Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Common Grace and The Blues

Todd Pruitt
Sep 15, 2008
Stephen Nichols new book Getting the Blues promises to be a good read. The subtitle of the book is "What Blues Music Teaches Us about Suffering and Salvation." The idea that God communicates truth and beauty through music, art, science, etc is what is known as "common grace." By God's grace...

Tim Keller speaks at Google

Todd Pruitt
Sep 14, 2008
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Thank You Metro East

Todd Pruitt
Sep 14, 2008
What a great time we had today at Andover Central High School! I love having all of us together in one service. Thanks to all those who prepared the contintental breakfast and the lunch. You served us very well. Thanks also to those who labored to ensure that the music was oustanding. Jason,...

Ray Boltz and Romans 1

Todd Pruitt
Sep 13, 2008
Sad news has come to light about Ray Boltz. He has announced that he is a homosexual. You can read a brief article from Christianity Today HERE . “This is what it really comes down to,” he says. “If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I’m going to live. It’s not like God made me this...

Liam Goligher

Todd Pruitt
Sep 11, 2008
One of my favorite books in the last couple of years is "The Jesus Gospel" by Liam Goligher. It is a tremendously helpful and insightful unfolding of God's redemptive purposes as revealed in Scripture. He effectively demonstrates how the Gospel runs like a thread throughout God's Word. As you read...

Abortion as a means to improve the species

Todd Pruitt
Sep 10, 2008
Leave it to Joycelyn Elders to elucidate the moral goodness of abortion. Tucker Carlson, writing for The Daily Standard website points out how abortion has become a form of eugenics. Commenting on the horrific moral reasoning of the former Surgeon General Carlson writes: Testifying before Congress...

A Christian who believes in hell!?

Todd Pruitt
Sep 10, 2008
Al Mohler has commented on a piece by Lisa Miller in Newsweek . Apparently it is a shocker to Miss Miller that an evangelical preacher (Sarah Palin's pastor) believes in hell as well as the necessity for faith in Christ if one is to be saved. It says a lot about the increasingly post-Christian...

Why Baptists Don't Dance

Todd Pruitt
Sep 10, 2008
Thanks to Justin Taylor for finding this little gem.

Horton Interviews Sproul

Todd Pruitt
Sep 10, 2008
Michael Horton's upcoming book "Christless Christianity" is going to be well worth the read.

Free Stuff!

Todd Pruitt
Sep 10, 2008
One of the advantages of the internet is the kinds of resources available for Christians. To be sure there is a lot, and I mean a lot of junk out there. But there are also some outstanding resources. Here are three great places to find some of the best theological instruction and biblical preaching...