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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.
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Overplaying the grace card?

I appreciate David Robertson’s review of Tullian Tchividjian’s new book One Way Love. Robertson gives voice to many of my own concerns about what I believe is a rising tide…

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Overplaying the grace card?

I appreciate David Robertson’s review of Tullian Tchividjian’s new book One Way Love. Robertson gives voice to many of my own concerns about what I believe is a rising tide…

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Those Rascally Calvinists

I have been encouraged by the resurgence of Reformed doctrine within the Southern Baptist Convention. I say “resurgence” because Calvinism in the SBC is nothing new. In fact the Doctrines…

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Killing Children

It is a small leap from killing children in the womb to killing, say, two-year-olds (an idea already proffered by Princeton’s Peter Singer). Belgium is now considering a law that…

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The Constant Reader

I am excited to see the publication of Thy Word is Still Truth. “The embattled title casts this book as an apologia for Westminster Seminary’s stand in a recent internal…

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Sunday’s Sermon

Sunday was Reformation Sunday. I preached from 2 Timothy on the Scripture’s authority and sufficiency. The title of the sermon is “Above All Earthly Powers” and can be listened to…

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A Plea for Discernment

Good stuff from Aimee Byrd: The other day I was in the middle of a workout when the phone rang. I glance over to notice that it is my grandma.…

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Holding your breath under water

Michael Jensen has written a terrific article concerning biblical sexual ethics and how the church has often become counterproductive in the ways it teaches about sex. Jensen writes: Or again:…

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Big enough to write your own rules

It is not an easy thing to be the pastor of a mega-church. There are peculiar pressures and temptations that accompany such a role. Not least is the temptation to…

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Basics

Every May I attend the Basics Conference at Parkside Church. It is an outstanding conference for pastors. The audio and video of last year’s conference has been posted online. Along…