Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Coming to Church of the Saviour in September...

Todd Pruitt
Jan 12, 2010
From Westminster Seminary : Change is inevitable. And when the unpredictability of tomorrow consumes our hearts, with insatiable tyranny, it devours any sense of stability, confidence, and peace. A violent and merciless master, change relentlessly erodes the very things to which we cling for...

When Fools Make Films...

Todd Pruitt
Jan 11, 2010
Oliver Stone is at it again. He has already manufactured an historical fantasy regarding the assassination of JFK. He has cast two serial murderers as sympathetic figures. He has villainized George W. Bush. This time he is going to make a film that will correct other historical misconceptions we...

Words as the means by which God relates to His people

Todd Pruitt
Jan 11, 2010
Modern evangelicals are an experiential lot. We promise a "personal relationship with God" but don't do a very good job of explaining exactly what that means. In fact almost everything in the neo-evangelical cafeteria of spirituality seems to be tagged as "personal." What is demanded is a spiritual...

J.I. Packer on Theological Training

Todd Pruitt
Jan 11, 2010
HT: Justin Taylor

Splitting Hairs?

Todd Pruitt
Jan 11, 2010
We live in a day of doctrinal compromise. Voices within evangelicalism tell us not to "split hairs" over doctrine. I recently read a brief article by a seminary president which asserts that Christians are dividing far too often over matters that are not essential. But this is not what I conclude as...

Jimmy Carter aplogizes to "the Jewish Community"

Todd Pruitt
Jan 9, 2010
Well, it's pretty late in coming but the former president offered an apology of sorts to the Jewish community for statements he has made. Of course, what Mr. Carter does not seem to recognize is the genuine harm many of his comments and symbolic actions have actually caused. Brad Hirschfield writes...

Bach, Beauty, and Advancing the Gospel

Todd Pruitt
Jan 9, 2010
From an article by Uwe Siemon–Netto that ran originally in First Things : Twenty–five years ago when there was still a Communist East Germany, I interviewed several boys from Leipzig’s Thomanerchor, the choir once led by Johann Sebastian Bach. Many of those children came from atheistic homes. “Is...

A better kind of Christian

Todd Pruitt
Jan 9, 2010
"Evangelical Christianity...is now tragically below the New Testament standard. Worldliness is now an accepted part of our way of life. Our religious mood is social rather than spiritual. We have lost the art of worship. We are not producing saints. Our models are successful businessmen, celebrated...

The church needs godly shepherds not tough talking CEOs

Todd Pruitt
Jan 8, 2010
Sad to say, Gary Lamb would probably say today (I hope) that his biggest regret is not something he didn't do.

Excellent Discussion about Brit, Tiger, and Jesus...

Todd Pruitt
Jan 8, 2010
Check out this very clear discussion about Brit Hume's invitation to Tiger Woods to turn to Christianity from R. Scott Clark of Westminster Seminary California. Any thoughts?