9:34 PM Sunday Night The first photos of “Two From Galilee” are now online. Josh took the pictures and posted them here. 1) Click on the picture (or the “Two From Galilee” heading). 2) That takes you to a page containing six different albums of pictures from the performance: Joseph, Mary, Joseph and Mary, Supporting…
WRITTEN IN THE HEART by Ray Pritchard No statement is regarded as more elementary to the student of the Bible than the statement that a day of judgment is coming for the human race. Hebrews 9:27 says, “Man is destined to die once and after that to face judgment.” That statement, as elementary as it might seem, is …
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 200310:44 PM Several months ago beloved Calvary missionary Miss Eva Lodgaard, who has served the Lord in southeastern Kentucky since 1945, had a fall and has been in poor health. She has been staying at a guest cabin at Camp Nathanael in Emmalena, Kentucky. She sent me the following e-mail: Dear Pastor Ray, It seems like foreve…
9:18 PM Andrew Irvin reports that all systems are GO for “Two From Galilee.” He also says that we’re completely sold out for all three performances, but there are always tickets turned in by people who can’t attend for one reason or another, so if you come and don’t mind waiting, you’ll probably get a seat. Most likely …
1:29 PM An amazing article in today’s Wednesday Journal (p. 23). I would link to it but the Journal is not online. Jim Bowman wrote an article comparing sermons by two local preachers. I was one of the preachers, and Bruce Modahl of Grace Lutheran Church in River Forest was the other. He quotes Modahl extensively and analys…
9:29 PM Thousands are asking: When will Pastor Ray and Steve Boisse hop on their bikes and do the ultimate hot dog challenge between Parky’s in Forest Park and Gene and Jude’s in River Grove? Just heard from Steve Boisse today that he’s been saving himself until after the big choir concert this weekend. Has to stay in top p…
7:00 PM Marlene and I just got back from buying a Christmas tree. We couldn’t find anything we liked at one store so we were on our way to another store when we saw Christmas trees for sale behind the Portillo’s at the corner of Des Plaines and Roosevelt Road in Forest Park. So on impulse we pulled in to the Christmas tree …
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS by Ray Pritchard “I don’t know if he was a believer.” It was a statement partly of hope and partly of resignation, made after a loved one had died recently. Where is he now? How should we think about such things? This is a difficult and tender topic for many people. It would be wonderful if ev…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2003EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW, I LEARNED AT CHRISTMAS by Ray Pritchard Several months ago Lou Diaz of Wheaton Evangelical Free Church suggested to me the idea of preaching on “Christmas and the Christian Worldview.” Because the coming of Christ changed history–literally, from B.C. to A.D.–we aren’t straining thi…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 20038:24 AM “Two from Galilee,” our Christmas musical, starts one week from today. Two performances on Dec 6, one on December 7. This is the biggest, most ambitious Christmas program we’ve ever produced. Have you purchased your tickets yet? If not, pick them up tomorrow in the lobby between services. 8:19 AM I had to run ov…