Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.4.09 in Current Events, Theology
Yesterday Peggy Noonan published a column called Making History in which she reflected on the events that led up to the publication of the Declaration of Independence 233 years ago today. As historian David McCullough makes clear in books 1776 and John Adams, it was no sure thing that the colonies would actually vote to form the United States or th…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.26.09 in Current Events, Theology
Several weeks ago I wrote about Jamie Mitchell’s bold prayer at the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Today Jamie updated the story on his blog. Not only did some members not like his prayer, they protested so strongly that the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House issued a new policy:1. All prayers must be submitted and approved in advance.…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.26.09 in Current Events, Devotional
Here’s a story from Perth, Australia sent along by my friend Pat Sullivan. Seems that someone stole a python from a wildlife center in Perth. The thieves no doubt thought they had made a clean job of it, but the snake did not cooperate. The six-foot long python swallowed a woylie, which this article describes as an endangered marsupial. Turns…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.17.09 in Current Events, Theology
The news from Nevada is not good. Republican Senator admitted yesterday to having an affair with a female campaign staffer. According to this Wikipedia article, he is a member of a Foursquare church in Las Vegas. He is a born again Christian, and he was active in the Promise Keepers movement. He made a public confession and asked for forgiveness. T…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.15.09 in Current Events, Prayer
Last Wednesday Jamie Mitchell, pastor of NewSong Fellowship Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was asked to give the opening prayer at the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Usually these prayers are so bland as to be utterly forgettable. Jamie’s prayer was definitely not bland. By way of full disclosure, I should add that Jamie is …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.4.09 in Current Events, Devotional
Here are four unrelated links. I thought I would pass them along because each one is useful in its own way. The Gospel and the Gosselins Pooped Pastors.com The Loudest Cheers in Heaven Chinese Calvinism Flourishes …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.1.09 in Abortion, Current Events
A thoughtful person wrote a note asking how pro-life Christians should feel about the murder of Dr. George Tiller, the late-term abortionist who was gunned down while serving as an usher in his church in Wichita, Kansas. The writer frames the question this way: Do you think it’s a sin to feel relief that he is dead? While I would never condon…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.30.09 in Current Events, Keep Believing Ministries, Movies
It happened entirely by accident, but yesterday I watched Amazing Grace, the story of William Wilburforce, the man who led the fight to end slavery in the British Empire. Somehow I missed seeing it when the movie came out in 2007, but yesterday Marlene found it on TV and we watched it together. If you need some encouragement to believe in the power…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.21.09 in Current Events
What will the evangelical churches do in response to the rising tide of the gay rights movement in our society? There is no use denying that long-held attitudes are changing in our culture. Is anyone out there prepared to guarantee that we won’t have gay marriage in every state in the next fifteen years? It might not happen, but that’s …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.16.09 in Current Events, Video
Here is John Piper’s plea to President Obama to turn away from his support for abortion. This is powerful, prophetic preaching at its best. I am posting it today in light President Obama’s commencement address at Notre Dame tomorrow. …
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