From reading Brian Bill’s blog, I learned about a new Bible study tool called the New Testament Hyper-Concordance. It’s an online concordance to every important word in the New Testament. You click on a word like “obey” or “Egypt” or “road” or “heaven” and the program immediately displays every mention of that p …
William Gearing provides a helpful explanation of the mysterious Star of Bethlehem:The Star of Bethlehem appears not to be able to be explained by science! Not if we are to hold true to the specific characteristics attributed to this star as defined in the Bible. God, in his providence, called forth the chosen Magi to worsh …
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 …
A few days ago I received a letter that took over a month to finally reach me. It came from someone I have never met. Because of the unusual nature of the letter, I began to think about the question, “What does forgiveness mean at Christmastime?” This week’s message is actually the letter I wrote to her. To protect he …
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 …
This four-part series explores the Old Testament prophecies concerning Jesus Christ. Feel free to use this material in any way that may be helpful to you as we prepare for the celebration of our Lord’s birth.Born of a Virgin
A Prophet Like Moses
Lamb of God
Seed of the Woman
Tonight I got a call from a man whose voice I did not recognize. The Caller ID said he was calling from somewhere in Ohio, but I didn’t recognize the number or the location. “Is this Saint Ray?” I hesitated for a moment and then said yes. “Do you know who this is?” Having no idea, I suggested that it was President Bus …
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)
Here’s the latest sermon in the series “The Transformed Life” from Romans 12-16:How to Be a Godly Rebel (Romans 13:1-7)
Last night Duane Follman asked me to explain a “shout out.” It’s means to shout out “hello” to a friend. It’s like when you’re walking down a crowded street and see a friend on the other side so you raise your voice and shout out, “Hello!” to him. A shout out is a heartfelt Hello! to friends across the dis …