Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Doctrine Matters

Todd Pruitt
Jul 23, 2009
One of my favorite books on the church is 9 Marks of a Healthy Church by one of my favorite pastors Mark Dever of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C. Dever identifies biblical theology as one of the "marks" of a healthy church. Dever writes about an incident which illustrates the...

He Died in Our Place

Todd Pruitt
Jul 23, 2009
Martin Downes has posted two excellent articles on the doctrine of Christ's Substitutionary Atonement. Specifically he defends the doctrine from the claims that it is 1) inconsistent with Jesus' command to turn the other cheek and 2) that it is akin to child abuse on the part of the Father. Check...

Terry Eagleton on the New Atheists

Todd Pruitt
Jul 22, 2009
“Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology.” - Terry Eagleton on "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins Check out this article on Eagleton from "The New...

The NEA takes its stand

Todd Pruitt
Jul 22, 2009
From a post by Gene Veith : The National Education Association, the country’s major teachers’ union, had more than education on its mind at its annual convention : The National Education Association has thrown its full support behind homosexual “marriage.” The NEA recently held its annual...

Information Overload Syndrome

Todd Pruitt
Jul 22, 2009
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Take and Read

Todd Pruitt
Jul 21, 2009
John Piper has recently said that David Daniell's biograpy of William Tyndale is one of the best books he has ever read. That's a pretty good endorsement. Anyway, if you are not in the habit of reading biography I encourage you to take it up.

Will we believe God's Word?

Todd Pruitt
Jul 21, 2009
From Al Mohler: Tom Krattenmaker, a Portland, Oregon based member of the paper's Board of Contributors, levels a broadside attack on the unity, inspiration, and veracity of the Bible as the Word of God in his column, " Fightin' Words ". Krattenmaker first celebrates what he describes as "a year of...

Inventing Crimes

Todd Pruitt
Jul 21, 2009
It looks like the U.S. Senate is creating more crimes and potentially more criminals by expanding hate crimes legislation. Preachers, or anyone else for that matter, who proclaim the truth of God's Word concerning homosexuality and sex outside of marriage will likely be exposed to the possibility...

Knowing Abortion Laws

Todd Pruitt
Jul 21, 2009
I assume most of us would agree that any person serving as a justice on the United States Supreme Court ought to know the laws in our country concerning abortion. It appears however that this may not be the case, at least with Judge Sonia Sotomayor who will in all likelihood be overwhelmingly...

Carl Trueman on Calvin

Todd Pruitt
Jul 20, 2009
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