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Ray Pritchard
Contributing sermons since Aug 28, 2003
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Ballistic Christianity
Contributed on Jul 5, 2007
If God ever truly begins to do things we’re not used to, the world as we know it will be turned upside down.
Ballistic Christianity Matthew 9:35-38 It must have been about twenty-two years ago that our family attended a week-long Bible conference at a Christian conference center near North Platte, Nebraska. A family in the church I pastored in Garland, Texas paid for all our expenses so we could make ...read more
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When Christians Disagree
Contributed on Jul 5, 2007
Christians disagree about almost everything. And when we disagree, we usually start a new church.
When Christians Disagree Acts 15:36-41 Christians disagree about almost everything. And when we disagree, we usually start a new church. Which reminds me of a story I heard a few years ago. A Scottish Presbyterian is rescued after many years of living alone on a desert island. When he is ...read more
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Where Is Jesus When We Need Him?
Contributed on Jul 5, 2007
It is Sunday. Jesus is dead. And they are going home. Their question is our question, only slightly rephrased. Where is Jesus when we need him? Where did he go? Why did he leave us?
Where is Jesus When We Need Him? Luke 24:13-35 Earlier this week I took a bike ride along the Natchez Trace. Exiting at Friendship Road, I rode a mile or two and came to Friendship Baptist Church, a neatly-kept brick building at the intersection of two country roads. Behind the church there ...read more
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Father, Forgive Them
Contributed on Jul 5, 2007
There is another way to say it. Jesus forgives people we wouldn’t forgive if we were God. And he saves people we would immediately send to hell.
Father, Forgive Them Luke 23:34 Here is part of an email from a friend: Do you have any suggestions for getting rid of bitterness? What do you do when you are dealing with a situation where you cannot go to the person and discuss the issue with them? Of course, we both know that that is the ...read more
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Create In Me A Clean Heart: A Serious Call To Sexual Purity
Contributed on Jul 3, 2007
Purity is the personal decision to glorify God with your body, soul and spirit. So many times when we talk about purity, we put it in terms of dos and don’ts.
Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Serious Call to Sexual Purity I received an email from a young lady I have never met. She happens to live in a country on the other side of the world. Because she reads my weblog, she felt like she could write and share her heart with me. This is part of what ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Passing The Torch
Contributed on Sep 5, 2003
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Adventures With Abraham
Contributed on Aug 28, 2003
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Let's Imagine Dialogue Between Abraham And God. ...
Contributed on Aug 28, 2003
Let’s imagine dialogue between Abraham and God. “Abraham, this is God speaking. I want you to leave everything and go to the land I will show you.” “Where’s that?” “If I told you, you wouldn’t believe me.” “Try me.” “It’s 1500 miles from here in a place called Canaan.” “Never heard of it.” ...read more
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From Chicago To Memphis
Contributed on Aug 28, 2003
From Chicago to Memphis That’s always how it is in the life of faith. Many times you will be called to step out for God and you will be precisely where Abraham was—believing God but not knowing what the future holds. When I think of that principle, my mind goes back to a conversation I had ...read more
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Nothing But Prayer And Worship
Contributed on Aug 28, 2003
Nothing But Prayer and Worship This week I chance to stop and worship God in an extended way for the first time in the last seven years. I spent four days with 75 other pastors in a Pastor’s Prayer Summit at a place called Wonderland Camp in Wisconsin. In my time I’ve been to many camps, ...read more