Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Charles Simeon

Todd Pruitt
Jul 17, 2008
There is a great post from Scriptorium Daily by Fred Sanders on one of my heros - Charles Simeon. Here is a portion: Simeon’s main goal in all his preaching was to emphasize what God wanted emphasized, and he did this by putting the stress on what Scripture stresses. Every time he went to Scripture...

From The Gospel Coalition

Todd Pruitt
Jul 16, 2008
The Gospel Coalition will be hosting their national conference in April. Take a look at the speakers and topics. God willing, I will be there. Also, check out their new e-magazine . Great stuff!

NOT a Parody

Todd Pruitt
Jul 16, 2008
From Harper's Magazine: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED From the website of You've Been Left Behind, a service that for a $40 fee provides customers who expect to be raptured the chance to send messages to loved ones on earth. We all have family and friends who have failed to receive the Good News of the...

Witherington Critiques Bell

Todd Pruitt
Jul 15, 2008
Ben Witherington, a world-class New Testament scholar from Asbury Theological Seminary recently interacted with some statements from emerging church leader Rob Bell. Witherington is very irenic in tone. While not always agreeing with Witherington I have appreaciated much of his work. His critique...

Why do we suffer?

Todd Pruitt
Jul 14, 2008
Do you ever wonder why God does not fully explain the reality of pain? John Piper has written an excellent post on that topic. He writes: "One of the reasons God rarely gives micro reasons for his painful providences, but regularly gives magnificent macro reasons, is that there are too many micro...

Stranger in a Strange Land

Todd Pruitt
Jul 11, 2008
Nathan Williams has written two posts ( here and here ) about his recent visit to Mars Hill Bible Church pastored by emerging church leader Rob Bell. I think William's experience speaks for itself.

Segregated in Christ?

Todd Pruitt
Jul 11, 2008
This Sunday I am preaching on Acts 6:1-7. It is the account of the first real challenge to the church's unity. The incident that Luke recounts exposed an ugly division within the body of Christ in Jerusalem. The division, which was along cultural lines, was a greater threat to the young church than...

Trinitarian Discipleship

Todd Pruitt
Jul 11, 2008
I love J.I. Packer. I try to read everything he writes. His influence upon sound evangelical thinking would be difficult to overestimate. One of Packer's many strengths is his ability to pack a freight train of theology into a comparitively brief statement (see his outstanding Concise Theology )...

You Might Be Emergent If...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 10, 2008
"You might be an emergent Christian: if you listen to U2, Moby, and Johnny Cash's Hurt (sometimes in church), use sermon illustrations from The Sopranos , drink lattes in the afternoon and Guinness in the evenings, and always use a Mac; if your reading list consists primarily of Stanley Hauerwas,...

SBC Bravado

Todd Pruitt
Jul 10, 2008
Thanks to Timmy Brister for this important post: "Nobody can tell a Southern Baptist what to do." "That’s the comment by Darrell Orman, chairman of the Resolutions Committee, speaking to Christianity Today after the passing of the resolution on regenerate church membership. Tom Ascol’s response: “...