The Keep Believing Podcast: Recent Episodes
Keep Believing Ministries
Speaker and author Ray Pritchard is the founder and president of Keep Believing Ministries. He has pastored churches in Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles for nearly 30 years and has written 27 books on topics such as spiritual warfare, prayer, Elijah and many more spiritual and Biblical topics.
When God got ready to save the world, he sent the best that he had—his one and only Son.
As we come to Thanksgiving Day, our hearts should overflow with gratitude. We have everything we need, always.
We recorded this Q&A session at Cannon Beach Conference Center in Cannon Beach, OR, on July 1, 2022.
There are always a thousand reasons to run away when Goliath stands before you. But whenever you are tired of running, the Lord stands ready to walk into the valley with you.
Jesus left no unfinished business behind. He finished what he came to do, and in finishing his work he paid in full the price for your sins.
God is not confused by my confusion. He does not doubt because I doubt. He is fully satisfied with Jesus. Because I have put my faith in Jesus, God is satisfied with me. I’m justified.
Listen as Pastor Ray and Chris Fabry pray for Ukraine in light of the Russian invasion.
If you know Jesus, you are my brother. You are my sister. Because everyone who belongs to Jesus belongs to me.
Are you needy? The answer is yes, whether you know it or not. You are needy, and God is ready to help you.
It is good to dream big dreams and to imagine all that you might do someday. But living forever in the future tends to make you unhappy where you are today.
We all have to go through some “desert time” to get from where we were to where God wants us to be.
On Monday I did an interview about “How to Put on the Armor of God” with Ken and Deb in the […]
This morning on American Family Radio we spoke with Gary Bauer about the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan. After talking about […]
For a few brief moments, John the Baptist was the most important person with the most important message In the world.
Unbelief always has a thousand excuses. The problem with the resurrection is not a matter of mind; it’s a problem […]
Can a person who calls himself a Christian ever doubt the resurrection of Jesus Christ? In this message I am […]
If God is sovereign, why bother voting? Pastor Ray joins Chris Fabry to discuss this question as it relates to the presidential election.
What do you do when your life has worked out the way you thought it would? Ray Pritchard and Chris Fabry discuss the way to stay strong when nothing makes sense in your life.
Chris Fabry and Ray Pritchard discuss what it means to celebrate Holy Week during a worldwide pandemic.
Chris Fabry and Ray Pritchard discuss what it means to have saving faith in Jesus Christ.
Pastor Ray talks to Eric and Brigitte on Moody Radio about questions raised by high-profile Christians who have recently left the faith.
Chris Fabry and Ray Pritchard discuss how to keep your cool when everyone else is losing theirs.
Ray Pritchard and Chris Fabry discuss faith and doubt in light of Holy Week. How do you keep believing in the hardest times?
Adam Miller and Pastor Ray discuss the problem of prodigals and how to pray for them. We need this because we all know a prodigal who needs to come back to the Lord.
Here’s the audio of my conversation with Chris Fabry on Moody Radio about how I managed to wreck my left ankle in a bike accident. We laughed a lot and together recounted the goodness of the Lord.
Today marks one week since my bike accident. I recorded a 23-minute podcast to tell how it happened and a few lessons I’ve learned so far.
If you’ve heard the Christmas story year after year, the details can become common. There’s nothing new or surprising about the event in Bethlehem 2000 years ago. Chris Fabry and Ray Pritchard take us to the manger for a fresh look at what God did when Jesus was born.
Pastor Ray joins Chris Fabry to discuss three keys to responding to criticism in a godly fashion.
Chris Fabry and Ray Pritchard discuss how to live for Christ as we await the coming of the Lord.
Chris Fabry and Ray Pritchard discuss why we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
Chris Fabry and Ray Pritchard discuss the danger of an uncontrolled tongue and why we all need God’s help in this area.
Chris Fabry and Pastor Ray discuss the message of James 1 on this live radio broadcast.
Chris Fabry and Ray Pritchard discuss how to get along with people who didn’t vote the way you did in November.
Once I was poor. Now I am rich. That’s the grace of God. And it happened because of Christmas.
The proof of our legacy will not be seen until after we are gone. We must leave with the job unfinished, knowing that the Lord can finish what we have started.
In a radio interview with Chris Fabry, Pastor Ray offers four suggestions for how to survive the three weeks until the election.
James Robison shares what he told Donald Trump when he met with him several months ago.
Ray Pritchard and Chris Fabry talk about what we can learn from Mary, Judas, Peter, and others who met Jesus in his final days.
Let your affections for Jesus be lavish, and don’t worry about what anyone else thinks.
How much faith does it take to go to heaven? It depends. The answer is not much and all you’ve got.
An interview with Tom Doyle who met with the families of the Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS in Libya.
Recorded at the Acts 2:42 Sunday School Class, First Baptist Church, Dallas, November 1, 2015
Ray Pritchard talks with Susie Larson of "Living the Promise" about practical ways to win your spiritual battles.
Ray Pritchard and Tim Wildmon discuss why Jesus was born in Bethlehem and how his birth fulfills Old Testament prophecy.
No matter who you are, you can care for the Lord’s sheep if you are willing to lay down your life.
Erwin Lutzer discusses "What’s Wrong with the American Church?” on "Today’s Issues” with Tim Wildmon and Ray Pritchard.
A radio discussion with Kim Ketola about how repentance and forgiveness can set us free from the past.
If this really is the terminal generation, the smartest thing you can do is to give your life 100% to Jesus Christ.
You will live forever somewhere! If you intend to go to heaven, you need to do something about it now.
Franklin Graham talks about his father’s latest book and why the gospel is still Good News for the whole world.
Chris Fabry and Ray Pritchard discuss how God prepares us for new things by loosening the dirt around our roots so he can transplant us to new situations.
Here’s the audio of our interview with David Jeremiah about his new book “God Loves You: He Always Has, He Always Will.”
Mark Pritchard preached this sermon on November 4 in Dalian, China with translation into Mandarin by Peter Wang.
A radio interview discussing what we can learn from the amazing growth of the Chinese church.
Pastor Ray discusses the gospel in light of 9/11 with Nancy Turner on “This is the Day.”
Pastor Ray and Susie Larson discuss how to improve your prayers by learning to pray like the Apostle Paul.
The gospel begins with God. It doesn’t begin with Jesus or with us. The divine plan of salvation begins with the God who designed it.
Every Christian is a missionary just like the Apostle Paul only most of us are cleverly disguised as something else.
Susie Larson and Pastor Ray discuss how the death of Christ is good news for those who feel like their faith is weak. The question is not, “Am I good enough?” but “Is Jesus enough for me"?
One reason we don’t get better is because we don’t want to face the hard truth about what we have said and done.
When you are tempted to despair, remember that you can’t go back, you can’t stay where you are, but by God’s grace you can move forward one step at a time.
Before you get angry, remember that we are going to heaven because a good man was falsely accused.
On this edition of “Exploring the Word” Ray Pritchard and Marvin Sanders discuss Martin Luther and justification by faith in the light of Reformation Sunday, October 31, 2010. Callers ask about eternal security and the meaning of “It is finished.”
John Riley and I interviewed Jim Bob Duggar of the TV show “19 Kids and Counting!” while we were attending the 2010 Values Voters Summit in Washington D.C.
Hear the live recording of a question and answer session featuring Ray Pritchard and Clay Crosse at Cannon Beach Conference Center in Oregon.
Ray Pritchard and Tim Wildmon interview Franklin Graham about his father’s new book “Storm Warning”. Franklin also comments on a variety of topics, including the second coming of Christ, the increase in natural disasters and the recent controversy/media firestorm surrounding his dis-invitation from the Pentagon.
At the cross Satan was disarmed, disgraced and defeated. “Lo! His Doom is sure. One Little word shall fell him.”
Ray Pritchard and Kathy Coates of AFR Radio interview Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of Sheik Hassan Yousef. He tells the amazing story of his life as the “Son of Hamas” and of his life as a double agent for Israel and Hamas. He also describes his similarly remarkable conversion story.
From Samson’s roller coaster life, we learn that whenever the Spirit of God starts to work, incredible victories can be accomplished by means of the most unlikely instruments.
You can go to heaven if you are willing to stop trusting your goodness and start trusting in Jesus Christ.
Gary Olson loved to pray. After he died on November 2, 1999, we compiled some of the prayers he prayed during the worship services at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL.
How often should we forgive? Jesus said seventy times seven. In this message Ray Pritchard explains what that means and the two things we need most in order to discover the healing power of forgiveness.
God’s will is always good, but it’s not always comfortable. What if God let you fail miserably so he could give you overwhelming success later?
Peter’s story proves that God delights to choose unlikely heroes. We all know Peter very well because we see him every morning when we look in the mirror.
Two thousand years ago Jesus asked a question that each of us must one day answer: “Who do you say that I am?” How would you answer the Supreme Question?
Ray Pritchard joins Tim Wildmon and Marvin Sanders on “Today’s Issues” to discuss the role of faith in praying for the sick. How should we pray? What are we asking God to do? This topic touches a difficult and sometimes controversial area. The second half of the program includes calls from listeners.
Pastor Ray reflects on his own father and what it means to be the father of three sons. These personal stories help us understand why we need God as our Heavenly Father.
Go back? Never! The God who brought us this far will see that we make it all the way home to heaven.
Ray Pritchard and Kevin McCullough discuss Easter in light of the current moral crisis on BMX Radio. The risen Christ calls out to us, “Fear not.”
Relive the six hours Jesus spent on the cross as we focus on his Seven Last Words. From the words of the dying Savior we discover the truth that brings us life.
Ray Pritchard, Tim Wildmon and Marvin Sanders discuss whether or not Christians should be worried given the current economic crisis. If we shouldn’t be worried, how should we respond? In the second half of the program, they take calls from listeners.
Host Tim Wildmon got the ball rolling by asking, “What is the meaning of life?” Ray Pritchard and Marvin Sanders provide biblical insight to this age-old question. Listeners joined in the second half of the program with some excellent questions.
We see God’s providence at work in everything that happens to Joseph. That doctrine doesn’t answer every question, but it does tell us that at there is a pattern to the seemingly random events of life and that God is designing something out beautiful out of that which now seems to be only a chaos of clashing colors. Life is hard—make no mistake about that, but God is good. Both those statements are true all the time for all of God’s children.
This is the message Dr. Ray Pritchard gave at the Pentagon Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. on September 24, 2008.
What if Christ had not come? Where would we be? What kind of world would this be? This message explores the importance of Christmas by examining what the world would have lost if Christ had not come. The good news is, he did come.
On the radio program “Fire Away,” Ray Pritchard joins the AFR team to discuss the power of prayer. They took calls from listeners about faith, how to pray without ceasing, fasting, and how to pray for the dying.
Dr. Ray Pritchard preached this message at the 100th anniversary service of the Chinese Bible Church of Oak Park, IL. The podcast includes a simultaneous Cantonese translation by Mr. C. W. Chan.
Ray Pritchard discusses “How to Leave a Church” with Chris Fabry on the Moody Broadcasting Network. The program includes calls from listeners.
From the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, Ray Pritchard explains why we should be excited about the future. The Last Days will be marked by a simultaneous worldwide outbreak of evil and the greatest spiritual harvest the world has ever seen. Christians ought to be optimistic and look for opportunities to share our faith with others.
From the story of Jesus praying in Gethsemane we learn something about God’s will, something about temptation, and something about the high cost of our salvation.
1 Kings 19 tells us how God met Elijah at his lowest point. From this story we learn four principles that will help us when we feel like running away and giving up.
We are fully justified in asking God to work miracles on behalf of our loved ones. But God doesn’t limit himself to our understanding of what our loved ones need most. He is fully able to do spectacular miracles today just as he did in Bible times. But more often he gives strength to the weary and courage to the fainting and hope to those who feel like giving up. God’s miracles come in more than one variety, a truth we can experience every day.
Several weeks ago Ray and Marlene Pritchard led a question and answer session at Cannon Beach Conference Center in Oregon. Questions ranged from predestination to prayer to humility to Bible prophecy and what is at stake in the current presidential election.
Elijah’s story teaches us that sometimes God sets us aside for a period in order to prepare us for greater work in the future. When we finally graduate from “Dry Brook University,” we are ready for bigger challenges and new adventures.
In this radio interview Ray Pritchard discusses “The Bible and Money” with Tim Wildmon and Marvin Sanders. The program also includes calls from listeners.
Almost four years ago Ray and Marlene Pritchard began to pray, “Lord, do things we’re not used to.” This message tells how God answered that prayer by redirecting their steps in some amazing ways.
What will be the world be like as we approach the Last Days before the coming of Christ? In this message we learn that it will be the best of times and the worst of times. We will see evil unleashed in new ways, and we will see multitudes coming to Christ. Instead of living in fear, Christians should be bold as we wait for the coming of the Lord.
Using the war on terror as a backdrop, this sermon explains how Satan attacks us asymmetrically. He works the angles and uses many small attacks in order to bring us down. Unless we understand Satan’s strategy, we will be defeated over and over again. The good news is that in Jesus Christ, we have everything we need to fight and win our spiritual battles.
In this message, Ray Pritchard talks about the five character qualities that relate to a man and his anger. When our power is not under God’s control, we hurt ourselves and those closest to us. We need God’s help so that we might become like Jesus who was both gentle and strong, a true “gentle man.”
This is the second session of the Word of Life Couples Conference in 2007. In this message Ray and Marlene Pritchard share lessons they have learned from 34 years of marriage and raising three sons. They emphasize that God is a better parent than we are.
We call this the parable of the rich fool. But he wasn’t a fool because he was rich. He was a fool because he forgot he was going to die. This isn’t a parable about the dangers of being rich and successful. This is a parable the dangers of having the wrong kind of heart. And that can happen to any of us.
If I keep a heavenly perspective and believe Romans 8:28, enemies are not really enemies. They are some of the best friends I have. What is sometimes meant by some to hurt me actually helps bring about a work of grace in me that wouldn’t take place any other way. My enemies are a gift from God to me. They make me like Christ so that I can show Christ to them.
Proverbs 3:5-6 is a short course in knowing God’s will for your life. Five key words unlock the message of this text. When you need to know, you’ll know. If God is God, that must be true.