Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Interesting

Todd Pruitt
May 17, 2008
Dr. Tom Ascol is a brother I really appreciate. He is the Executive Director of Founders Ministries and the pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida. For the last two years at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention Tom has submitted a Resolution for Integrity in Church...

Galatians and Justification

Todd Pruitt
May 17, 2008
This is an outstanding teaching series by D.A. Carson and Michael Horton on Galatians and the doctrine of justification. These messages were delivered at the Clarus Conference at Desert Springs Church . Thanks to Justin Taylor for posting this link.

The Church's Greatest Need (2)

Todd Pruitt
May 17, 2008
Tim Keller of the Gospel Coaltion has responded to the question, "What is the most crying need in the church today?" Keller writes: I’m throwing in with Jim Boice on this one (cf. his Two Cities: Two Loves.) The evangelical church must stay true to its Biblical foundations, and it must maintain and...

Red-Letter Christians

Todd Pruitt
May 14, 2008
Justin Taylor has linked to a very helpful article by D.A. Carson on what is known as "Red Letter Christians." I have been warning about this movement for some time. They have a distorted doctrine of Scripture therefore a distorted doctrine of Christ Himself.

My "Study"

Todd Pruitt
May 13, 2008
This is a shot of my table by the waterfall during free time following the afternoon sessions.

Purdy Pichurs

Todd Pruitt
May 13, 2008
Here are a few more shots from Chagrin Falls.

An Emerging Gospel

Todd Pruitt
May 13, 2008
John Hendryx has posted this helpful critique of the emerging church's understanding of the Gospel. This same approach to the Gospel can be seen among the "Red Letter Christians" like Tony Campolo.

Blogging from Basics

Todd Pruitt
May 13, 2008
Tim Challies is at the Basics Conference doing some live blogging. You can find his first two posts here and here .

Alistair Begg on Preaching

Todd Pruitt
May 11, 2008
Thabiti over at Pure Church posted these two clips ( here & here ) of Alistair Begg on the subject of preaching. This is one of the reasons why I come to the Basics Conference every May. I get this kind of thing for three days. I thought these two clips were particularly important in light of...

Oh, how I wish this was a parody!

Todd Pruitt
May 11, 2008
This is just one example of how churches have moved away from faithfully preaching God's Word and keeping the Gospel central to its proclamation. What happens in this type of preaching is that "principles" are presented "from the Bible" that anyone can apply and benefit from. It is the mistaken...