10:03 PM Had a great time preaching at the Evangelical Free Church of Arlington Heights. The church has five worship services—three identical services in the sanctuary and two video services in the gym. They tape the sermon from the 8 AM service and broadcast it in the two gym services—following live contemporar…
Q & A ABOUT THE BIANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING by Ray Pritchard Q Why should I come to the business meeting? A Because it’s one of two times during the year when you get the inside scoop on what’s going on at the church. Q What you mean by “inside scoop”
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20041:27 PM Received this note from someone who read “Love One Another Deeply” because a friend sent it to her last night. She added her own interpretation of what I wrote:Love one another deeply – I liked your analogy of a football player – but being a mom of two natural children and two long term foster children, Go…
9:09 AM A big Thursday night shout-out to Dan Baughman. 11:20 AM Several months ago we donated 3000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul to Peter Odanga and the Word of Life ministry in Kenya. He writes with this update:My friend the container arrived in one piece. We as Word of Life family Mombasa are privlaged to distribute t…
9:49 PM Calling all men! First Watch begins at 5:55 AM tomorrow morning. Mari Burda says that breakfast will be eggs, sausage, biscuits, and making a second appearance on the menu—grits! 9:47 PM This week’s Christian Carnival is now online. It contains lots of posts from various Christian bloggers relating the electio…
3:22 PM Only two more days until First Watch, the weekly men’s breakfast and Bible study. We start serving at 5:55 AM. My topic will be “The Battle for Leadership,” which seems most appropriate for this particular week. 6:15 AM I just voted. Mark and I both got up about 5:30 AM and went to the polling place—Good S…
6:13 PM Talked to Josh about an hour ago. With the time change, there is now a 14 hour difference between Oak Park and Beijing. At this moment, it is now 8:13 AM in China. I called to wish Josh a happy birthday. He’s 25 today. He sounded great and I could hear the smile in his voice. 2:12 PM This email just arrived ……
REFORMATION SUNDAY 2004 by Ray Pritchard You could hardly imagine a less auspicious way to begin a revolution. A young monk named Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the doors of the local church. Luther had no idea he was igniting a movement that would change the world. He merely intended his “95 Theses”
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20044:33 PM The November issue of National Geographic contains a lengthy cover story called “Was Darwin Wrong?” The article contains a lengthy defense of evolution as the only credible explanation for the development of the universe. Answers in Genesis offers a preliminary comment on the article. Why would National Geograph…
7:39 AM Time to hit the road. Just said goodbye to Kathleen. She did well in her swim meet last night, and now she’s on her way to school. Andy and I talked politics for a few minutes, but his last words to me were about Ole Miss football. The Auburn Tigers come calling in Oxford on Saturday night and Andy and Betty will be…