6:21 PM Gordon McRostie gave me a copy of Islam and the Bible by David Goldman. Erwin Lutzer wrote the Foreword. 6:17 PM Bo Jackson! (Call OPCA at 708-445-3030 to purchase tickets for the dinner and auction on Friday, November 5.) 6:14 PM Two more days until First Watch. Did I mention biscuits and gravy? We start serving at…
4:31 PM I ate lunch today with Ralph Wingate, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Normal, Illinois. They are doing a great job reaching students at Illinois State University, drawing nearly 300 students every week to their services. 4:13 PM Calling all Men! Only three days until First Watch. Through an inside source, I have…
12:37 PM Greg Sanford from New Tribes Mission had the congregation chuckling today when he used me in his closing illustration that went something like this: “It’s Christmas and Pastor Ray wants to surprise Marlene so he gets out the Christmas lights and discovers they are in a big tangled ball. So he tries to straighten …
25 WAYS YOU CAN BE PART OF WORLD FOCUS WEEK by Ray Pritchard Find Martha Peaslee’s picture on the missionary wall in the Sanctuary lobby. Pray for Uzbekistan at the Sunday night Concert of Prayer. Share a table with a missionary at the Family Night Supper on Wednesday. Ask Dr. Aletta Bell about her favorite Indian food…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20046:54 PM Just got a call from Mark. He and Nick and the Moody guys are tailgating at The Grove on the Ole Miss campus along with tens of thousands of other football fans. “Guess who we’ve been tailgating with, Dad?” I guessed Eli Manning. “That was a good guess, but it’s not Eli. Think of a war correspondent.” “Doe…
7:45 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Polish Sausage and a Pork Chop Sandwich. 2:38 PM Just got some more information about the Oak Park Christian Academy Dinner and Auction Fundraiser celebrating their 10th Anniversary, Friday, November 5, 6:30 PM. The evening includes dinner, a silent auction, and a live…
10:54 AM Two of our boys are on the move today. Mark and three Moody guys are leaving this evening to drive to my brother Alan’s camp in Tupelo, Mississippi. Nick is driving over to Alan’s this afternoon after his morning classes at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Besides doing some “Wild at Heart” guy stuff …
10:34 PM Today’s entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called Truth Can Be a Very Dangerous Thing. 5:24 PM A few months ago we donated 2000 copies of An Anchor for the Soul to the Library of Hope program that places Christian literature in prisons across America. Here is a note of thanks from George Arnold:What a blessing to rec…
11:43 AM Attention all men! Only two more days until First Watch. I just met a wife who said her husband took to heart what I talked about last Thursday. Then she smiled and added, “Keep it up, Pastor Ray.” 11:41 AM Oak Park Christian Academy will celebrate their tenth anniversary with a Silent and Live Auction on Frid…
8:23 PM I had lunch today with Erwin Lutzer, pastor of Moody Church in Chicago. Among other things, we talked about an upcoming apologetics conference at Moody Church on Saturday, October 23 called The Future of Truth. Speakers include Ravi Zacharias, Philip Johnson, Frank Peretti, William Lane Craig, Dr. Lutzer, and Emir C…