Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.16.08 in Devotional
Perhaps the best portion of The Shack comes when Mack (the father whose daughter was abducted and murdered) faces Sophia, a personification of wisdom, in what we might call the Hall of Justice. In a scene reminiscent of the last chapters of Job, the grieving father who lives with the Great Sadness of his daughter’s death finally gets his chan…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.14.08 in Devotional
It isn’t often that self-published book rises to the top of the bestseller lists, in fact it is so rare that when it does happen, we ought to stand back and ask ourselves, “What’s going on here?” Several years ago William P. Young set out to write a story for his children. Some friends found out about the story and encourage…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.13.08 in Current Events, Devotional
I was saddened to hear of the death yesterday of Tony Snow, former Press Secretary to the President and well-known news anchor and commentator. He died of colon cancer at the age of 53. After he was diagnosed in 2005, he sought treatment and went into remission. When the cancer returned in 2007, he wrote an article for Christianity Today called …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.13.08 in Bible Study, Devotional
I found this quote (originally put in the form of a question) from John Bunyan a great comfort to my soul. If you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the sin you see in the world around you, and much more by the sin you see in your own heart, here is a good word from Mr. Bunyan. There is “more worth and merit in one drop of Christ’s blood to …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.12.08 in Devotional, Travel
I am writing this note from my room at Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conference in Muskegon, Michigan. If you check the map, you’ll see that Muskegon is on the eastern short of Lake Michigan. The conference center owns a nice stretch of beach where families go to swim during the day. The main buildings are located just over a wooded hill tha…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.11.08 in Devotional
Last year I discovered a daily email called Of First Importance that each day sends a free email to your inbox that contains a quotation from a classic Christian writer relating to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Think of it as a kind of spiritual Vitamin B12 for the soul. Many days I find the quote is just what I need to focus my heart on the Lord Jes…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.10.08 in Devotional, Video
When we moved the KBM website to a new server a few weeks ago, we temporarily lost the ability to add video the website. I’m happy to say that we now have video capability, which we plan to use in greater ways in the future. Back when we were trying various ways to add video, I found a video clip of Billy Graham preaching in Madison Square Ga…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.9.08 in Devotional
On June 20 the Bible Broadcasting Network carried a message called Angry Man Alert that I gave at the Word of Life Couples Conference last October. After it aired we received a number of phone calls and emails asking for copies of that message. Starting in three weeks we will begin podcasting all the messages from the Couples Conference …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.7.08 in Devotional
Happy days are here again . . . 1) Marlene and I arrived in Tupelo about 3:30 PM, wrapping up a sixteen-day trip that took us to Colorado, New York and North Carolina. We are tired tonight and grateful for the open doors for ministry that God gave us as we traveled. When we woke up this at 5:30 AM this morning in Cary, NC, Marlene smiled and said, …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.6.08 in Devotional
The answer is, nothing has happened except that I haven’t sent one out in about two weeks, mostly because we’ve been on the road. In looking back I realized that for the last two years, I’ve taken a break from the weekly sermons during part of the summer because that’s my heaviest travel schedule of the year. This year I&rsq…
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