Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.6.10 in Abortion, Current Events, Sports
By now virtually the whole world knows that Tim Tebow and his mother will be featured in a 30-second ad appearing during the first quarter of the Super Bowl. The ad itself is sponsored by Focus on the Family and cost around $3 million. What message could be so important that supporters quickly raised the three million dollars? And why has the ad sp…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.14.10 in Current Events, Missions
By now everyone has heard about the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti around 5 PM on Tuesday. At this writing no one knows the full extent of the damage. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called it a catastrophe of “biblical” proportion. That seems like an apt description for the earthquake that struck the poorest nation in the …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.7.10 in Current Events, Evangelism
On Sunday Brit Hume made headlines when he said that Tiger Woods needs to convert from Buddhism to Christianity because Buddhism doesn’t offer forgiveness and redemption from sin. As a simple statement of fact, that happens to be entirely correct. Buddhists don’t believe in “sin” in the sense that “all have sinned and …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.5.10 in Apologetics, Current Events, Video
Check out this clip featuring Brit Hume on “The O’Reilly Factor” last night. Brit flat lays down some seriously good theology regarding conversion, redemption, and the life-changing power of Jesus Christ.Stay tuned to the part at the end where he comments in passing on how the name of Jesus always stirs up controversy. It was true…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.2.09 in Current Events, Evangelism, Movies
Scattershooting hither and yon . . . *If you haven’t been to see “The Blind Side,” do it this week. The movie has been the surprise hit of the Christmas season and may end up at #1 in box office receipts after this weekend. *Sandra Bullock plays the strong-minded Leigh Anne Tuohy who along with her husband Sean took Michael O…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.23.09 in Current Events
Last Friday a group of Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical Christian leaders released The Manhattan Declaration, a ringing statement regarding the dignity of human life, the importance of marriage as the conjugal union of one man and one woman, and the rights of conscience and human liberty in our increasingly diverse society. I used the word &ldqu…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.23.09 in Current Events, Interviews
I’m co-hosting “Today’s Issues” on American Family Radio Monday-Wednesday 10 AM-12 Noon CDT. Today we’ve got quite a varied lineup. We start with Abby Johnson, the former Planned Parenthood director who became pro-life and quit the abortion business when she viewed an ultrasound abortion. Then we&rs…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.8.09 in Current Events, Marriage and the Family, Sermons
This morning I’m speaking on “As for Me and My House: Winning the Battle for Your Family” at Faith Bible Church in Vineland, New Jersey based on Joshua’s stirring words in Joshua 24:14-15. In order to show the challenge we face in raising our children to serve the Lord, I compiled a list of things that have changed over the …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.12.09 in Church Trends, Current Events, Internet/Blogging
In a fascinating article published this week, Tom Hayes and Michael S. Malone argue that we have entered the era of the “ten-year century,” by which they mean that the pace of life has so rapidly accelerated that what used to happen in a century now happens in a decade. Changes that used to take generations—economic cycles, cultur…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.29.09 in Current Events
Yesterday I ate supper with a man who has spent the last 50 years in the banking business. During that time he has made thousands of loans to various people for various reasons. He has also started numerous banks, bought others, and sold some. Suffice it to say that he is well connected in the banking world, to the point that he knows some of the k…
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