Todd Pruitt's Posts

Todd Pruitt's Posts

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Dec 21, 2011
On Sunday I preached from the messianic prophecy found in Isaiah 9. It is entitled "A Great Light" and can be listened to or downloaded HERE .

Christmas Everyday...

Todd Pruitt
Dec 21, 2011
Good stuff from Carl: The irony of the Christian Christmas is that the Christ child comes not because of any need of his own or any desire to fulfill a selfish or inwardly directed want; this child, the child in the manger, considers it not robbery to be equal with God and yet humbles himself by...

The "Dear Leader" Dies

Todd Pruitt
Dec 19, 2011
We may never know the extent of Kim Jong Il's brutality and madness. We know that he tortured and murdered his people on a massive scale. Il the atheist insisted on being worshipped as a god. He routinely threatened the world. All the while the "Dear Leader" lived in luxury enjoying fine wine and...

Jesus, Joy of the Highest Heaven

Todd Pruitt
Dec 17, 2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQJ1zb-HcEk&w=460&h=264]

A yearning for justice or banal, wicked envy?

Todd Pruitt
Dec 16, 2011
Try this challenging thought experiment from Doug Wilson.

Would Christopher Hitchens rid the world of theists?

Todd Pruitt
Dec 16, 2011
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9TMwfkDwIY&w=460&h=342]

An obituary for Christopher Hitchens

Todd Pruitt
Dec 16, 2011
Doug Wilson has written a moving but, thankfully, not sentimental memorial for Christopher Hitchens who died of cancer yesterday. G. K. Chesterton once pointed to the salutary effect that the great agnostics had on him—that effect being that of "arousing doubts deeper than their own." Christopher...

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Dec 13, 2011
On Sunday I preached the final message in our series focusing on the Great Commission. It is entitled "Sustained By Grace" and can be listened to or downloaded HERE . * On Sunday January 8th, I will begin preaching through Philippians.

My Favorite Reads for 2011

Todd Pruitt
Dec 13, 2011
The following are books (not all published in 2011) that were either the most enjoyable or the most important books I read over the last 12 months. Theology / Biblical Studies: Historical Theology by Gregg Allison I have not read this book cover-to-cover. However, it is extremely helpful; a great "...

Simply Proclaim

Todd Pruitt
Dec 9, 2011
Carl Trueman on the challenge and privilege of preaching (especially at Christmas): The problem is not just metaphysical, not simply a question of how one can talk about infinite God entering finite human existence (`Our God contracted to a span, incomprehensibly made man', to use Wesley's...