Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.15.09 in Bible Bus, Bible Study, Bible Study Resources, Personal
During our get-organized campaign that started last week, Marlene uncovered this pin that we gave away in 2002 when the whole congregation took the challenge to “get on the Bible bus” and read the Bible all the way through. Every Sunday that year I began my sermon with the same question, “So how are you doing?” After the fir…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.3.09 in Bible Study, Devotional
Since this is January and the time for new beginnings is upon us, many people have resolved to read through the Bible in 2009. Some of you made the same resolution last year and ended up capsized somewhere in Leviticus. Others made it to First Chronicles, some made it all the way to Daniel, others to Acts, and a few made it all the way from Genesis…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.22.08 in Bible Study, Christmas
Here are the answers to David Langerfeld’s Christmas IQ Quiz. I have added my comments to a few answers. 1. A. He worked and lived in Nazareth, but he was returning to Bethlehem – “his own city” (See Luke 2:3). 2. E. The innkeeper didn’t “say” anything (See Luke 2:7). The Bible doesn’t even mention an &ldqu…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.15.08 in Bible Study, Church Trends
I was asked about church discipline for a young adult who has made some very bad moral and spiritual choices. The question was, “When does 1 Corinthians 5 come into play?” That answer is, it comes into play at the end of the process, not at the beginning. Evidently the sordid situation inside the church at Corinth had been festering for a long time a…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.9.08 in Bible Study, Church Trends
On Sunday I encountered a most unusual evangelical church. From the outside CrossPoint Church of Trussville, Alabama has all the marks of a growing, dynamic, contemporary church. The spirit of the church is infectious and comes in large part from its pastor, Ryan Whitley. I could make a long list of the things I like about CrossPoint, but let me fo…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.29.08 in Bible Study, Questions
Here are two questions that arrived via email:1.) “Do not rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers” (1 Timothy 5:1 NKJV). I wanted to get your understanding of this verse. How would a younger man deal with confronting an older man who is in sin? How does Matthew 18 apply in this case? If an older man is i…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.16.08 in Bible Study, Devotional
This morning I ended up reading only one chapter. I was “reading the 16s” (see this entry for an explanation) so I decided to start with the first one—Genesis 16—and I never made it anywhere else. Here’s what you find in chapter:1. Sarah suggests that Abraham sleep with their Egyptian servant Hagar.2. Hagar gets pregna…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.8.08 in Bible Study, Devotional
This morning I got up early and starting “reading the 8s.” Tomorrow I will “read the 9s” and on Friday I will “read the 10s.” This is all about a new Bible reading plan that I came up a month or so ago. Let me mention in passing that over the years, I’ve done almost every reading program imaginable. I&…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.17.08 in Bible Study, Devotional
When was the time you wrote out a book of the Bible word for word? Here’s an idea from the Old Testament that might be good for your soul.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.19.08 in Bible Study, Theology
Here is Part 2 of the Q&A last Friday at Living Waters: 7) How do you deal with someone who repeatedly asks for your help but seems completely closed to the advice you give? What do you do when it seems like they are coming not for help but almost using you as a confessional?The answer is, you continue for a while to give advice and pray that a…
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