Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Not Just Another Issue...

Todd Pruitt
Dec 31, 2009
From Kevin DeYoung : Abortion is not just one issue among many. We are not just arguing about different means to a shared end. We are arguing about the “right,” pulled out of constitutional thin air, to end a life. Abortion is the deepest social injustice because the human is helpless and innocent...

Peaceful Coexistence?

Todd Pruitt
Dec 31, 2009
From Paul McCain over at Evangel : Muslims and non-Muslims who live in nations where Islam is not the law of the land talk a lot about how Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. Christians who live in Islamic nations tell a different story. I picked this up from Ron Dreher’s blog, who writes...

Art Therapy for Terrorists?

Todd Pruitt
Dec 31, 2009
I know it's not fashionable right now to call terrorists, well, terrorists . Anyway, it seems that those fellas we released from Gitmo were being detained for a reason. From Brian Ross, etc over at ABC News : One of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines...

When Evangelicalism is no longer evangelical...

Todd Pruitt
Dec 30, 2009
Good article (part one of a series) by Martin Downes on the (almost) 20th anniversary of Robert Brow's "manifesto" on "the new evangelicalism." It is almost twenty years since Christianity Today published the article "Evangelical Megashift: Why you may not have heard about wrath, sin, and hell...

My Books of the Year

Todd Pruitt
Dec 30, 2009
The books published in 2009 that I most appreciated are (in no particular order): Words of Life by Timothy Ward Christ-Centered Worship by Bryan Chapell The Gospel-Driven Life by Michael Horton When Helping Hurts by Corbett & Fikkert Ancient Word, Changing Worlds by Stephen Nichols The Erosion...

Abortion Politics

Todd Pruitt
Dec 28, 2009
As Congress and the White House march toward passing massive health care legislation, tax payers face the real possibility of being forced to fund the continuing moral catastrophe of abortion. The only hope of that not happening is for certain pro-life Democrats to steadfastly reject the Senate's...

Blessed Incongruity

Todd Pruitt
Dec 24, 2009
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the...

What is Christmas about?

Todd Pruitt
Dec 24, 2009
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2549637&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 That's Christmas (Short Film) HD from St Helen’s Church on Vimeo ...

Thinking Biblically about Bearing the Sword and Turning the Cheek

Todd Pruitt
Dec 21, 2009
Does Jesus' command to his followers to "turn the other cheek" mean that the state cannot legitimately bear the sword? David VanDrunen has written an excellent article for Themelios on the difference between the church's responsibilities and that of the state. Among the many biblical passages that...

What exactly does "justice" mean?

Todd Pruitt
Dec 21, 2009
The Associated Press has posted an article on a so-called "evangelical church" in Denver. I say "so-called" because of the church's decision to embrace homosexuality as a legitimate Christian lifestyle. As I read the article it was clear that the church embraces the standard liberal positions on...