Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.18.08 in Devotional
This is “get ready to hit the road again” week. After a few happy days at home in Tupelo, we are about to begin our summer schedule. Starting this Sunday, we’ll be on traveling more or less nonstop until the middle of August. Here is our schedule:June 23-27 MEF Bible Conference, Colorado Springs, COJune 28-July 5&nb…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.18.08 in Devotional
Josh and Leah will be leaving China in the next few days to return to the US so that Josh can begin his studies at Dallas Theological Seminary this fall. You can read about their last few days in Nanchang (including some pictures of the students at Blue Sky University and pictures from a recent trip to the Chinese countryside) at their bl…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.17.08 in Devotional
If I have seemed partly distracted for the last week, I blame it mostly on a new program on my laptop computer, the Logos Bible Software Scholar’s Library. Last fall a friend urged me to get this program because, he said, it would make the job of sermon preparation so much easier. After working with Logos for a week, I can see what he me…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.14.08 in Devotional
After hearing the sad news about the untimely death of Tim Russert, I ran across this comment from Howard Fineman of Newsweek magazine:”Tim Russert Did Not Pursue False Gods, He Pursued the Real One” As far as epitaphs go, that one will do just fine. …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.14.08 in Devotional
Several months ago we announced plans for a tour to the Holy Land next year. Here’s the latest update:*We’re still planning to go in late October 2009.*We should have brochures ready later this summer.I invite you to join us for this trip of a lifetime. You will see Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Capernaum, Caesarea, Tiberias, Nazareth, Jericho,…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.12.08 in Devotional, Interviews
We have just posted a new podcast, a new sermon, and radio interview on Bible prophecy. The podcast is called Think on These Things from Philippians 4:8. Click here to read the print version. The sermon is called By Faith from Hebrews 11:1-2.Last Friday I joined Kerby Anderson on American Family Radio for an hour-long broadcast on Bible prophecy. We …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.11.08 in Devotional
Last night I happened to watch a few minutes of Tony Evans preaching from Galatians 5:19-24 on the works of the flesh versus the fruit of the Spirit. Near the end he made one point I had never heard before. It begins with the observation that Paul contrasts two different categories:Works of the flesh (v. 19)Fruit of the Spirit (v. 22)Tony noted the…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.10.08 in Bible Study Resources, Books, Devotional, Personal
*Yesterday my new laptop computer arrived. It’s a Micro Express IFL 9025 that got a good review on the PC World website. It’s amazing how far the technology has come since I bought my last laptop 20 months ago. *One thing you forget is how long it takes to set up a new computer. I’ve spent hours last night and today transferr…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.8.08 in An Anchor for the Soul, Devotional, Evangelism
A man wrote to say that he had purchased a copy of An Anchor for the Soul to give to his friend “Joe” who lives in a distant state. He and “Joe” have had many conversations about the Lord. Now he plans to send him a copy of the book with a prayer that God might use it in bringing “Joe” to salvation. This is …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.7.08 in Devotional
A good friend shared with me some of the wisdom he has learned about life lately. He mentioned one thing that stuck in my mind. “No is a complete sentence.” There is life-saving truth in those five words. When faced with various choices, sometimes we get in trouble because we talk too much. Because we want to fit or w…
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