Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.18.06 in Uncategorized
My trip to Dallas for the NRB convention started in the Tupelo airport when Marvin Sanders from American Family Radio came up and said hello. He was heading to NRB also. During the flight from Memphis to Dallas, I noticed a young man sitting across the aisle who looked vaguely familiar. Marvin (who was sitting behind me) le …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.17.06 in Uncategorized
4:18 PM Cliff Raad has just informed me that earlier today, we wired $22,550 to our publisher in Beijing for the printing of An Anchor for the Soul in Chinese. People from across America contributed to the project. Special thanks to everyone who made a gift to the China Book Fund.8:52 AM Winter has returned with a vengeance …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.16.06 in Uncategorized
1) Twice lately friends have encouraged me to read The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman. I bought the book last summer, brought it with me when we moved in October, put it on the shelf, and finally started reading it this week. Friedman demonstrates in a thousand stunning ways that the world of the past is gone forever. Th …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.15.06 in Blogroll, Uncategorized
Yesterday Pastor John Piper had prostate cancer surgery. Early reports indicate that the surgery went well, and that he will soon be on the road to what we all hope will be a complete recovery. On the night before the surgery, he wrote an article called Don’t Waste Your Cancer. In it he meditates on ten ways in which …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.14.06 in Blogroll, Uncategorized
9:56 AM Mark has posted some picture of his recent trip to Thailand for the mid-year ELIC conference.9:46 AM Just finished the Da Vinci Code. Weird ending. I was right about one thing. Robert and Sophie definitely don’t accept Christ in the last chapter. The book ends up feeling like a tract for modern-day Gnostic rel …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.13.06 in Bible Study Resources, Uncategorized
After being urged to do so by many friends, I finally got around to reading The Da Vinci Code, the mega-bestseller by Dan Brown. The book has sold an astonishing 30 million copies since its release in 2003. Later this spring the movie version starring Tom Hanks seems likely to become the biggest film of the year, spurring m …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.11.06 in Blogroll, Uncategorized
Last weekend a young man died in a car accident, leaving his friends heartbroken and confused. I was asked to write to one of those friends to offer whatever encouragement I could. I was glad to do it, and as I did so I thought about how often I have done that. Years ago I struggled with what to say in a situation of sudden …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.10.06 in Christian News, Uncategorized
10:44 AM Judy Bowles sent along a link to Steve Staint’s website promoting “micro-enterprises” for indigenous people groups that have been reached by the gospel become economically independent. This site also provides links for people who want to know what God has done in the Waodani tribe since the five missionaries …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.9.06 in Podcasts, Uncategorized
12:09 PM While reading William F. Buckley’s literary autobiography Miles Gone By, I came across a wonderful quote that Buckley says he got during his days at Yale University. It comes from “a crusty academic believer” who was asked during the rise of Darwinism in the l800s, How can you still believe in God? He answere …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.8.06 in Blogroll, Uncategorized
This afternoon Marlene and I went to see End of the Spear, the much-discussed movie based on the story of the five missionaries who were murdered by members of the Waodani tribe in 1956. If you are an evangelical, you already know the outline of the story, and you have probably read Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth El …
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