Depart from Me
Posted by info in chris ritter on 09. Feb, 2009 | No Comments
I have the privilege of meeting with some Del Oro guys to be part of their Bible study on Friday mornings before school (yes high school boys can get up early!). The group of guys is led by the Young Life leader of D.O. who invited me some time ago to participate – it is [...]
The Shack
Posted by info in chris ritter on 03. Feb, 2009 | No Comments
So I don’t have a whole lot to write this week, and I’m not even sure anyone is reading this If I can be totally frank with you. But I did just finish listening to a Q&A time with the author of The Shack, W. Paul Young. I read the book around Christmas time and [...]
Satisfaction of the Soul
Posted by info in chris ritter on 22. Jan, 2009 | No Comments
I love CS Lewis’ writing. I’ve read many of his books now and am currently working through Mere Christianity with a couple of different students. His ability to give analogies to so many complex Christian ideas and deep theological ideas just astounds me. Lately what has really made me think is the material in chapter [...]
Thoughts on Competition
Posted by info in chris ritter on 16. Jan, 2009 | No Comments
On Tuesday afternoon I got a call from my friend Keith inviting me to go to the Sacramento Kings game with a few friends. We had scored some awesome tickets worth $140 apiece! Basketball has been my favorite sport to watch and play for a long, long time. I can remember the first league I [...]
The Mystery of Ministry
Posted by info in chris ritter on 08. Jan, 2009 | No Comments
Ministry is a tricky thing. At some points I feel like I’ve got much of it down – love people, study and teach God’s Word, pray for God’s leading on things, put together events, and so on. But while some of the ideas of ministry are simple, actually doing ministry can be very difficult. For [...]
New Year's Resolution
Posted by info in chris ritter on 03. Jan, 2009 | No Comments
I want to write more – at least once a week, to be exact. In fact, this is my New Year’s Resolution, and I’m stating it here on PBC’s Dialogue for several purposes. First of all, I need accountability. I need to be accountable to the people I hope to encourage, teach, and live with [...]
Death respects no age
Posted by info in chris ritter on 29. Oct, 2008 | No Comments
My mother died of cancer when she was 49. A junior at Whitney High School died in a long-boarding accident last week. My wife’s close family friend died around 50 of a heart attack on his wedding day last Saturday. Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 says “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time [...]
I Love The Bible
Posted by info in chris ritter on 19. Sep, 2008 | No Comments
I feel the need to declare that I love the Bible. This may seem a strange thing to say, perhaps obvious to some, considering I work full time for a church. But I would say that there are many, many people who work at churches who do not love the Bible whatsoever – who spend [...]
Christ Died for the W.U.S.E.
Posted by info in chris ritter on 04. Sep, 2008 | No Comments
I was studying for a teaching in Romans 5, and created a little acronym I want to share with you. It is terribly cheesy, so please forgive me. However, if you have ever studied for a big test you know that the sillier the saying is, the easier it is to remember. So at the [...]
How Is Suffering Good For Us?
Posted by info in chris ritter on 12. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
I hope today to encourage those of you who are in difficult times right now. Truly, most people can say that in some way life is “hard”, whether that be their own health, the health of a loved one, financial stresses, relationship rifts, sexual immorality they are suffering from either as the agent or the [...]