Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.3.10 in An Anchor for the Soul, Evangelism, Keep Believing Ministries
In early 2011 Moody Publishers will release the new edition of An Anchor for the Soul, the short “gospel book” that was first released in 2000. The front cover of the new edition includes a label that reads “Over 500,000 in print,” a number that includes the more than 400,000 copies that we have donated to ministries across …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.24.10 in An Anchor for the Soul, Evangelism
In the last decade we’ve received over 10,000 letters from prisoners who received a free copy of An Anchor for the Soul and wrote to thank you. Nearly all those letter are handwritten, sometimes they are quite lengthy, often they ask for more literature, and sometimes they share how the book has helped them come to Christ. Each letter reminds…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.31.10 in Evangelism, Sermons, Word of Life
This week at Word of Life I preached through the book of Jonah using the theme “Outrageous Grace.” God seems to have used the messages to touch many hearts. Just this morning as I was walking back from breakfast, a woman stopped me and said that the messages had given her a lot to think about. “I never realized how much I’m …
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 12.9.09 in An Anchor for the Soul, Evangelism, Keep Believing Ministries
His life changed on Christmas Eve.Scot is serving time in a Michigan prison. When fellow inmate gave him a copy of “An Anchor for the Soul,” he decided to see what the book was all about since his friend had read it and like it. “After I started reading it, I couldn’t put it down.” On Christmas Eve he developed a sever…
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 8.22.09 in Evangelism, Theology
Saturday Afternoon Minneapolis Airport I am writing this note from a tiny cubicle that doubles as a pay phone station next to gate C22. Before our flight to Memphis leaves, I wanted to report on an amazing conversation we had with a happy Muslim. A few minutes ago we landed on our flight from Portland to Minneapolis. Because we had a little time, we …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.6.09 in An Anchor for the Soul, Evangelism, Keep Believing Ministries
The third thing you need to know about KBM is . . .1. We support Gospel outreach through the Book Depot.This part of the story goes back almost 12 years, long before the formal beginning of Keep Believing Ministries. Shortly after I wrote a book called What a Christian Believes, we began partnering with Prison Fellowship to give away copies of the …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.6.09 in An Anchor for the Soul, Evangelism
Recently we received a letter from a 27-year-old prisoner at the Fairfax (VA) County Jail. He wrote to tell us that he had read my book An Anchor for the Soul. Here is the heart of what he wrote:I thank you for your book “An Anchor for the Soul”, it was very inspirational for me. Today’s the day I finally let go, finally stopped h…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.23.09 in An Anchor for the Soul, Evangelism
It’s time for an update on the Anchor Book Depot. Since January 1 we have distributed 7674 copies of An Anchor for the Soul to the following ministries. Where a jail or prison is listed, it means that we donated the books to a ministry or to chaplain serving the inmates in that particular facility. Arkansas Department of Corrections, Pine Blu…
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