Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.31.06 in Uncategorized
Yesterday I learned that Credo: Believing in Something to Die For has been nominated for an ECPA Christian Book Award in the Christian Living category. The news came as a nice surprise to me. I had no idea Credo was being considered until I heard from the publisher (Crossway Books) that it had been named a finalist for the …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.30.06 in Uncategorized
Here is some feedback I’ve been getting from my series on congregational singing. The first comes from a friend who recently started attending a new church:One of the things that I have loved about Word of Life from the start is when we all sing together at the meeting house. The first year we were there, I was bowle …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.29.06 in Uncategorized
“How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.” —George Washington Carver
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.28.06 in Uncategorized
During the Founders Conference this morning, Harry Bollback spoke about the legacy of Jack Wyrtzen, the founder of Word of Life. Starting with a series of youth rallies in New York City during World War II, the ministry today reaches youth around the world through Bible clubs, camps, Bible institutes, and over 1000 missiona …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.27.06 in Uncategorized
A few years ago Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis (where John Piper is the pastor) issued a nine-point statement detailing their philosophy of worship. Only the final point deals with the question of worship style. Several of the points seem especially relevant to questions regarding congregational singing:”2. Expecti …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.26.06 in Uncategorized
2:18 PM We have just posted the latest sermon in the “Understanding God’s Plan” series:God Simple Plan of Salvation1:52 PM China update: President Bush meets with Chinese house church leaders. But government crackdown continues. On the bright side, Steven Curtis Chapman performed before a full house at a charity conc …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.25.06 in Uncategorized
We arrived home last night after a three-day whirlwind trip to Lincoln, Nebraska, home of one of the most famous Christian radio ministries, Back to the Bible. Since its inception in 1939, Back to the Bible has had only three Bible teachers—Theodore Epp, Warren Wiersbe, and since 1990, Woodrow Kroll. For 67 years this mini …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.24.06 in Uncategorized
Kevin McCullough wonders about Taylor Hicks and me (scoll down to the third entry). At the moment, I’m in Lincoln, Nebraska—or am I? If you see me in Hollywood tonight, Kevin will have the scoop of the century.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.22.06 in Uncategorized
On one hand, no subject generates a quicker debate than the music we use in our churches. Should it be contemporary, traditional, Gen-X, cutting edge, emergent, liturgical, classical, or some other variation? And how do we define those terms? On the other hand, I argue that the deeper issues are cultural and theological. We …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.20.06 in Uncategorized
7:29 PM Here’s something exciting. One of my biggest burdens (definitely connected to the start of Keep Believing Ministries) has been to see An Anchor for the Soul published in Spanish. Over the years we have had many, many requests for a Spanish version, and for various reasons it has not happened. Meanwhile we dist …
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