Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Theology Is...

Todd Pruitt
Aug 19, 2009
From Russell Moore of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Theology is helping a shellshocked widow clean up after a suicide. Theology is about crying with a teenage boy who’s body is shaking with crystal meth. Theology drives you to rock orphans in India, singing “Jesus Loves Me” while you pray...

"What I Learned in My First Pastorate"

Todd Pruitt
Aug 19, 2009
Writing for Towers , a publication of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Jim Hamilton reflects on lessons learned during his first pastorate. I identify with much of what he writes. It's worth reading as churches often struggle with what a pastor is to be and do. Jesus gets glory when...

Say it ain't so Discovery Channel!

Todd Pruitt
Aug 19, 2009

The Sad Legacy of Theological Liberalism

Todd Pruitt
Aug 18, 2009
From Banner of Truth : 'How Liberal Theology Infected Scotland' is a deeply instructive short article written by R. A. Finlayson, the late professor of Systematic Theology in the Free Church College in Edinburgh. Finlayson attributed the nineteenth century infiltration of Liberalism into a...

"A Lover's Quarrel with the Evangelical Church"

Todd Pruitt
Aug 18, 2009
From The White Horse Inn : Is something wrong with the soil in the evangelical garden? According to Warren Cole Smith, author of A Lover's Quarrel with the Evangelical Church, the answer to that question, unfortunately, is yes. On this edition of the White Horse Inn, Michael Horton talks with...

How did we get the Bible?

Todd Pruitt
Aug 18, 2009
If you're looking for a good introductory answer to this question (in 12 pages), here's a helpful presentation by Matt Harmon , delivered at the No Doubt Apologetics Conference in Indianapolis. HT: Justin Taylor

Pastors take note

Todd Pruitt
Aug 17, 2009
Actual Craigslist post: washington, DC craigslist > district of columbia > for sale / wanted > items wanted please flag with care: Wanted: Christian Church Date: 2009-08-17, 9:12AM EDTReply to: sale-qkjuk-1327299219@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] Looking for a church based...

John MacArthur in The Washington Post

Todd Pruitt
Aug 17, 2009
Here is yet another reason why I like John MacArthur : Let's be brutally honest: most of Jesus' teaching is completely out of sync with the mores that dominate our culture. I'm talking, of course, about the Jesus we encounter in Scripture, not the always-gentle, never-stern, über-lenient coloring-...

This is what I call "Pro Life"!

Todd Pruitt
Aug 17, 2009
From 11 Alive News: METRO ATLANTA, Ga. -- Last weekend an Atlanta pastor made a promise that stunned his congregation and most of the people who heard it.In a speech that discussed abortion, the President, and the sanctity of life, the most provocative statement from Pastor Vic Pentz of Peachtree...

The Workers are Few

Todd Pruitt
Aug 17, 2009
HT: Justin Taylor