Portrait of Integrity. Portrait of Integrity @ 2. Mark S. Mitchell. Discovery House Publishers is affiliated with RBC Ministries. Grand Rapids, Michigan 4. Discovery House books are distributed to the trade exclusively. Barbour Publishing, Inc., Uhrichsville, Ohio 4. All rights reserved. Reproduction of the Wittenburg Door cover on page 1. Trinity Foundation, Dallas, Texas, publishers. The Door Magazine. Requests for permission to quote from this book should be directed. From Film Quarterly Autumn 2005, Vol. Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation (2003) is littered with familiar signifiers for an unfamiliar Japan. I recently read Matthew Parker’s superb Monte Cassino. It provides an evocative account of the battle in the mountains south of Rome, after the Allies took Sicily. Complete, original Life magazines from 1980-84, a wonderful glimpse of the world as it was! Carefully graded, packed. Quick, personal service for YOU! James Avery, Actor: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Although best known as the uncle/patriarch and judge 'Philip Banks' on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), James. Permissions Department, Discovery House Publishers, P. O. Hoffman Library of Congress Cataloging- in- publication. Data Mitchell, Mark. Portrait of integrity: the life of Ray C. Stedman. / by Mark Mitchell. ISBN 1- 5. 72. 93- 1. Stedman, Ray C. Peninsula Bible Church- Clergy- Biography. BX9. 99. 9. P4. 6M5. A'O9. 2- dc. 22 2. Printed in the United States of America 0. CHG / 1. 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Online edition by special permission of Discovery. House Publishers. Book Available from the Publishers. Return to the Ray. Stedman. org Library. The Life of Ray C. MITCHELLDear Reader,I loved Ray Stedman! And I am unashamed to tell you that tears. I read several passages of this book. Mark Mitchell. I literally sobbed with joy and gratitude to. God for this one life- this God- centered, Christ- honoring, Spirit- filled. What I remember most about Ray Stedman: Ray was humorous. He. was filled with the joy of the Lord. He was. a man's man in every way. He loved you enough. His practical application of. Scripture quickly shook your conscience. Ray Stedman made biblical. Over and over he used these three. While serving as one of Ray Stedman's first two interns (Charles. Swindoll was the other), I also grew to value his unique way of. I remember Ray telling me: . All man's problems. The answers, of course, to the ego are. Jesus Christ and Scripture, principle and truth- so lead them there. He always. believed they would one day walk with God in amazing ways. Native Americans in Film and Television: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Libraries. Portrait of Integrity @ 2004 by Mark S. Mitchell Discovery House Publishers is affiliated with RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512. Ray's. wife, Elaine, made Jesus Christ, their daughters, and the ministry. Ray never took that for granted. Ray lived out the resurrected indwelling life of a Christian. I have known, and he taught us well. Were there any weaknesses in Ray Stedman's life? But of this I am quite certain: Ray Stedman was a faithful.
Jesus Christ throughout his lifetime and will enjoy. Lord's . Hendricks. Introduction. Acknowledgments. Learning the Ground Rules. A Soldier in Active Service. Equipped for Every Good Work. A Steward of the Mysteries of God. Treasure in a Clay Pot. Contending for the Faith. Ready for Something Tremendous. Appendix. Notes (inserted in text)Sources Consulted. Books by Ray C. Stedman. Photographs. FOREWORDEVERY YOUNG MAN WHO survives the challenge of a lonely childhood. In His all- knowing. God sometimes designs a rocky path for spunky little boys. Both of us were. sure of where we wanted to go, and here was a comrade for the. We were marching in a war- weary world that was done with. Our generation was asking, . I contributed my eastern conservatism. Presbyterian flavoring. Our theological. wrestling matches always ended with a win- win verdict. Each of. us was clarifying in his mind what we knew God wanted in the years. As graduation approached, our focus narrowed and we agreed. Ray would go back to the West Coast and I. Rockies. Together we would trust. God to incubate a new batch of young leaders to show mid- century. USA the power of biblical belief and practice. Now, it's been more than a decade since God called Ray home. His departure left a cavernous hole in my heart. I. have missed him more than words can ever express. Our visceral. linkage never detached, but always vibrated with a mutual love. The life- changing message. God's grace in Christ had ignited his inner confidence in such. Jesus Christ to our ever- more- secularized. Consequently, every message he delivered was a carefully. He did his exegetical homework. Whether he addressed. Ray was always the same- conversational, confident, and magnetic. Ray defied every stereotype. He was totally approachable, never. He spoke as an. ordinary man, but his words seared permanently like a tattoo. He was spiritual but never churchy; he was impatient with. Ray was rough- hewn but never abrasive; he was always a gentleman. He loved to laugh and learned to lay his. Lord, so that in the midst of disappointment. His eye was fixed on an eternal objective. I am a rich man for having had a companionship with Ray Stedman. Hendricks Distinguished Professor Chairman, Center for Christian Leadership Dallas Theological Seminary January 2. INTRODUCTIONThe writer of Hebrews charges every new generation with the. Think of all the good that. Lord as they do. From a secular standpoint. Tom Brokaw calls this . The result. is they have historical amnesia and need to know the men of the. Ray certainly. qualifies, I believe. He was a much more important leader in evangelicalism. Christians would know, because of his incredible humility. He never sought high positions. He would be a candidate. Mount Rushmore of evangelicals. Packer also recognized Ray as one of those great leaders. Kent Hughes, Colossians. Philemon, The Supremacy of Christ, 2nd edition (Westchester. Crossway Books, a division of Good News Publishers, 1. Quotation. is from the back of the book jacket.)Is Packer right in placing Stedman among the likes of Augustine. Luther, and Calvin? Consider his legacy: In 1. Ray Stedman came to what was then called Peninsula. Bible Fellowship (later to become Peninsula Bible Church), he. When I arrived at Peninsula Bible Church (PBC) as a new. Christian in 1. 97. Having been raised. Roman Catholic home, this was the first Protestant church. I had ever entered; yet I felt immediately at home. The building. was simple, and the style of the worship service was casual. Blue. jeans were the norm, and contemporary music filled the place with. Ray encouraged people to stand up and share about their. Throughout. his ministry, he remained committed to biblical exposition, but. When Ray preached, unchurched people. In other words, Ray believed biblical. Stedman's high regard for the Word of God and biblical exposition. And much of the artificial. Word of God. At PBC, Ray birthed many of the things. Body Life, his seminal book on the church. In this book. which has sold thousands of copies since it was first published. Ray applied the New Testament vision of the church as. Christ to a new generation. He believed the work of. In keeping with this conviction. Ray deplored all things ecclesiastical, even refusing to be called. PBC. He avoided anything that promoted hierarchical. Christ. the Living Head of the body. Ray's commitment to equipping the saints also extended to the. He loved mentoring young men who desired. Scriptures, and he believed that pastors should be. Along. with David Roper, Ray started Scribe School, a two- year internship. Ray's vision to train pastors. Body. Life to hundreds of Christian leaders. It is a testimony to the. Ray's vision that when he retired there was no need. Several men already on staff. And today, many. Scribe School graduates, including myself, minister throughout. One of the men profoundly influenced by Ray Stedman was Charles. Swindoll. At one point in his life, after he and several pastors. Ray, Swindoll reflected, ''As we said good- bye to. Ray, I walked a little slower. I thought about the things he had. I wondered. how it happened. I wondered why I had been so privileged to have. I found myself wanting to run back to his car and. I love and admire him. But it was late, and. I'm a fifty- five- year- old man. But as I stood there alone in the. I suddenly realized what I wanted to be most when. I grow up. This biography was written with. The Ray C. Stedman Library, maintained by Discovery Publishing. Peninsula Bible Church Web site (http: //pbc. Ray's sermons and four of his books in. Ray Stedman and his ministry. Brandon for her tireless. Ray Stedman's. writings. I am grateful to Haddon Robinson for his encouragement and. Discovery. House. And many thanks to Judith Markham at Discovery House for. Thank you also to Jim Arthur and the kind people of Winifred. Montana, who gave me a deeper understanding of Ray Stedman's roots. It is a joy to serve. Christ with you. Finally, I am deeply grateful to my family for their support. I wish to thank. my wife, Lynn, and my three children: Anne- Marie, Kimberly, and. Matthew. Thanks also go to my father, Stewart W. Mitchell, for. always believing in me and encouraging me to set the highest goals. Mark S. Mitchell February 2. A Father to Me. IN FORTY YEARS OF PREACHING at Peninsula Bible Church, Ray. Stedman rarely mentioned his parents. One could easily have gotten. Ray showed up on this earth much like Adam. Father and placed in a garden. Montana, but without an earthly father or mother to nurture. Ray certainly had parents, but his childhood. Ray's father, Charles Leslie Stedman, was born to Guy Samuel. Mary Jane Stedman in Woodstock, Minnesota, on July 2. Traveling by covered. Stedman family relocated in Blunt, South Dakota, and. Temvik, North Dakota, where they homesteaded and. Then, in January 1. Mary Jane died. Most. Charles's early life are unknown to us, except. Charles went to work building barns. On October 1. 6, 1. Charles married Mabel. Clara Allen of Loyalton, South Dakota. Their first son, Alan Le. Roy, was born on August 1. Kapowsin, Washington; Raymond. Charles Stedman was born in Temvik, North Dakota, on October 5. Donald Homer Stedman was born in Denver, Colorado, on. February 6, 1. 92. We have little information about Ray's mother, but in recent. Ray's nephew, Alan Stedman, learned that she was a talented. Her other poetry. This. was an interesting discovery, because Ray himself always loved. Life was not easy for the Stedman family. Charles worked as. Ray's single memory of his father was. His mother battled chronic asthma all. Elaine. Stedman, interview by author, July 1. Grants Pass, Ore.. Between his father's emotional detachment and. Ray did not receive the nurturing a. Wendell Sheets, interview. Susan Stedman, August 4, 1.
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