Personal Book File: 26 Years of Sermons by Ray Pritchard

Bruce Hurt
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edited November 2024 in English Forum

Pastor Ray Pritchard has given permission to compile his sermons, devotionals and seven of his books (those to which he holds the copyright) into a Personal Book. The "Sermons by Ray Pritchard" file below is a docx file of approximately 9600 pages (25.6MB). Note that because of the size of the file, it may take quite a while to compile--on one of my computers it took 45-60' ending with the message "Build succeeded with 0 errors, 341 warnings." Don't be alarmed by the warnings, as the compiled PB is fully functional. Note in the Table of Contents you will find the sermons arranged by Bible book/chapter/verse with milestones added to the Bible references (in the sermon titles) allowing the PB to function much like a commentary on Genesis-Revelation (although not all OT books have entries). When you compile the PB, I would recommend saving it as "Type: Bible Commentary."

In the Table of Contents of the compiled PB note the entry "Search by Topic" which lists several Major Topics (Theology, Marriage & Family, Common Problems, Hot Topics, Church, Christian Life, etc). Each of these Major Topics has a variable number of Subtopics which represent links to Keep Believing Ministries and a list of sermons that relate to that specific Subtopic. All of the sermons related to the Subtopic are included in your Personal Book. These extra-PB links are included to give assistance if you are studying, teaching or preparing to preach on one of these topics or subtopics.

I think you will find Dr Pritchard's easy to read style is sound in doctrine as well as rich in relevant quotes, pertinent illustrations and practical applications. It is a veritable treasure trove of truth on a variety of topics. For example, I entered the following terms in my Logos PB and retrieved the number of hits in parenthesis -- marriage (1811 results in 643 articles), Holy Spirit (1924 results in 803 articles), forgiveness (1100 results in 456 articles), elder* (646 results in 306 articles), preach* (2818 results in 1386 articles), disciple* (1039 results in 579 articles), etc. 

Dr Pritchard is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and Talbot School of Theology (doctor of ministry) and has been actively preaching for 34 years. He is the author of over 29 published books with 5 available in Vyrso format. He is currently the president of Keep Believing Ministries, an Internet-based ministry serving Christians in 225 countries, with a focus on China. His blog Keep Believing is updated frequently (and many of the posts are included in the PB). If you are not familiar with Dr Pritchard, see what others are saying in the reviews of one of his books The Healing Power of Forgiveness.

Click here to read Dr Pritchard’s review of Logos Bible software posted on Logos.com.

Here is the link to Dr Pritchard's Sermon File...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/whfrg9x5y1sonzp/SERMONS%20by%20Ray%20Pritchard.docx

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