Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Vacation Reading...

Todd Pruitt
Dec 21, 2009
Here are the books I'm taking with me on Christmas break: Presuppositional Apologetics by Greg Bahnsen For the Thrill of It by Simon Baatz Flannery by Brad Gooch The Trellis and the Vine by Payne & Marshall

Far as the curse is found - The Promise Fulfilled

Todd Pruitt
Dec 20, 2009
3. The Promise Fulfilled Notice three ways that God’s Word reveals Jesus to us as the fulfillment of His promise. God in the flesh To fulfill His promise God would not raise up a more moral man. It would not be enough for him to simply find the best man for the job. God himself would have to come...

Take and Read

Todd Pruitt
Dec 19, 2009
Justin Taylor comments on a book that is on my must read list for 2010: "Just noticed that for a limited time Amazon has Jay Richard’s hardcover book, Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem , on sale for 60% off. "Doug Wilson has written that it’s one of the best...

Theology: Systematic / Biblical Balancing Act

Todd Pruitt
Dec 19, 2009
Okay, if you're a theology nerd like me then you will want to read the debate between two of my favorite writers - Carl Trueman and Graeme Goldsworthy. Now, I tease a bit about being a theology nerd. But don't misunderstand. Theology is a deadly serious thing and a precious thing. So I am thankful...

Oral Roberts, Prosperity and the Perversion of Scripture

Todd Pruitt
Dec 19, 2009
Oral Roberts died this week. He was 91 years old. Roberts was a bit of a denominational mish-mash. He was a Pentecostal faith healer, a United Methodist, a university president, and a proponent of the prosperity "gospel." I know it is normal practice to say nice things about a man when he dies...

Far as the curse is found - The Promise

Todd Pruitt
Dec 19, 2009
God, in his amazing grace does not end His story with the fall . He continues the story with… 2. The Promise Before God tells Adam and Eve of the consequences of their sin he first announces judgement upon Satan. “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her...

Christmas is not a pagan holiday

Todd Pruitt
Dec 19, 2009
Biblical Archaeology Review has an interesting article on why Christmas is celebrated on December 25. The article also dispells the widely held urban myth that Christmas was a pagan holiday. The most loudly touted theory about the origins of the Christmas date(s) is that it was borrowed from pagan...

Books to Look for in 2010

Todd Pruitt
Dec 17, 2009
Grounded in the Gospel by J.I. Packer Jesus, the Only Way to God... by John Piper The Church and the Surprising Offense of God's Love by Jonathan Leeman Scandalous by D.A. Carson

WTS Audio - The Authority of Scripture

Todd Pruitt
Dec 17, 2009
Westminster Seminary has posted 100 audio messages on the authority of Scripture. Check it out HERE .

"C & E Christians"

Todd Pruitt
Dec 17, 2009
A fascinating article on those who come to church only during the holiday season: In Ohio, Hattie Gibson, 54, is defiant about only attending church twice-yearly and doesn't care who knows. "I'm a C&E Christian and I'm proud of it," she says. "Churches have been giving me the full-court press...