Dr. Ray Pritchard

A few personal reflections on the three-year anniversary of leaving Oak Park and moving to Tupelo, Mississippi.

Check out Genesis 16. There is nothing but trouble in this chapter of the Bible. No one looks good except the Lord.

Given all the problems, pressures, worries and fears that we all share right now, it’s easy to spend our days in a perpetual frown. But even...

Some friends in Bellingham, Washington are going to be praying the prayers of Paul for their children and grandchildren for the next 21 days. I...

Perhaps we all need to close our eyes for a moment so we can refocus them on something other than politics and the stock market.

Regarding our loved ones who die in the Lord, they are with him right now, and when we finally see them again, we will see Jesus too. It all works...

This morning I got up early and starting “reading the 8s.” Tomorrow I will “read the 9s” and on Friday I will “read the 10s.” This is all about a...

When I don’t want to deal with an issue, the Lord in his mercy (sometimes it is a severe mercy) puts that issue in front of me again and again and...

Are you in the center of God’s will for your life? The answer is no because there is no such thing as the “center” of God’s will.

A few weeks ago someone asked when we were going to post new pictures of Dudley and Gary, our beloved basset hounds. Here they are.

How should we treat sinning believers who show no signs of repentance? The answer may surprise you.

Some people think pastors should endorse candidates from the pulpit. That doesn't strike me as a good idea, and here's why.

So how should we dress for church on Sunday morning? That used to be an easy question to answer. Not anymore.

When was the time you wrote out a book of the Bible word for word? Here's an idea from the Old Testament that might be good for your soul.

Earlier today we posted a brand-new podcast called Asymmetric Spiritual Warfare. I have always felt that there is a spiritual dimension to...

A friend asked me why evangelicals think it’s okay that Sarah Palin’s seventeen-year-old daughter got pregnant by her boyfriend. I think the exact...

A friend who has gone through a hard time sent me a list of things he has learned about forgiveness. Based mostly on his list, here are twenty-five...

Rule-keeping cannot change the heart. But when the heart is set on Christ, and when Christ is enthroned in the heart, then divine heart surgery...