Who’s Afraid of CRT?
It appears we have a pretty intense food fight developing over Critical Race Theory (CRT). Lots of accusations are being thrown about. But that seems to be nearly unavoidable when…
Todd Pruitt
Todd Pruitt (MDiv, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) currently serves as lead pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, VA. He is also co-host with Carl Trueman for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals’ podcast Mortification of Spin. Todd and his wife, Karen, have been married since 1990 and have three children: Kate, Ryan, and Matthew.
A Plea to the PCA
If you care to read the architects of Critical Theory—Benjamin, Horkheimer, Fromm, Adorno, Marcuse, etc.— you will find that their project was animated in large part by a desire to…
My Top Books of 2020
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self by Carl Trueman This is the most important book of the year. How did we come to the place where it is…
Thoughts on My Anxiety (Part One)
The term “mental illness” causes most people to squirm. We think of people medicated into a stupor or committed to a hard-to-access floor of the hospital. But mental illness covers…
A Few Good Books
Here are some of the most enjoyable and/or important books that I am currently reading. This does not mean I stand by everything the authors write (do I even have…
Coarse Joking, Doxing, and Forgiveness
By now many of you have heard of the Genevan Commons Facebook group. The Genevan Commons (GC) group was apparently formed several years ago to provide a forum for discussion…
May 19, 2020
Luke 15:11-32 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that…
May 18, 2020
Matthew 13:1-9; 18-23 “That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat…
The Hunt for the Thin Complementarian
It has recently been brought to my attention that I am a squishy, moderate complementarian who is in league with radical feminists to destroy the church, or something like that.…
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Genesis 15:1–4 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” But…