Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.8.12 in Pastors, Preaching, Sermons
A few days ago I received a message alerting me that a certain pastor (whom I do not know) has been preaching my sermons word for word on Sunday morning. And he does so without attribution.To make matters worse, he posts the audio files online.Let me start by saying that I am a friend and supporter of preachers everywhere. I post my sermons precise…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.18.11 in Bible Study, Pastors, Preaching, Sermons
This morning I finish teaching the book of Daniel to the students at Word of Life Bible Institute in Hudson, Florida. Since this is my fourth year to teach this one-week course, I’ve gotten a bit of rhythm in my teaching. Each year we start off strong with the story of Daniel and his friends courteously but firmly refusing to eat the food at …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.5.11 in Preaching, Sermons, Thanksgiving, Theology
Thanksgiving is a profoundly Christian holiday in that it focuses us on the God as the true source of all our blessings. As the hymnwriter said, “All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.” Here are 21 sermons appropriate for Thanksgiving. You are welco…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.1.11 in China, Keep Believing Ministries, Preaching, Travel
For the last two days Mark and I have been speaking at a pastor’s conference in Dalian, China. To put the matter that way probably makes people think of hundreds of pastors gathered in a large church sanctuary, with bright lights, a worship team, and high-powered services.That might happen in America.But we are i…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.22.11 in China, Internet/Blogging, Keep Believing Ministries, Missions, Preaching, Travel, Video
Here’s the video from Day 2 of our trip to Korea and China in which we meet a man carrying a cross at the airport in Seoul:…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.21.11 in Churches, Pastors, Preaching
The question came from a young man pastoring his first church. I don’t know much about the congregation he serves except that it is small and filled with mostly older folks who don’t want to change.At least that’s how the young pastor sees it. Both he and his wife have been feeling discouraged. After three difficult years, here is…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.23.11 in Churches, Personal, Preaching, Sermons, Travel
A few years ago–about eight years ago, I suppose–I received an email out of the blue from a man named H. B. Charles, Jr. who wrote to ask me a question about something I had written about preaching. I didn’t know him or the church he pastored, Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Through an email correspondence we b…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.20.11 in Bible Study Resources, Books, Ebooks, Preaching, Sermons
For many years I’ve turned to J. C. Ryle’s Expository Thoughts on the Gospels when I wanted to study a text from the gospels. Ryle, an evangelical Anglican who served in the late 1800s in Great Britain, had an uncanny ability to get to the heart of each passage. More than that, he knew how to find the “preachable truths&…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.19.11 in Keep Believing Ministries, Pastors, Preaching, Sermons, Travel
Today I’m flying to Los Angeles to take part in the Fall Church Institute at Mt Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. When I received this invitation a few months ago from Pastor George Hurtt, I was glad to accept because he asked me to speak on one of my favorite topics–expository preaching. I’ll be leading a workshop on preachin…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.30.11 in Preaching
Time for an update.Just before I started this two-week ministry trip, I mentioned that I would be using my iPad for both my Scripture and my sermon notes for the first time ever. I also said that I was a little nervous about it because like most preachers, I’m a creature of habit. After nearly 40 years of preaching, I have my own way of doing…
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