Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

How to Evangelize

Todd Pruitt
Jun 5, 2008
As I prepare for the third part in my current series of messages I am struck by the fact that nowhere in Scripture does God seem to give His people a seminar in how to do evangelism. Certainly the Bible makes it clear that regeneration is a work of the Holy Spirit (John 3) and that unbelievers are...

Prayer and Legalism

Todd Pruitt
Jun 4, 2008
"Since prayer is an aspect of our sanctification, our development or growth in godliness, it too must be understood as the fruit of what Christ has done for us. This is often the missing dimension in books and sermons on prayer...Problems emerge when the task of praying is urged without the motive...

Essential Puritan Books

Todd Pruitt
Jun 3, 2008
In keeping with my recent post on the five books I would like every church member to read I thought I'd follow up with a few more recommendations. As many of you know I love to read the Puritans. Their way of wedding passionate spirituality and sound doctrine stands to this day as a model for us...

A Blessing To The City

Todd Pruitt
Jun 3, 2008
“The city is full of care, and he who has to go there from day to day finds it to be a place of great wear and tear. It is full of noise, and stir, and bustle, and sore travail; many are its temptations, losses, and worries. But to go there with the divine blessing takes off the edge of its...

Imitating Jesus will not save you

Todd Pruitt
Jun 2, 2008
"One of the most sinned-against biblical principles is that of the grace of God in the gospel as the pattern, motive and power for Christian living. Let us take the example of Jesus. The Christian church has always acknowledged the role of the imitation of Christ as a valid principle in Christian...

Take And Read

Todd Pruitt
Jun 1, 2008
Five books I wish every church member would read: 1. Knowing God by J.I. Packer 2. The Christian Life by Sinclair Ferguson 3. Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands by Paul Tripp 4. God's Big Picture by Vaughn Roberts 5. Putting Amazing Back Into Grace by Michael Horton

I Need The Gospel

Todd Pruitt
Jun 1, 2008
This week I have been reflecting a lot on the last two years. They have been, for me, very hard years. In fact these two years have been among the most stessful of my life. Jesus said that unless a seed falls into the ground and dies it cannot bear fruit. What a great image for us to cling to when...

Mike and Me

Todd Pruitt
May 30, 2008
"I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm also not Charles Manson." - Mike Tyson to the Nevada State Athletic Commission

We must not mind a little suffering

Todd Pruitt
May 29, 2008
I have need of endurance these days. The task of caring for the church is feeling particularly heavy. There are times when the stress and the sadness is so great that my knees begin to buckle. I often think of the apostle Paul's account of his own suffering. He experienced things like ship wreck,...

Understanding the Crowd

Todd Pruitt
May 28, 2008
I saw the following excerpt posted over at The Shepherd's Scrapbook . It is part of a message delivered by Al Mohler at Covenant Life in Church in Maryland. It deals with Jesus parable of the sowers. Dr. Mohler pays particular attention to the nature of "the crowd." I found his insights very...