Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.1.10 in Theology, Word of Life
This morning I am on the road again. Last week I was in sunny southern Florida, enjoying the weather and the warm fellowship of the retired missionaries at the SIM Missionary Village in Sebring. Today I’m going in the opposite direction, first to Atlanta, then to Albany, New York, and then 75 miles north, to Word of Life Bible Institute, high…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.1.10 in Theology
During a recent trip to Portland, Oregon, noted atheist Christopher Hitchens laid down some seriously good theology. Most people recognize Hitchens as the author of the bestselling book God is Not Great: Why Religion Poisons Everything. Since the book’s publication in 2007, Hitchens has toured the country debating a series of religious leader…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.30.10 in Theology
In 1900 the noted British pastor J. D. Jones wrote a little book called “Paul’s Certainties” that contains a chapter on “The Unaccountable Man.” The chapter title refers to that moment in Christ’s ministry when he returned to his hometown and the people began to wonder, “Where did this man get this wisdom a…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.19.10 in Devotional, Theology
A friend alerted me to an article by R. T. Kendall called ’God Told Me’ . . . Really? that says something I’ve thought for a long time but have never been able to put into words. Kendall is talking about tendency of evangelicals in general (and charismatics in particular) to say “God told me” when they think they have …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.5.09 in Questions, Theology
Someone read one of my sermons on salvation and asked the following question:Does a person have to “understand” the Trinity to be saved? What if they believe in God the Father and Jesus as his son, but can’t really grasp the whole “One God in three persons” thing? I think the answer goes like this. You don’t have…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.25.09 in Devotional, Theology
Unless you are a fan of rodeo, you may not have heard about a fun event called “Bull Poker” in which three or four cowboys sit around a table in the middle of the arena with a bull let loose to wreak havoc. While the cowboys sit at the table playing poker, the bull roams freely. Eventually the bull is bound to charge the table, scatteri…
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 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 7.5.09 in Questions, Theology
Last Wednesday morning at Gull Lake Ministries in Michigan we had a question-and-answer session. Here are some of the questions along with a general outline of the answers I gave. 1. A friend of mine committed suicide sometime ago. I know he was a Christian and had a personal relationship with Christ, but I am troubled about his salvati…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.4.09 in Questions, Theology
On Thursday I wrapped up a week of teaching at Gull Lake Ministries in Michigan. During the second hour on Wednesday morning, I did a Question and Answer session based on questions from the audience. This turned out to be one of the best sessions of the week. We plan to post that session as a podcast soon. I thought you might be interested in readi…
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