3:56 PM In case you don’t understand, here’s why “gay marriage” is a really bad idea. 3:39 PM Here’s some good news. 3:15 PM A friend asks for a website with information on giving a biblical response to Jehovah’s Witnesses. This is the best one I’ve found. 11:34 AM Several months we donated a case of An Anchor for the S…
9:30 AM Craig Hammond shares lots of good news from the Allied Force High School Winter Retreat last weekend. 7:46 AM I just discovered that the Biblical Studies Foundation has put together a page of Bible study resources related to “The Passion of the Christ.” Note the review by Reg Grant of Dallas Seminary. The site c…
2:44 PM Diane Sawyer interviews Mel Gibson about “The Passion of the Christ” on ABC Primetime at 9 PM tonight. 8:08 AM Overnight I received a report from Caleb Lucien on the uprising in Haiti and the situation in Pignon. Here is part of what he wrote: From one moment to the next it is unpredictable. Towns surrounding ou…
SOWING SEEDS FOR JESUS by Ray Pritchard A friend writes asking for help with a difficult situation. Because of a change on the job, this person now works around two men who are openly homosexual. Recently they have started sharing details about their personal relationships. The problem: “I work in an environment that t…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200411:14 PM Diane Sawyer interviewed Mel Gibson for ABC Primetime. The interview airs Monday at 9 PM. When asked about the criticism the Passion movie has received, Gibson made this reply: Critics who have a problem with me don’t really have a problem with me in this film. They have a problem with the four Gospels. That’s wher…
9:48 PM A number of new sermon series have recently been added to the website: (Hat tip to Kathy Duggins.)Samson, A Man for Our Times (Judges 13-16) World Missions New Testament Postcards Light My Path: Knowing God’s Will Adventures with Abraham (Genesis 12-25) Who Owns Your Life? Up With Worship The Ten Commandments for To…
9:21 PM Chuck Colson answers the question, Who Killed Jesus? Was it the Romans or the Jews?It was both and neither. The Jews didn’t cause the death of Jesus, nor did the Romans. They were merely instruments carrying out what God had decreed. He sent His only begotten Son to die on the cross so that the sins of mankind …
10:10 AM Passion Movie Update: Save this date—Saturday, February 28. Thanks to SC2, our 30+ singles ministry, it looks like we’ll be renting out a 450-seat theater at the Cinemark Theater, 1001 W. North Avenue in Melrose Park, for a late-afternoon showing of “The Passion of Jesus Christ.” We plan to sell tickets (…
4:35 PM An unexpected e-mail from a man who read An Anchor for the Soul and wrote to say that he was giving a copy to his parents who, though religious, do not know Jesus: As I have done in the past and will continue as long as the Lord gives me breath, I will witness to them. They have a greater knowledge of the scriptures…
10:45 PM On Tuesday, February 24, I am doing an “Ask Pastor Ray” night for 20/20, our ministry to singles and young couples. I was pleased to receive the following e-mail from Pastor Howard Duncan: We are going to do two things on the 24th: Starting at 7:00 we will have a dessert potluck made by everyone in 20/20, then …