 2003
7:21 PM David Limbaugh documents the increasing hostility to Christianity in our society. He ends with a question worthy of discussion:It's one thing for Christians to argue that they should rejoice in their persecution – that's even biblical. But it's an entirely different matter for us to stand by idly as our cultur...
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Friday, November 28, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, November 28, 2003
9:36 PM Notable Quote: "In the world it is called tolerance, but in hell it is called despair … the sin that believes in nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die. - Dorothy Sayers" ...
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