Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Mea Culpa

Todd Pruitt
Feb 14, 2009
It has been brought to my attention that Dr. Kenton Sparks is connected to Church of the Saviour. He is either a member or has been a regular attendee. I do not know which. He has also served as a teacher in the young families department. If I had known this I would have contacted Dr. Sparks before...

Infallibility, Inerrancy, and Interpretation

Todd Pruitt
Feb 14, 2009
"Holy Scripture, as the inspired Word of God witnessing authoritatively to Jesus Christ, may properly be called infallible and inerrant. These negative terms have a special value, for they explicitly safeguard crucial positive truths. "lnfallible signifies the quality of neither misleading nor...

Is the Bible Reliable?

Todd Pruitt
Feb 14, 2009
Here are some great resources that help to answer that question: AUDIO "The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable" - A lecture by Dr. Peter Gentry "Why We Believe The Bible" - A Seminar by John Piper "The Sufficiency of Scripture" - Two Lectures by Dr. Albert Mohler "The Doctrine of the Word...

Does the Bible Err?

Todd Pruitt
Feb 13, 2009
* I have changed the original title of this post because, upon further reflection I decided it was a bit snotty. One of the important functions of the pastor is to identify error. The church is constantly confronted with preaching, teaching, and literature that leads many of God's people into error...

Megalomaniacal Messianism

Todd Pruitt
Feb 12, 2009
I don't know if Oprah is or is not a nice person. That really is not the point. She is however a true believer. And what she believes is that she has a message of spiritual truth that must be delivered to the American people. It is a message which proclaims God to be a spiritual essence that...

New Book on the New Birth

Todd Pruitt
Feb 11, 2009
The newest title to flow from the prolific John Piper concerns the doctrine of the regeneration or the new birth. I am very excited about this. There have been precious few books on this profoundly important topic. Here are a few endorsements: “Regeneration, or new birth, meaning simply the new you...

Yes, The Reformation Still Matters

Todd Pruitt
Feb 11, 2009
The New York Times reports on the return of indulgences to the Church of Rome: In recent months, dioceses around the world have been offering Catholics a spiritual benefit that fell out of favor decades ago — the indulgence, a sort of amnesty from punishment in the afterlife — and reminding them of...

De we need to fight more?

Todd Pruitt
Feb 11, 2009
Over at Boundless Jonathan Dodson writes: The phone rang. It was our worship leader. With trembling speech he said: "Hey man, it's an emergency. I made a huge mistake." Within minutes I was dealing with a broken worship leader, a moral failure, a threatened marriage and a leadership crisis. Weeks...

Chutzpa on Steroids

Todd Pruitt
Feb 10, 2009
Ted Haggard who spent much of his ministry rallying support for conservative political causes now instructs the ignorant masses that the political right is getting it wrong. Says the newly insightful Haggard: “Just as the church made a horrible mistake several centuries ago insisting that the earth...

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Feb 10, 2009
Click HERE to listen to Sunday's Sermon - "Mercy: The Overflow of the Gospel" from the current seriest The Gospel-Driven Church .