Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.6.09 in Marriage and the Family, Preaching, Theology
Here is the final group of questions from the Gull Lake Q&A session last Wednesday morning.1. How do I know if something is the will of God for me? I think the question is asking how to determine which way to go when we are facing an important decision. Often the problem is that we want something God never promised–certainty. We want to k…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.24.09 in Congregational Singing, Devotional, Preaching
Here’s a great missionary hymn (one source called it one of the greatest ever written) by Isaac Watts (1674-1748). I should add that it is entirely new to me. Watts wrote many hymns, most notably “Joy to the World,” “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed,” and “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.” On this Lord’…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 3.15.09 in Preaching, Sermons
I’m speaking tonight at 6:30 PM at the Awaken Service at Harrisburg Baptist Church in Tupelo. If you are in the area, I hope you will join us.…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.26.09 in Preaching
Recently I was asked to give a short quote on preaching for publication later this year. As I thought about it, I kept coming back to one thought about how amazing it is that God takes a human event (preaching) and uses it to produce divine results (salvation, conviction, spiritual growth, transformation). Here is the quote I submitted:When we prea…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.2.09 in Preaching
Before my first message on Saturday morning at the Men for God rally, I was sitting by myself on the bleachers in the rear of the meeting area. It was a good place to relax while waiting for the service to begin. Up walked a student from the Bible Institute who wanted to know if I was nervous. “I always get nervous before I preach,” I r…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.30.09 in Preaching
Check out the advice H. B. Charles, Jr. received from his father about preaching. It’s called If You Can Keep From Preaching, Do It!. Here’s a sample:If preaching is something that you can get into and out of when you want to, it’s a sign that the Lord did not really call you. So if you can choose whether you are going to preach o…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.17.08 in China, Pastors, Personal, Preaching, Travel
We are now halfway through our final big trip of the year. When we left on Thursday, we had four major events in front of us:KBM Open House — SaturdayChinese Bible Church of Oak Park— SundayWord of Life Bible Institute — Monday-FridayVisiting friends in Columbus, OH — Saturday-MondayIn terms of days we’re not yet at th…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.7.08 in Preaching, Sermons
For the last several weeks I’ve been reading Preach the Word, a collection of essays on expository preaching in honor of Kent Hughes who served for many served as the senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton. Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson served as editors of this very fine set of essays. It’s the best book on preaching I’ve read…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.8.08 in Preaching
A friend from Australia wants to know my method of sermon illustration. He mentioned that he uses three systems:1) A manual system for filing illustrations.2) A seed box of this and that—it hasn’t proved very helpful.3) A program called “Biblical Illustrator” that has not been kept up to date.Here are my general comments:1) …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.25.08 in Preaching
Josh Harris is doing preachers everywhere a service by creating website called Preaching Notes that contains examples of sermon notes that preachers take with them into the pulpit. So far he has examples from Mark Dever, Mike Bullmore, C. J. Mahaney and Ray Ortlund, Jr., with more to come.I really like this idea because young preachers often strugg…
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