Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.18.04 in Personal
4:03 PM I’ve started a second weblog as of this afternoon. Through the kindness of Kevin McCullough, I was offered a chance to host a weblog on Crosswalk.com, the largest Christian website in the world. They have a two-fold purpose: 1) To encourage believers, and 2) To influence the culture for Christ. At the moment I am th…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.12.04 in Personal
8:12 AM In response to several inquiries, I’m happy to report that Nick returns from Samford next week. He’ll be home all summer. 8:09 AM Looks like the Great Chicago Hot Dog Challenge will take place on May 22—Parky’s vs. Gene and Jude’s Red Hots. Click here and go down to the fifth entry (11:11 AM) for more informat…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.11.04 in Personal
1:46 PM Coming this Sunday: “My Only Hope,” a musical presented by “All 4 Him,” at 6 PM in the sanctuary. Ice-cream social following the musical. 1:04 PM A note from Dave Schlueter: “Lenore Dunlop, a great servant of the Lord, passed away on Monday morning as a result of some complications from a fall and broken h…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.7.04 in Internet/Blogging, Personal
9:32 PM Just back from a dinner date with Marlene at La Piazza, a new Italian restaurant on Circle Avenue in Forest Park. Several weeks ago I read a favorable review in the Chicago Tribune so tonight Marlene and I tried it out. Generally I’m not big on Italian food—mostly because my understanding of that particular cu…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.27.04 in Personal
9:46 PM John Kerry and Communion–Part 2. Part of the problem stems from expectations. How is a priest or a pastor supposed to know the beliefs and attitudes of every person who takes communion? Note how I phrased it – “every person who takes communion,” because in almost every church, so many come and …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.12.04 in Personal
9:50 PM This question arrived via e-mail from someone who hear my sermon yesterday—on the phrase from the Apostles’ Creed: “On the third day he rose again from the dead.” There is one thing I’m still not clear on, and this is the use of the word “again” in the phrase we looked at yesterday, “he rose again fr…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.9.04 in Personal
11:17 AM We just added a new section in the Sermon collection called Special Documents. There are 9 documents in the collection—and none of them are sermons, but there isn’t a better place to put them right now. Some of the documents were not written by me. The collection includes the “1975 Clarification on the Holy…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.8.04 in Personal
10:48 PM Just received an e-mail from Robert Schuler. His son Robert, Jr. serves with the Marines at the heart of the trouble in Iraq—the city of Fallujah. He saw a CNN story about the fighting in Fallujah that included a picture of a group of Marines praying over a wounded Marine who later died of his injuries. The M…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.30.04 in Personal
9:35 PM Here’s another new sermon series on the website: Christmas Personalities. Four sermons on Mary, Joseph, the Wise Men, and wicked King Herod. 3:56 PM We just posted a new sermon series on Christ in the Old Testament called Christ BC. There are four sermons on “The Seed of the Woman,” “A Prophet Greater Than Mos…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.27.04 in Personal, Word of Life
12:19 PM Catching up on noteworthy articles: Hugh Hewitt explains why we need the Federal Marriage Amendment. Travis K. McSherley explains what is behind the assault on the “Under God” phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance. It is really an assault on the public recognition of God in American life. Bill Murchison points out…
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