Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Tenacious in Doctrine, Lenient with People

Todd Pruitt
Jun 14, 2008
"Doctrine is heaven, life is earth. In life there is sin, error, uncleanness, and misery, mixed, as the saying goes, 'with vinegar.' Here love should condone, tolerate, be deceived, trust, hope, and endure all things (1 Cor. 13:7); here the forgiveness of sins should have complete sway, provided...

Christianity Astray

Todd Pruitt
Jun 14, 2008
Christianity Today , founded by Billy Graham and Carl Henry (one of the 20th century's greatest theologians) is hardly even a reflection of its former self. One C.T. 's latest embarassments is a positive review it offered to the film "Sex And The City." Check out these three important responses to...

Southern Baptists and Church Membership

Todd Pruitt
Jun 13, 2008
I am thankful that a resolution on church membership was adopted at the SBC's annual meeting this week. Perhaps it could signal a change in our sloppy accounting. What will be needed however is for pastors like myself to cease worshipping at the feet of our idol: the crowd. Check out these helpful...

Leaping for joy over the Gospel

Todd Pruitt
Jun 11, 2008
"The Gospel does not require anything good that man must furnish: not a good heart, not a good disposition, no improvement of his condition, no godliness, no love either of God or men. It issues no orders, but changes man. It plants love into his heart and makes him capable of all good works. It...

Amazing Things

Todd Pruitt
Jun 11, 2008
http://youtube.com/v/nW085dPRczQ

Some Thoughts on the SBC annual meeting

Todd Pruitt
Jun 11, 2008
Ben Wright has posted his impressions of the SBC's annual meeting. I think he makes some important observations. I hope someone is listening.

Can God Be Trusted? (1)

Todd Pruitt
Jun 11, 2008
Following the horrific Asian tsunami that occurred on December 26, 2004, The Herald of Glasgow, Scotland printed a commentary that read in part: “God, if there is a God, should be ashamed of himself. The sheer enormity of the Asian tsunami disaster, the death, destruction, and havoc it has wreaked...

Southern Baptists on the Decline

Todd Pruitt
Jun 11, 2008
Check out this USA Today article on the anxiety among SBC leaders regarding declining numbers.

Can we know God's will?

Todd Pruitt
Jun 11, 2008
Check out these great resources from Monergism on the subject of guidance and God's will. Very helpful!

Is belief in final judgment dangerous?

Todd Pruitt
Jun 11, 2008
Al Mohler posts these interesting comments in response to a recent interview with British novelist Ian McEwan. Mohler makes a compelling argument for the moral necessity of belief in a final judgment.