Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.25.06 in Uncategorized
At the moment things are peaceful in my corner of the world. I am sitting at one end of a large wooden dinner table and Marlene, Linda and Martha (Linda’s mother) are working on a jigsaw puzzle I picked up in Lancaster, PA, in Amish country, during our visit to Lancaster Bible College in October. Each year I give Mar …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.5.06 in Uncategorized
I am writing this note from Word of Life Inn in Schroon Lake, New York. Marlene and I have been here since Friday night for the Local Church Ministries Annual Staff Conference. I’ve spoken twice, Marlene spoke to the ladies, and we did a Q&A together. Later today I speak to the men. After I give my final message t …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.27.06 in Uncategorized
This morning I am speaking at the Birmingham Baptist Pastors Conference. Each year the Southern Baptists set aside time for their January Bible Study, focusing on different books of the Bible. Last year it was Nehemiah; this year it is the letters of John, known in the English Bible as 1 John, 2 John and 3 John, generally r …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.23.06 in Uncategorized
This is Day 1 of our ten-day trek that takes us from MS to AL to PA to NY to IL to AL and back to MS. Right now we are staying at the guest apartment in the Presidential Manse at Lancaster Bible College. The drive from Albany to Lancaster took about six hours, a little longer than expected because we made a wrong turn and e …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.20.06 in Uncategorized
According to Mark’s China Blog, we leave for the Holy Land tour in 88 Days, 20 Hours, 31 Minutes, 2 Seconds. We still have room on the tour for others to join us. Here are a few of the sites we will visit:
Masada
Caesarea
Beit She’an
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Capernaum
Mount of Olives
Jordan River
Gethsemane
The Golde …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.15.06 in Uncategorized
Here is the newest sermon in the series The Transformed Life:Swimming Upstream
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.13.06 in Uncategorized
Yesterday I asked you to pray for a brother on an Asian island who was facing eternity for his Christian beliefs. I just received word that he was executed by firing squad a few hours ago. Here is one Christian’s reaction:My brother met eternity earlier today. His thirst for righteousness was filled. He was maltreated …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.5.06 in Uncategorized
1) We have just posted the first sermon in the series The Transformed Life (Romans 12-16):God’s Altar Call2) When Nick called this afternoon, we chatted about this and that. At the end of the conversation, he said, “Go Rebels! Go Huskies! Go Bears!” The Rebels are the Ole Miss Rebels who are off to a 1-4 start this se …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 10.4.06 in Uncategorized
Starting this week, I am switching to the English Standard Version in my preaching ministry. I’m making the move partly out of the necessity to get a new Bible. For almost ten years, I’ve used a large-print NIV, but it is so worn and torn that it needs to be replaced. I had been thinking about making the switch …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 9.23.06 in Uncategorized
A new church is starting in Tupelo. I don’t know much about it, except that several of the key people come from another church in town. After meeting as a small group for several months, they have decided to start holding public worship services soon. As part of the process, they have called a young man from another …
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