Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Discerning Harold Camping

Todd Pruitt
May 13, 2011
Robert Godfrey, church historian and President of Westminster Seminary California has written a series of helpful articles shedding light on Harold Camping's history and strange approach to biblical interpretation. "The End of the World According to Harold Camping" •Part 1 •Part 2 •Part 3 •Part 4 •...

Basics 2011 and some great resources...

Todd Pruitt
May 11, 2011
I have attended the Basics Conference for eight years. The reason I return every year is because it is always well worth attending. I must say that this year was exceptional. Along with Alister Begg the speakers were John Dickson and Rico Tice. If you are unfamiliar with either Dickson or Tice I...

Trueman and Beale on the reliability of Scripture

Todd Pruitt
May 10, 2011
Recently Drs. Carl Trueman and Greg Beale of Westminster Seminary spoke at the annual Clarus Conference in New Mexico. The theme was "Scripture: God Speaks." G.K. Beale •“The Effects of Meditating on God’s Word” (Ps. 1) •“How to Guard the Good Deposit of Scripture” (2 Tim. 1:13) •“The Centrality of...

What I'm Up To...

Todd Pruitt
May 9, 2011
I am attending the Basics Conference at Parkside Church this week. I have attended this conference every year, save 2010, for eight years. The content is always outstanding and the mood restful. Above are a few pictures of the village of Chagrin Falls. The red brick building is my favorite...

Assassination, Justice, Secularism, and Moral Equivalency

Todd Pruitt
May 9, 2011
Doug Wilson has a helpful post summing up his thoughts on the assassination of Osama Bin Laden. To those who would question the justice of assissination from a biblical perspective, Wilson answers: 1. Assassination is not necessarily an ungodly tactic. Ehud was a righteous judge in Israel, and he...

"The Death of the Mushy Middle"

Todd Pruitt
May 6, 2011
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/23187138 w=400&h=225] Tim Keller - Interview Session #3 from Vintage21 Church on Vimeo .

The Pastor and Personal Criticism

Todd Pruitt
May 5, 2011
No one like criticism. Even when the criticism is legitimate or at least partially legitimate the sting is very real. For pastors this is especially true because so much of our work depends on being liked. The reality is intensified because of the amount of criticism that many pastors receive. In...

The value of a flawed and struggling pastor...

Todd Pruitt
May 5, 2011
From John Newton: Give me leave to ask pastors: What would you do if you did not find yourself occasionally poor, insufficient, and stupid? Are you aware of what might be the possible, the probable, the almost certain consequences, if you always found your spirit enlarged, and your frames lively...

Embracing Destruction

Todd Pruitt
May 5, 2011
"When a church forfeits its doctrinal convictions and then embraces ambiguity and tolerates heresy, it undermines its own credibility and embraces its own destruction." - From an article by Al Mohler

A Thorough Response to "Love Wins"

Todd Pruitt
May 5, 2011
Michael Wittmer is a guy I trust. His book Don't Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough is well worth reading. He also posted a series of effective responses to Brian MacLaren's tragic book A New Kind of Christianity . Now Wittmer has released a full response to Rob Bell's Love Wins...