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We Prayed for China Today
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 26
The first Keep Believing China broadcast is now in the books. We have heard from friends in Florida, New York, Michigan, Texas, Oregon, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Montreal, South Korea, Nigeria, Tanzania, Alaska, Haiti, Chicago, Pontiac and New Lenox, IL who were praying with us. Here are few pictures we have received:…
Will You Be One of the 1000 on March 26?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, March 3
The first Keep Believing broadcast to China begins in a little over three weeks. On Monday, March 26, at 7 PM in China, we will broadcast our first program from the Trans World Radio facilities on Guam. 7 PM in China equals 7 AM in New York, Atlanta, and Hudson, Florida.That’s 6 AM in Tupelo, Dallas, and Chicago. It’s 5 AM in Denver, Sa...
Will You Be One of the 1000?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, February 10
45 days and counting.That’s how many days until the first Keep Believing China broadcast beams into mainland China. On Monday, March 26 we’ll begin a thrice-weekly broadcast (MWF) into China with a potential listening audience of 878 million people.We’re asking God for 1000 people to join us in prayer as the first broadcast airs...
“My Wife Secretly Prayed for Me”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, February 4
“My wife secretly prayed for me."I heard the man say it as he shared his testimony of how he came to Christ from a Hindu background. His wife (who was also Hindu) came to Christ when someone shared the gospel with her. He was not happy about it, but he loved his wife and since she didn’t interfere with his idol worship, he made pe...
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Many Will Pray for China on March 26
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, January 25
We’ve had excellent response to our call for 1000 people to join us in prayer at 6 AM on Monday, March 26. At that hour the first-ever Keep Believing China broadcast will beam into mainland China from the island of Guam. Here are some responses:From a friend in another country: “I will get up early on March 26 and pray for the First Bro...
A “So That” Prayer for China
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, January 24
After Robert Schuler attended one of our Chicago home meetings for the new China partnership with Trans World Radio, he wrote me a note containing his “so that” pray for China:"I’ll be praying every day between now and 3/26 - that God would prepare the hearts of the Chinese people, that He would bring attention to the broadc...
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So That
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, January 23
A few years ago my friend Robert Schuler shared with me one of the most important insights on prayer I’ve ever heard. Over supper one night Robert told us how he prayed:"When I pray I always try to include the phrase ’so that.’ I heard a guest preacher mention that in a sermon several years ago, and I’ve been doing i...
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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...
How to Pray for Those Who Travel
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
This morning Marlene and I are driving to Dallas for what will be our longest trip of the year–17 days in all. On Thursday Mark and I are flying from Dallas to Seoul, South Korea and then on to Jeju Island where we will team-teach 1 Peter next week at Word of Life Bible Institute. On October 29 we’ll fly to Dalian, China to spend a few ...
New eBook Released Today
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, September 12, 2011
I’m pleased to announce the release of our newest free ebook. You can download my book And When You Pray: The Deeper Meaning of the Lord’s Prayer in Kindle, Nook, and PDF formats. Click on the link to download your free ebook. Please note that the free version is only available at the KBM website. If you go to...
Praying Through the Alphabet
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, June 16, 2011
Have you ever tried to pray through the alphabet?You do it by praying through a list of friends and loved ones, starting with the “A” names, then the “B” names, and on through the alphabet, taking a different letter each day. We got the idea from Peter Faulkner who used Facebook to keep us posted as he did that recently.&nbs...
Bob and Amber’s Excellent Adventure
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, May 15, 2011
“Bob Leland said you would know what to do with this."With those few words, the young man handed me the piece of paper and walked away. He gave it to me just before the start of one of the services at New Brunswick Bible Institute. Looking at the paper, I saw that it was folded and stapled, with “Pastor Ray Pritchard” writte...
Give Him No Rest
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, January 15, 2011
“You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth” (Isaiah 62:6-7)."Give him no rest."Give who no rest? God.The Lord invites his people to pray, asks them to pray, commands them to pray, begs them to pray. And then he says, “When...
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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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No Hopeless Cases
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, December 30, 2010
If you follow this blog, you know that we talk quite a bit about our little “gospel book” called An Anchor for the Soul. I’ve often told people that the book itself can do nothing. By itself it’s just ink and paper with a glossy cover. But when the Holy Spirit moves, lives are changed.Last year at Christmas, a friend gave a ...
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How to Pray for a Friend
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, December 28, 2010
A few days ago we received an email from a friend who said she was praying for us. Then she went to tell us how she was praying for us. I was so struck by what our friend wrote that I thought I would share it with you: What do I wish for you in this coming year? What DON’T I wish for you? I would pray that, most of all God would keep you focu...
Saturday Night Thoughts
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, October 23, 2010
A few Saturday night thoughts . . . 1. After visiting three different Chinese house churches, we were impressed with their emphasis on prayer. In American churches, we pray and then we get down to business. In China prayer is their business. They pray together, they pray out loud, and they pray often. Peter Wang put it very simply, “When you ...
Andy and Alice McQuitty on “Life Today”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, August 15, 2010
Last year I wrote several times about my friend Andy McQuitty, pastor of Irving (TX) Bible Church, who was diagnosed in the summer of 2009 with Stage 4 colon cancer. Marlene and I have known Andy and his wife Alice since 1983 when we served together at Northeast Bible Church in Garland, Texas. They are dear friends to us. On Monday and Tuesda...
Don’t Mention Jesus And You Won’t Get in Trouble
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, July 15, 2010
The latest news on the culture war front comes from North Carolina. It seems that Pastor Ron Baity of Berean Baptist Church in Winston-Salem was named an “honorary chaplain” of the North Carolina House of Representatives. Although he had been invited to lead in prayer for an entire but that invitation was rescinded after he refused to o...
What F. B. Meyer Taught Me About Prayer
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, June 25, 2010
F. B. Meyer was a famous British Bible in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. During his long and fruitful ministry, he wrote many helpful books on the spiritual life and a number of studies of different Bible characters. I recommend all his works to you. In one of his books he talks about a certain method of prayer that helped him appropriate the ...
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Prayers That Changed My Life
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, June 24, 2010
I have no idea how many prayers I’ve prayed in my life. Probably the most meaningful prayers have come in moments of great personal need. There are prayers of worship, praise, confession, thanksgiving and intercession. Here are a few prayers that have changed my life in various ways. Jesus, if you are real, come into my life.I prayed th...
A Disciple’s Renewal
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, May 21, 2010
Yesterday Ron Thweatt reprinted a prayer called “A Disciple’s Renewal,” taken from the fine book Valley of Vision, a collection of Puritan prayers. Almost 20 years ago Skip Olson gave me a copy of the book, and though it became dog-eared and worn and the binding began to fall apart, I taped it up and still have my original copy. I...
Praying for Leaders With Whom You Disagree
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, May 6, 2010
So how do you pray for those in power when you didn’t vote for them? Leaving all politics aside, it helps to remember that in any contested election, there will always been winners and losers. Someone is bound to be disappointed. In 1884 Democrat Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James Blaine in one of the closest elections in American his...
Should I Pray for the Job I Really Want?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 28, 2010
A friend sent an email asking a question that many people have wondered about when facing big decisions. At the moment he is looking for a job, having been laid off as a result of the recession. After many years building a fine career in his chosen field, he now stands at a crossroads. Here is part of what he wrote, with some of the identifying det...
40-40-40
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
My friend Rich Bonham told me about an exciting prayer initiative timed to coincide with the 40 days of Lent. The Pray Europe movement challenges Christians to . . . 40 days of prayer for40 counties in Europe for 40 seconds a day.Now that’s an idea we can all get our hands around. Once you go to the website, you find links for all the countri...
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Prayer for a Prodigal Husband
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, January 18, 2010
Heavenly Father, we come to you, O Lord, because you are the Almighty God and nothing is too hard for you. We come because you are the maker of heaven and earth, and you hold each of us in your hand. We come because you have told us we can come, and in Jesus Christ the way is now open to pour out our hearts to you. Father, my friend has wandered fa...
Saved After 45 Years
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, November 30, 2009
During his sermon yesterday, our pastor stopped for a moment and held up a Bible that was given to him when he was in high school 45 years ago. Written in the margin were the names of four people. On a regular basis he had prayed for their salvation. One was a brother he led to Christ some years old. One was an older brother who is 76 years ago. &l…
Lord’s Prayer Book Now Online
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 15, 2009
A few years ago I wrote a book on the Lord’s Prayer called “And When You Pray.” When I finished writing it, I came away deeply impressed with how profound this little prayer is. If someone asks, “What does Christian prayer look like?” the answer is, “It looks like the Lord’s Prayer.” Everything that i...
The Most Important Thing You Can Do
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, September 25, 2009
Each week we receive an email update from Greg and Carolyn Kirschner, our dear friends who are serving as medical missionaries in Jos, Nigeria during the last half of 2009. I was struck by their comments at the end of the update about the importance of prayer. When questioned about the most important commandments, Jesus basically told his followers...
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Praying for the Sick
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, August 29, 2009
I just completed a two-part sermon series on praying for the sick:Praying for the Sick–Part 1 Praying for the Sick–Part 2 In the first part I looked in some detail at the four-step process outlined in James 5:14-15. In the second part I discussed the importance of understanding “healing” from a broader perspecti...
This and That
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, August 12, 2009
*Last night I spent an hour talking with Peter Wang in China via Skype. As you can tell from the picture, he was wearing a brand-new Keep Believing t-shirt that we sent over from the States. For over three years Peter has been preaching my sermons to the house church he pastors. Only he doesn’t just preach my sermons directly. He studies the ...
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Pray for Colson Taylor
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, July 8, 2009
I am writing this note to ask you to pray for Colson Taylor, the newborn son of Derek and Deneen Taylor. Colson arrived several weeks earlier than expected, and since then he’s had a rough go of it. Derek started this webpage where you can go for the latest news and also to offer your prayers for Colson and for the whole family.Derek and Dene...
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Join the KBM Prayer Team
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, June 19, 2009
We need your prayers!Since February we’ve been sending out a weekly Keep Believing prayer update by email. It’s about one page long and contains some personal updates on the ministry, news about our travels and current projects, and some special prayer needs.If you would like to be part of the KBM Prayer Team and receive the weekl...
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Jamie Mitchell’s Prayer at the Pennsylvania House
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, June 15, 2009
Last Wednesday Jamie Mitchell, pastor of NewSong Fellowship Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was asked to give the opening prayer at the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Usually these prayers are so bland as to be utterly forgettable. Jamie’s prayer was definitely not bland. By way of full disclosure, I should add that Jamie is ...
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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...
Unless You Pray
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, May 18, 2009
A friend wrote a note saying that she was copying this part of my sermon What If and taping it on her computer as a reminder to pray for others:
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Pray for Don Gerig
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Not long after we moved to Oak Park in 1989, I met Don Gerig, my immediate predecessor as pastor of Calvary Memorial Church. He served with great distinction for ten years and led the church through the relocation process after the devastating fire in 1977. During all the years of my pastorate at Calvary and in the years since then, Don has b...
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Pray for the Keep Believing Philippines Project
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, March 23, 2009
This week’s prayer update focuses on the KBM Philippines Project. We’ve attempted to give you a day by day guide for praying for us during the next 2 weeks. We appreciate and depend on your prayer support while we’re away and can’t wait to give you a report of what God is doing in the Philippines when we return.We p...
Prayer When All Hell Breaks Loose
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, February 23, 2009
Over the weekend I received an email from a friend who said:We need your prayers, all hell has broken loose in our lives the devil has attacked me on my job, in our finances and upon my ministry. Please keep us in your prayers we need a breakthrough.It occurred to me that in these uncertain economic times, when so many are losing their jobs and whe...
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Prayer After a Sudden Death
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, February 7, 2009
This morning the email brought sad news of the sudden death in the family of someone we know. A friend’s father died last night of a sudden and massive heart attack. He had just turned 60. The whole family is in shock right now even as they begin the process of making funeral arrangements. What do we say in a time like this? How should we pra...
Would You Join Our Prayer Team?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, January 18, 2009
We would like to invite you to join the KBM prayer team. Here’s what you need to know. As God continues to open new doors, we feel the need to build a strong base of praying friends who will uphold us in prayer. We know that many people pray for us already. Now we want to go to the next step of giving those friends regular updates so they wil...
A “Yes” in Disguise
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, January 16, 2009
You’ve probably heard the famous story of how Jesus cast the legion of demons out of a man who lived in the region of the Gerasenes on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee (Luke 8:26-39). In that story three requests are made of Jesus:The demons request to be sent into the swine . . . Granted.The people of the region ask Jesus to leave . ....
His Prayers Made the Difference
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, January 5, 2009
This morning’s funeral service for John Sergey lasted an hour-and-a-half, longer than usual, but that was to be expected for a man who lived so long (91 years) and accomplished so much. But in listening to family and friends, one fact stood out above everything else. John Sergey was a man of prayer. I think Sergei Nikolaev, pastor of the Temp...
I’m Glad Rick Warren Said Yes
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, December 20, 2008
All in all, I’m glad Barack Obama invited Rick Warren to lead the opening prayer at next month’s presidential inauguration. I say that even though I share some of the reservations raised by other evangelicals. But weighing everything, I’m glad that the president-elect asked him, and I’m glad Rick Warren said yes. Here’...
Prayer for a Marriage on the Brink
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, December 4, 2008
A few days ago I received the sad news of the impending divorce of some friends we have known for many years. Because we haven’t seen them in a long time, we didn’t have a hint of any trouble in their marriage. The crisis seemed to come out of nowhere. Understandably, family members are struggling with the news and trying to help any way...
Pray for Europe Today
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 23, 2008
Greater Europe Mission has set aside October 23 as a special Day of Prayer for Europe. Click on the interactive map to see details regarding the spiritual needs of each European country.…
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Time to Pray for “the Other Guy”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, October 18, 2008
Last night during my sermon on loving your enemies, I was convicted about something. That doesn’t happen very often—conviction while I’m preaching, I mean. I’m usually convicted about my shortcomings during the ongoing, ordinary, day-to-day stuff of life. But lats night while I was preaching, the thought occurred to me that ...
How to Pray for Your Grandchildren
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, October 11, 2008
I received a nice note from some new friends we met at Cannon Beach this week. After I gave a message based on Philippians 1:9-11 on how to pray for your grandchildren, I challenged the hearers (it was a retirees conference) to pray this prayer for their children and grandchildren. My friends from Bellingham, Washington decided to take that to hear...
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Yes, Lord, Yes
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Last night I began and ended my sermon with the challenge to pray, “Lord, do things I’m not used to.” When the pastor gave the invitation, the front of the church was filled with people—30-40, maybe more—kneeling and praying. The pastor said that he had challenged the congregation to say, “Yes, Lord, yes,” ...
We Need Another Miracle, Lord
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Late last night I received an email from Michele Hoekstra saying that our dear friend Heather Bosgraf is having surgery today to remove a tumor at the base of her brain. When we were in Chicago ten days ago, we heard that Heather had not been feeling well, but it didn’t sound serious. “So much has happened today,” Michele said whe...
“Praying For Your Prodigal” Podcast
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, May 15, 2008
We have just uploaded a new podcast featuring a message called Praying for Your Prodigal. You can download the file from the KBM website, listen to it online, or listen to it on iTunes. If you have a loved one who is a prodigal, listen to this message. God may use it to give you hope to keep believing, to keep on praying, a ...
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The Gospel in Two Words
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, May 15, 2008
A few days ago I read a pre-publication manuscript by Julie-Allyson Ieron called “The Overwhelmed Woman’s Guide to … Caring for Aging Parents.” One chapter talks about the challenge of sharing Christ with aging parents, grandparents and other relatives. As your loved ones grow older, the importance of sharing the Good ...
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“He is not saved yet”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, May 3, 2008
When we asked one of the Josiah Venture missionaries if she comes from a Christian family, she replied no, but her mother has accepted Christ. Then speaking of her brother, she said, “He is not saved yet."Not, “He is not saved."But, “He is not saved yet."Thus does faith work through hope. That little word “yet” makes all th ...
Audio from Saturday morning session in the Czech Republic
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, May 3, 2008
This morning I spoke to the Josiah Venture conference on Spiritual Warfare in the Days. You can hear this session by going to the Audio section and downloading the file or listening to it on the mp3 players. It was one of those moments when I was aware that the Holy Spirit was at work during my talk. That doesn’t happ ...
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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 ...
“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 ...
A Prayer for Spiritual Warriors
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, June 25, 2007
In preparing my first message on spiritual warfare, I ran across this prayer taken from The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions by Arthur Bennett.O Lord,I bless thee that the issue of the battle between thyself and Satan has never been uncertain, and will end in victory.Calvary broke th ...
Word of Life, Day 1
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, June 24, 2007
I am writing this note from Word of Life Inn in Schroon Lake, New York, high in the Adirondack Mountains. I arrived here last night for the opening week of the summer camp season. This morning was picture postcard perfect—blue skies, emerald green forests, a few wispy clouds, light breeze, and calm water on the lake. It is ...
When You Pray, Never Give Up
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, June 5, 2007
We have just posted a new sermon on the website:When You Pray, Never Give UpHere’s an excerpt:Many prayers we pray shouldn’t be answered because they are so shallow. If God answered every prayer the first time we prayed, we would soon become complacent in our faith. Because God conditions his answers on our pers ...
Hello from Juneau
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, June 3, 2007
This morning we arrived in Juneau, the capital of Alaska, a little city nestled by the sea, surrounded by vast mountains. Did you know there are no roads leading to Juneau? The only way here is by air or by sea. There are three massive cruise liners docked here at the moment. The passengers have the full day to explore the ...
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Lessons for Modern-Day Sowers of the Word
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, May 27, 2007
We’ve just posted a new sermon on the website: Lessons for Modern-Day Sowers of the Word. Here’s an excerpt:It’s easy for a pastor to be sidetracked into a thousand things that don’t really matter in the ministry. I meet pastors all the time who work hard, stay busy all week long, and have their hand ...
A Pastor’s Prayer of Forgiveness
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, May 21, 2007
This afternoon I did a one-hour radio interview with Kerby Anderson and Carmen Pate on a program called Point of View. Near the end we took a call from a man who said that he struggles with resentment toward others. He asked a very crucial question. “Is there a prayer I could pray that will help me forgive, and if so, how o ...
What is a Christian?
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, May 20, 2007
Last Sunday I preached at Calvary Baptist Church in Tupelo on What is a Christian? I actually started thinking about the topic when Al Sharpton stirred up a theological kerfuffle during a debate with atheist Christopher Hitchens. During one exchange he said something that seemed to imply that Mormons don’t believe in ...
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 ...
Speaking in Arlington Heights This Sunday
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
This Sunday I’m speaking at Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church, 1330 N. Douglas Ave, Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Phone: 847-392-4840. I will be speaking in all three morning services—8, 9:30 and 11 AM. If you are in the Chicago area, I hope you will join us for one of the services.
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A Prayer for Every Day
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, April 23, 2007
Currently Marlene and I are reading through Isaiah together. Our practice is that one of us reads a chapter and the other prays. Today Marlene read Isaiah 42 and I prayed. As she read the chapter, verse 8 caught my attenion. “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to anyone else.” There are many simi ...
Inside the Wedding Ring
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 21, 2007
We have just posted a new sermon called Inside the Wedding Ring. Here’s an excerpt:I do not tire of quoting Jess Moody who said that people choose a church with their noses. They can smell the joy.That’s as good a summary as I’ve ever heard. People can smell the joy on Sunday morning. And they can smell th ...
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Father Mychal’s Prayer
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, February 1, 2007
This morning President Bush spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. You can read the text of his remarks here. During his brief comments, the president mentioned Father Mychal Judge, a chaplain with the New York Fire Department who lost his life when the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11. Father Mychal had ...
China News
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, February 1, 2007
Anthony Bollback has posted the latest edition of China Clippings. Josh and Leah visited China while we were in the Holy Land. Here are some photos from their trip. Here is an updated report on religious freedom in China. The article notes the continuing need for trained leaders for the burgeoning Christian movement in Chin ...
Uncommon Prayer—The Twelve Stations of Love
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Monday, November 20, 2006
Phil Miglioratti of the National Pastors Prayer Network took last week’s sermon on The Agape Factor and turned it into a unique concept called Uncommon Prayer—The Twelve Stations of Love.. This is an excellent example of how preaching and corporate prayer can complement each other. By the way, recently Phil was inter ...
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“My Childhood Pastor”
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, November 19, 2006
This has been one of the satisfying days of my pastoral ministry. It all started twenty-three years ago when I became the pastor of Northeast Bible Church in Garland, Texas. The church was a year old when Marlene and I moved from Downey, California to Garland where I became the first pastor of the new church. For the few we ...
Pastors and the Struggle of Prayer
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Phil Miglioratti has just posted an interview I did with him on Pastors and the Struggle of Prayer. Here is the heart of the interview:All of us as pastors struggle with prayer. And that struggle itself is not sinful. It is a reminder that we are made of flesh and that something in us will fight against prayer because praye ...
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China Clippings
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Anthony Bollback has posted the October issue of China Clippings. This month’s edition focuses on the spread of the gospel along the ancient Silk Road, part of the movement to take the gospel from China into the Muslim countries to the west and ultimately back to Jerusalem, where it all began 2000 years ago.
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Urgent Prayer Request
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, October 12, 2006
12:17 PM CDT I just received the following request for prayer:Please pray for a brother on an Asian island who is facing eternity in the next few hours for his faith. For security reasons, I cannot give more details but there is no doubt that this is true. When I asked my contact how we should pray, this was the answer I wa ...
Sermons at Sierra Bible Church
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, October 11, 2006
I am writing this note late on Tuesday night after the final service of the Bible conference at Sierra Bible Church in Reno, Nevada. God met us in an unusual way during these days. I think it would be the unanimous sense of the congregation that this was far more than a Bible conference. It was a time in which the Lord reve ...
One-Sentence Prayers
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Recently I have been thinking about the prayers I pray, especially the one-sentence prayers that come so often to mind. These are “arrow prayers” that shoot from earth to heaven and reach the heart of God. If it seems odd to pray one-sentence prayers, I remind you that the Lord’s Prayer is essentially six short petiti ...
Word of Life Alaskan Cruise 2007
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Several months ago I was invited by Word of Life to be the Bible teacher on an Alaskan cruise next May. 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 ...
Pictures from the KBM Board Retreat
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, June 4, 2006
Here are a few pictures Peter Faulkner took of the KBM board retreat at the cabin in the woods north of Tupelo, Mississippi:Seated (L-R): Ray Pritchard, Phyllis Raad, Judy Faulkner; Standing (L-R) Dave Hoy, Marlene Pritchard, MaryAnn Spiegel, Cliff Raad, Peter FaulknerFive board members plus DudleyNot everyone is singingA ...
The Immigration Debate
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, May 18, 2006
After talking about American Idol, we never got around to Credo because Kevin decided to ask me to frame a biblical response to the immigration debate. He told me between breaks that no other issue has so polarized his audience. So he decided on the spur of the moment to ask me to offer some biblical principles that can gui ...
The Wedding Shower
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, May 6, 2006
Regular readers of this blog know that our oldest son Josh is marrying Leah Thayer in July. Today there was a wedding shower for some Chicago-area friends at a home in Oak Park. I am no expert on these things, since I can only remember attending one or two showers in my life, and never for the whole time. Leah’s paren ...
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All Green in Mississippi
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, April 22, 2006
5:21 PM 642 miles.9:42 AM The blogosphere is now 60 times larger than it was 3 years ago. Technorati.com now tracks 35 million blogs, with a new blog being created every second. 9:38 AM The Boston Globe says blogging is good for your career. The article offers eight benefits of blogging. I love the last one: “Blogging makes ...
Resurrection Podcast
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, April 14, 2006
I just recorded a new podcast with Stacy Harp on the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus.
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Quick Notes from New York
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Quick notes from Day 1 at Word of Life Bible Institute. . . We’re off to a good start on a busy week. I’m teaching ten classes on Galatians to 325 first-year students. Then I’m speaking four other times, plus we have five other meetings. So there’s not a lot of down time. . . . It’s cold in ups ...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Wednesday, April 28, 2004
7:05 PM I met a student named Daniel who told me he comes from Timbuktu, in the country of Mali, in Africa. 5:46 PM "The twenty-first Century has begun with the shattering realization that there is no safe place on earth." John Piper 5:34 PM I've met several students at the BI whose parents asked them to say hello, incl...
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Saturday, March 13, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Saturday, March 13, 2004
9:23 AM Here's a brand-new sermon called Show Me Your Glory, based on the words of Moses in Exodus 33:18. I preached this sermon last Monday at Word of Life Florida. 9:16 AM When I arrived at the church a few minutes after seven this morning, I saw some sleepy teenagers in the parking lot. Turns out they were the last ones ...
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Thursday, March 4, 2004
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Thursday, March 4, 2004
1:21 PM Click here to see the latest pictures from the renovation project. The first page contains pictures from Groundbreaking Sunday under the big tent in late June. The second page has recent pictures of the construction… . Today the workers are installing a large screen in the gym so we can simulcast the sermon w...
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Sunday, December 21, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Sunday, December 21, 2003
7:08 AM When I got to my office, I found a bag on my desk with two of my books inside—The God You Can Trust and He's God and We're Not. There was a note attached from someone in the congregation asking if I would sign them for her nephew: "Jeff, my niece's husband & my new nephew, will be going to Iraq in Jan. We ho...
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Friday, Feburary 28, 2003
Posted by Ray Pritchard on Friday, February 28, 2003
Friday, February 28 We arrived back in Oak Park late this evening, a little weary from the travel but glad for the time spent at Word of Life Florida. I ended up riding 102 miles on the bike I bought, then I turned it over to the conference center today. Last night I spoke at 10:30 PM to the students at the Bible Institute ...
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