Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.5.11 in An Anchor for the Soul, Chicago, Churches, Devotional, Evangelism, Keep Believing Ministries, Personal
“I stole soap from Walgreen’s so I could wash myself at a fire hydrant.""I lived in my car near Humboldt Park until I was arrested.""I don’t remember much about my 20s because I was on drugs the whole time."When the police arrested him, he was put in jail for 30 days. Sometime during that period he fo…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.29.11 in An Anchor for the Soul, Evangelism, Missions
Seven years ago Brian Bill, pastor of Pontiac (IL) Bible Church, sent a copy of An Anchor for the Soul to a young man in Pakistan. He never knew how the book was received (or even if it made it to Pakistan) until he received the following note a few days ago: Dear Pastor Bill. In 2004 you sent me a book about sin. That book and Bible…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.16.11 in Apologetics, Current Events, Evangelism, Men's Ministry, Questions, Sports
Gregg Doyel thinks so.You don’t have to take my word for it. Doyel, national columnist for CBSSports.com, says so in his column called Unbelievable–Tebow Believes Faith Equates to Starting in the NFL. This is Doyel’s conclusion:Tebow has been a great billboard for Christianity – just as Muhammad Ali has been a great bil…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.7.11 in An Anchor for the Soul, Evangelism
Recently I received an email with some encouraging stories of how God is using An Anchor for the Soul in the US and in China. Here is part of the email, with a few identifying details changed: We haven’t met but I have been blessed by your teaching and have given your book, Anchor for the Soul, to several people, including our mail carr…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.28.11 in Evangelism, Video
Check out this amazing video. It crams the whole story of life into just four minutes. Very contemporary, full of good theology. If you like this, tell someone else about it….
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.7.11 in Evangelism
A friend told me this story. It seems that her daughter married a man who came from a very wealthy family. Although the young man was a believer, his parents were not. Over the years my friend and her husband did everything they could to share Christ with the other set of parents. The in-law was too busy with his work to consider the claims of …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.4.11 in Evangelism
Let’s talk about evangelism for a moment. Sometimes Christians are afraid to share their faith because they feel totally inadequate to lead another person to Jesus Christ. They worry that they can’t answer questions, they fear they won’t say the right words, and when you get right down to it, they aren’t certain enough of t…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.30.10 in Evangelism, Prayer
If you follow this blog, you know that we talk quite a bit about our little “gospel book” called An Anchor for the Soul. I’ve often told people that the book itself can do nothing. By itself it’s just ink and paper with a glossy cover. But when the Holy Spirit moves, lives are changed.Last year at Christmas, a friend gave a …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.29.10 in Current Events, Evangelism
I’ve been thinking recently about some do’s and don’ts for Christians who want to make their voices heard in the public square. Here’s my preliminary list of ideas:1. Start with a local focus. It’s always more effective for a resident of Asheville to speak out on Asheville issues than for someone from Savannah to offer…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.18.10 in China, Evangelism
On Sunday night I spoke for a “Meet the Author” event for students from six different universities in Dalian (metro population: 6 million). The authorities had put pressure on the organizers not to have the meeting, including much pressure on the key student leader on Saturday, asking him to postpone the event. As late as Sunday afterno…
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