FOR SINNERS ONLY by Ray Pritchard Last Wednesday night I listened as Von Matthews taught an excellent class on the virtue of humility. Somewhere near the beginning he commented that humility is hard to define. Then he asked the group sitting around each table to come up with a definition of humility. The struggle (and the s…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2002HOLY DISCONTENTMENT by Ray Pritchard Last Sunday I mentioned in my sermon that living by faith requires a certain kind of “discontentment” with the way things are. The next day I received the following e-mail: “I had a question regarding your message on Sunday morning. Paul writes in Philippians chapter 4 tha…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2002BEEPERS, CELL PHONES & CRYING BABIES by Ray Pritchard Technology can be a mixed blessing. Take cell phones, for instance. Or pagers. Or beepers. Each can be a timesaver that enables you to get your messages quicker and your work done faster. And these days, getting things done faster is what life is all about. All of us are…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2002TOO MUCH SUGAR FOR A DIME by Ray Pritchard “He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue” (Proverbs 28:23). The key to understanding this verse lies in the phrase “in the end.” Some things that seem good at first leave a bitter taste later, and some things that…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2002SELF-PITY: YOUR WORST ENEMY By Ray Pritchard The story I am about to tell is true but the details have been changed. Once upon a time there was a man who had a great job as a high-school English teacher. He knew his subject inside and out and enjoyed working with his students. A few years ago he was voted Best Teacher by th…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2002PLAN B LIVING by Ray Pritchard Some time ago I heard the following statement on the radio and thought it was worth passing along: “The key to success in life is how well you adapt to Plan B.” There is a world of truth in that simple sentence. So many of us go through life frustrated because we’re still working on …
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2002Monday: The Bulldog and the Skunk A few years ago a friend told me that not all hills are worth […]
Text: VariousWHY EXTRA TEMPTATION CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU by Ray Pritchard Since we started the campaign to read through the Bible this year, I have received a number of e-mails from people both locally and around the nation who have written to testify about the personal blessings they have already received. I think the most interesting com…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2002“YOUR CHURCH HATH NEED OF YOU” by Ray Pritchard Last Sunday, January 6, I used the phrase in my title as a way to encourage many of our people to sign up to serve in our new four worship service format that begins on February 10–just four weeks from now. Some people probably recognized the phrase from their read…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2002JABAL AND JUBAL by Ray Pritchard As I write these words, I have just finished reading about Cain and Abel and the fascinating story of two other brothers named Jabal and Jubal. We all know that Cain murdered Abel, but who were Jabal and Jubal? What exactly did they do to merit a special mention in the Bible? It turns out th…
Sermon Series: Ponder This - 2002