Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.5.08 in Current Events
It can’t be denied that something good happened in America last night. Those of us who supported John McCain would be wrong to deny it and we would, quite simply, be denying reality. The good thing that happened was the election of the first African-American president in our history. That in itself is remarkable because even a few years ago, …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.4.08 in Current Events, Personal
File this in the “Department of Useless Trivia,” but this morning a man came by to repair the gas heating system in our fireplace. Because Marlene is at her Explorer’s Bible Study, I met the man and chatted with him while he cleaned the unit and got it in good working order. When I wrote him a check in payment, it occurred to me t…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.4.08 in Current Events, Personal
Well, not all of Mississippi, just the part that votes at Precinct 302 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Our polling place happens to be a local Baptist church. When we arrived about 7:30 AM, the parking lot was jammed with cars. We found a parking spot and went to the church gym, which for today has been transformed into a polling place. The first thing you…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.30.08 in Abortion, Current Events, Theology
You know it must be a momentous occasion when James Dobson and the New York Times agree on anything. On moral and political issues, they disagree almost completely, but on one major point they are united. This is a turning point election in American history. In its endorsement of Barack Obama, the New York Times says that “this year the natio…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.18.08 in Current Events, Prayer
Last night during my sermon on loving your enemies, I was convicted about something. That doesn’t happen very often—conviction while I’m preaching, I mean. I’m usually convicted about my shortcomings during the ongoing, ordinary, day-to-day stuff of life. But lats night while I was preaching, the thought occurred to me that …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.10.08 in Current Events, Devotional
In these confusing, uncertain times, I found this quote from John Calvin (HT Of First Importance) reassuring:Our circumstances are all in opposition to the promises of God. He promises us immortality: yet we are surrounded by mortality and corruption. He declares that He accounts us just: yet we are covered with sins. He testifies that He is propit…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.28.08 in Current Events
Today is Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a fact you may have missed in the avalanche of news about the Wall Street bailout and the presidential campaign. Even if you went to church this morning, chances are you didn’t hear anything about Pulpit Freedom Sunday. You probably heard a sermon on a biblical text that related in some way or another to your l…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.16.08 in Current Events, Missions, Prayer
Last night I began and ended my sermon with the challenge to pray, “Lord, do things I’m not used to.” When the pastor gave the invitation, the front of the church was filled with people—30-40, maybe more—kneeling and praying. The pastor said that he had challenged the congregation to say, “Yes, Lord, yes,” …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.13.08 in Biking, Current Events, Internet/Blogging, Personal
Several times this week I started to write something about the presidential race, but I haven’t been able to do it properly, mostly because I find myself getting irritated by the comments I read on the Internet and the statements made by certain members of the media. To be honest, more than once this week I’ve found myself getting angry…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.11.08 in Books, Current Events, Podcasts, Sermons
Earlier today we posted a brand-new podcast called Asymmetric Spiritual Warfare. It seems appropriate that this podcast should come on 9/11 because the treacherous attack that occurred seven years ago is the classic modern example of asymmetric warfare. Although the War on Terror didn’t start that day, our understanding of it changed forever …
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