Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

A heretic by any other name (4)...

Todd Pruitt
Feb 17, 2010
Brian McLaren's problem with the Bible (which he loves, by the way) is that so much of it is just plain wrong. Among the many things that the Bible gets wrong is what it says about God. Don't misunderstand. The Bible records some things about God that are true (i.e. the things Brian likes). But the...

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Feb 16, 2010
Sunday's message was the second half of a 2 part series on biblical peacemaking. It was based on Jesus' words in Matthew 18:10-17 and can be listened to or downloaded HERE .

Guarding the flock IS loving the flock

Todd Pruitt
Feb 16, 2010
From Martin Downes : One aspect of the demands of love is the guarding of the sheep from the danger of error. Heresy has a siren's voice and the devil uses its sweet sound to lure the Church away from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. A false Christ, who can never be the proper object of our...

Leading the Church

Todd Pruitt
Feb 16, 2010
I'm looking forward to reading Tim Witmer's new book The Shepherd Leader . "The Shepherd Leader is a book that strives to bring the importance of shepherding to the forefront of our thinking about what church leaders should do and, therefore, what they should be. Too many church leaders perceive of...

Valiant For Truth

Todd Pruitt
Feb 16, 2010
“If we do not make the Lord Jesus glorious; if we do not lift Him high in the esteem of men…we shall not have the Holy Spirit with us. Vain will be rhetoric, music, architecture, energy and social status: if our design be not to magnify the Lord Jesus, we shall work alone and in vain.” - C.H...

"How sweet are your words to my taste"

Todd Pruitt
Feb 15, 2010
If you read much church history you have probably come to discover just how often we Christians tend to drift from the truth. From Arius’ denials of the Trinity (4th c.) to Pelagius’ many heresies (5th c.) to Rome’s centuries long errors in doctrine and practice to Finney’s denial of the atonement...

The Birth Pains of Pastoral Ministry

Todd Pruitt
Feb 15, 2010
From David Murray at The Gospel Coalition: If you want to know what having a baby is like, you could ask any mother…or any faithful Pastor. And before I’m clobbered for even daring to suggest a comparison, my authority is the apostle Paul, who wrote to the Galatians: “My little children, of whom I...

A heretic by any other name (3)...

Todd Pruitt
Feb 15, 2010
Reading Brian McLaren is sort of like dealing with a sleight of hand artist. The problem for Brian is that he's not very good at it. As you read you can almost hear him saying, "Look at my left hand, not my right hand!" Straw men abound in his books. False choices are repeatedly insisted upon. For...

Zondervan Fail

Todd Pruitt
Feb 13, 2010
From AP: Kate Gosselin has a new book, "I Just Want You to Know," scheduled for release in April. Christian book publisher Zondervan said Tuesday the book features excerpts, prayers and memories from Gosselin's journal, offering readers a look at her life during the three years her family went from...

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Feb 13, 2010
Last Sunday's message was the first part of two on the subject of biblical peacemaking. You can listen to or download it HERE .