Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.25.09 in Devotional, Word of Life
Several weeks ago Paul Bubar asked if I would speak last Wednesday night at a church about an hour north of Word of Life. During the drive to the church, Paul and I talked about his fifty years of service with Word of Life. At one point he mentioned that in the early 70s, he had invited Dr. Lee Roberson, noted pastor and founder of Tennessee Temple…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.23.09 in Word of Life
All week long, at the beginning of every class session on Galatians, I haev been repeating this statement:When we are wrong about the gospel, two terrible things happen:Sinners are not saved, andGod is not glorified.That’s the heart of the message of Galatians. We can’t afford to be wrong about the gospel.Today when I finished my final …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.23.09 in Word of Life
Yesterday during the second hour I recruited two students to help me explain the difference between the law and the promise in Galatians 3:17-18 because it’s not the easiest concept to understand. What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the p…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.21.09 in Word of Life
Today I taught through Galatians 2:11-3:14 to my very enthusiastic class of students at Word of Life Bible Institute in New York. Besides all the obvious benefits of teaching students, I enjoy going through Galatians year after year because this little book (only six chapters—you can read it in 30 minutes or less) is filled with spiritu…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.20.09 in Word of Life
We finished a great first day at Word of Life Bible Institute . . . This morning I taught from 10 AM-1 PM, covering Galatians 1:1-2:10 in three fifty-minute sessions . . . To me it feels bitterly cold here . . . At the moment the temperature is around 5 degrees . . . But the students pointed out that it was -31 last Thursday night . . . We are in P…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.19.09 in Travel, Word of Life
By the time you read this we will be on the road again, this time to upstate New York. Our trip takes us from Tupelo to Columbus, Mississippi where we fly to Atlanta, change planes, and then fly to Albany, New York. Someone will pick us up and drive us 75 miles north to Pottersville, home of Word of Life Bible Institute. Tomorrow I start my first o…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.19.08 in Personal, Travel, Word of Life
This week I’m teaching the book of Daniel at the Florida campus of Word of Life Bible Institute. For the last six or seven years I’ve taught Galatians at the New York campus, but this is my first time to teach Daniel in a classroom setting. So far I think things have gone pretty well. I planned to use some PowerPoint, but that never wor…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 7.2.08 in Travel, Word of Life
We are having a busy, productive week at Word of Life in upstate New York. During my morning sessions I decided to preach from 1 Corinthians 13. It has been personally challenging to meditate on phrases such as love “does not envy, does not boast, is not proud, is not rude, does not seek its own, and is not easily provoked.” On Monday I…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.30.08 in Devotional, Word of Life
After the service tonight, we attended a get-together at the home of Wayne & Ruthie Lewis. Near the end Wayne asked Don Lough to share his vision for the future of Word of Life. In three years Don will become the new Executive Director of the worldwide ministry of Word of Life. During his talk Don shared that when he was named to succeed J…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 5.13.08 in China, Current Events, Interviews, Personal, Word of Life
Various, mostly unrelated notes from hither and yon . . .William McGurn has some nice words about Wheaton College in the Wall Street Journal.Speaking of Wheaton, Eric Rubio had a great freshman year there.Several people have called or written to ask about Josh and Leah who teach English in Nanchang, China. After the devasta …
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