8:44 PM The latest entry in the Crosswalk weblog is called God is a Better Parent Than We Are. 8:02 PM Here’s a recent prisoner letter that contained an unusual personal reference:Dear Mr. Pritchard, This is my first time in jail and away from my family. I am 29 years old. My father had Drag Raced cars for years and it…
10:26 PM One other note from this week. China seems to be popping up everywhere. When I shared about our trip and how God has called all three of our boys to China in the short-term, we discovered new China connections every day this week. 10:25 PM We’re glad to be back home. This is our last trip of any kind for almost thr…
9:46 PM Tonight we hosted eight or nine Chinese students (and their Calvary hosts) at our home. The students and hosts are all part of our International Friends ministry. Three or four of the students came from Beijing, two came from Shanghai, and the others came from other parts of China. I think they are all graduate stud…
11:31 PM Quick note at the end of a busy, rainy day at Word of Life Florida. Woodrow Kroll delivered a strong evangelistic message this AM on the story of Zacchaeus from Luke 19. He was “too short to see, too high to be missed, too needy to pass by, and too convicted to stay the same.” We had a nice surprise when Paul a…
10:45 AM Did I Play for the Dallas Cowboys? Thousands wait breathlessly to hear the answer. This morning Marlene and I were eating breakfast in the Dining Room at Word of Life Florida when a gentleman approached my table with a question: “Did you play football?” “No.” “I thought you played football for the Dallas …
10:50 PM Word of Life Florida—Day 3 We’ve had excellent weather this week—clear, mostly sunny, with some strong winds this afternoon. Temps in the low 70s. That’s a far cry from the snow and sub-freezing temps back in Oak Park. After lunch I borrowed Bill Price’s bike and rode 27 miles on the Suncoast Trail. Dur…
11:10 PM Word of Life Florida—Day 2 This morning Woodrow Kroll of Back to the Bible preached on the reliability of God. “You can trust God because his character never changes.” He reminded us that because God never lies, everything his Word says must be true. We ate lunch with Lou and Thelma Nicholes who have been…
9:29 PM One nice Calvary connection. After the service tonight, Bill Price came up to say hello. He and his wife live in Columbus, Ohio, and attend the Grace Brethren Church where Andrew Irvin grew up. There were at ten people at the service tonight from that church, and they all knew Andrew. One man said his son and Andrew…
William Kelly’s Advice to Budding Preachers by Ray Pritchard Recently a publisher in England sent me a brand-new book called The Irish Saint and Scholar: A Biography of William Kelly by Edwin Cross. I know next to nothing about William Kelly except that he was one of the influential early leaders of the Brethren moveme…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200511:13 PM Here are three new entries on the Crosswalk weblog: The End of a Good Day Self-Evident Truths More Self-Evident Truths 8:47 PM Betsy Kauffman sent a nice note about two Chinese friends she and her husband have been meeting with for the last two years through our International Friends ministry. Though the Chinese fr…