Check out the Newsweek-sponsored discussion/debate between Rick Warren and Sam Harris. Rick is the pastor of one of America’s largest churches and author of the mega-bestseller, the Purpose-Driven Life. Sam is a noted author and an atheist who recently wrote a provocative column called God’s Dupes.Newsweek intro …
Just received this email from a friend who serves in Nepal. Note that my friend uses “Lxxd” instead of “Lord” because of posssible email censorship in a country where Christians are often persecuted for their faith. Dr. Pritchard, I am writing from Nepal and am just so very thankful to hear the Lxxd speaking to you and thro …
At 10:30 AM CDT I am doing my first radio interview for Stealth Attack, my new book on spiritual warfare. You can listen live on KDOV in Medford, Oregon.The book develops the concept of “asymmetric spiritual warfare,” in which a weaker power uses unconventional tactics to counter the overwhelming conventional military super …
Last week the Pope made headlines when he said that hell is a real place. Addressing a parish gathering in a suburb of Rome, he said noted that hell “really exists and is eternal, even if nobody talks about it much any more.” He’s definitely right that we don’t talk about it very much, even in church.When was th …
Years ago I ran across a German proverb that says, “Begin to weave and God will give the thread.” I always thought that was an extremely good way to look at life. Hebrews 11:1 reminds us that faith is the “evidence of things not seen.” Faith sees what others can’t and acts accordingly. Faith thus is not a feeling but …
We have just posted a new sermon called Father, Forgive Them. Here is an excerpt:In order to come to grips with the healing power of forgiveness, we need two things: soft hearts and courage. Some of us have been deeply hurt by the things others have done to us. People have attacked us, maligned us, mistreated us, abused us, …
In 1742 Charles Wesley wrote a hymn called Arise, My Soul, Arise. Though greatly used by God in past generations, it is not often sung today, and I daresay that most under 30 have never heard it. For that matter, I can only remember singing it once or twice. I thought I would post the words to this powerful hymn to encourag …
Yesterday I recorded an interview with Bennett and Joyce Luke for their program America’s Wake-Up Call. It airs tonight at 7 PM CDT (8 PM EDT) on WCVX in Cincinnati. Click on “Listen Live” to hear the interview.
Scattershooting on a beautiful day in northeast Mississippi . . .1) Josh, Mark and Nick have started a three-brothers blog called A Thousand Words. Mark is the prophet, Nick is the humorist, and Josh is the philosopher.2) You can listen online to my sermon called “Ballistic Christianity” preached last Sunday at Pontiac Bibl …
Here are five Good Friday/Easter sermons from the series on the Apostles’ Creed. Please feel free to use these sermons in any way that may be helpful in your own sermon preparation or to prepare your own heart for Holy Week.The Man Who Killed JesusThe Day God DiedGod’s ScapegoatThe Strangest Part of the Creed: & …