Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

All Praise to the Name of the Savior Who Reigns

Todd Pruitt
Jan 15, 2010
Interestingly, some of the best theology in music that is Christian is coming from rap . Here is Shai Linne from Philadelphia (that's right!). Men like Shai Linne and Lecrae are doing some very good work. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8752241&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&...

What Danny Glover and Pat Robertson have in common...

Todd Pruitt
Jan 15, 2010
The left wing actor Danny Glover has concluded that the earthquake in Haiti is the result of the failed climate summit in Copenhagen. “When we see what we did at the climate summit in Copenhagen, this is the response, this is what happens, you know what I’m sayin’?” Brilliant! Clearly, Mr. Glover...

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Jan 15, 2010
I was grateful to have Paul Tripp preach for me in the morning services last Sunday. I did however preach that evening at The Vine. The title of the message is "The Communion of Saints" and can be listened to or downloaded HERE .

Is God Judging Haiti?

Todd Pruitt
Jan 14, 2010
As many of you already know Pat Robertson opened his mouth and more silliness fell out. Thankfully, Al Mohler has written a thoughtful and sober article on how to think biblically and mercifully about the earthquake in Haiti. God's rule over creation involves both direct and indirect acts, but his...

Evangelicals: Putting the "Fun" back in "Funeral"

Todd Pruitt
Jan 14, 2010
Contemporary evangelicals don't do death well. After all, it's negative. And that seems to be the one great sin for contemporary Christians. And so evangelicalism has a host of euphamisms for such negative words as "sin," "wrath," and, the worst of all, "death." Craig Parton has a great article in...

Abortion and Social Justice

Todd Pruitt
Jan 14, 2010
As I have written many times before, abortion is not just one issue among many other equally important issues. It is a foundational ethical issue. To be "pro-choice" concerning abortion is to betray a fundamental flaw in one's moral reasoning. It is also to strip all meaning from the notion of...

Brothers, We Are Not Directors

Todd Pruitt
Jan 14, 2010
It seems that Erwin Raphael McManus has added director of commercials to his uber-cool persona. McManus is the pastor (although he doesn't seem to like that title) of Mosaic, an uber-cool church in Los Angeles. McManus has produced and Mosaic is sponsoring a commercial in a Doritos contest. The...

Carl Trueman on the Real Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

Todd Pruitt
Jan 13, 2010
Carl Trueman's article in the latest Nine Marks Journal is well worth the read. We live in strange times. Hardly a year goes by without some conference on the future of the evangelical church somewhere having at least one speaker, or sometimes even a slate of speakers, who arguably represent...

Nine Marks Journal

Todd Pruitt
Jan 13, 2010
The Jan/Feb edition of the Nine Marks Journal is not online ( pdf ). The theme of this edition is "The Mindset of the New Evangelical Liberalism." This is a timely subject indeed. There are some outstanding articles here and I encourage you to take time to read and reflect. Michael Lawrence - How...

What does Social Justice mean?

Todd Pruitt
Jan 12, 2010
Good stuff from Kevin DeYoung that echo my sentiments: I’d like to make a modest proposal for Christians of all theological and political persuasions: don’t use the term “social justice” without explanation. The term is unassailable to some and arouses suspicion in others. For many Christians,...