Todd Pruitt's Posts

The blessedly passive act of worship...

Aug 17, 2011

The latest issue of Themelios carries an excellent reflection by Carl Trueman on one of the key purposes of the church's corporate gatherings. It may well be that with all the emphasis on what we are supposed to be doing in our corporate praise we have neglected that most important reality - what...

Great Price on new booklets from The Gospel Coalition

Todd Pruitt

Aug 16, 2011

There are six new booklets available from The Gospel Coalition in this very helpful series. The Kingdom of God by Stephen Um The Gospel and Scripture: How to Read the Bible by Mike Bullmore Sin and the Fall by Reddit Andrews Justification by Philip Graham Ryken Baptism and the Lord's Supper by...

A Vision for Church of the Saviour (pt. 1)

Todd Pruitt

Aug 15, 2011

You can read my introductory notes on a nine part vision for COS HERE . 1. God’s glory will be our chief end and highest value. Perhaps the first issue we should settle is whether or not we can be sure that God’s glory ought to be our chief end. When Jesus taught his disciples to pray he said, “...

Is he really seeing things?

Todd Pruitt

Aug 15, 2011

Mark Driscoll has famously said that God has spoken audibly to him. Driscoll reports that God gave him audible commands to become a pastor, marry his wife, and plant a church. There are a lot of things I appreciate about Mark Driscoll. He has been a stalwart champion of sound doctrine, expositional...

Real Manhood...

Todd Pruitt

Aug 13, 2011

Some thoughts worth reading from Phil Johnson : Biblical manliness is about authentic character. It’s not about bravado, and it’s not about boyishness. Going out into the woods with a bunch of other men, putting on war paint, making animal noises, telling scary stories around a campfire, and then...

A Vision for Church of the Saviour

Todd Pruitt

Aug 13, 2011

In the days ahead I will be posting some articles based upon my sermon and vision presentation on Vision Day at Church of the Saviour. I presented a nine point vision that will guide Church of the Saviour in the days ahead. It is as follows: 1. The glory of God will be our chief end and highest...

Polemical Praise

Todd Pruitt

Aug 13, 2011

Good stuff from Carl Trueman : To ascribe glory and honour to this God and to no other is to put to the sword the claims of all other pretenders to the throne. Debates about worship which focus primarily on aesthetics may be important - form and content are never neatly separable. Far more...

Biblical Interpretation and Authority

Todd Pruitt

Aug 12, 2011

From an article by J.I. Packer : 1. The inspiration of the Bible is an activity of God, who providentially rules over the utterances of men and is binding upon us. 2. There is a subjectively recognized and objectively inspired canon. In other words, not all inspired words are canonical, but all...