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How To Pray For Your Pastor...

Todd Pruitt
Aug 3, 2011
From R.W. Glenn : About nine years ago I developed the following list of prayer requests that I gave to every willing hand. I haven't passed them out in at least four years, but I decided to resurrect them. Why? I need prayer...badly! And so does your pastor. As leaders in the church we have unique...

DeYoung Reviews Smith

Todd Pruitt
Aug 3, 2011
Keving DeYoung has posted a helpful review of Christian Smith's new book The Bible Made Impossible . Smith, a professor from Notre Dame has previously written the thought provoking volumes Soul Searching and Souls in Transition . They are studies of the religious beliefs and practices of younger...

Be known for God's Word

Todd Pruitt
Aug 3, 2011
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=24636511&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 Make God's Word Your 'Thing' from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo ...

Our Fathers and Our Future

Todd Pruitt
Aug 2, 2011
http://theresurgence.com/v/nluf8k8cun3c

Colonized and Displaced - The State of American Evangelicalism

Todd Pruitt
Aug 1, 2011
"We have come with some confidence to believe that a significant part of Christianity in the United States is actually only tenuously Christian in any sense that it is seriously connected to the actual historical Christian tradition...It is not so much that U.S. Christianity is being secularlized...

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Aug 1, 2011
Yesterday I preached part 4 in our series through Ruth. It is entitled "Right Man, Right Time" and can be listened to or downloaded HERE .

Pastors, feed the flock of God

Todd Pruitt
Jul 30, 2011
[vimeo 26100841 w=400 h=225] Church Leaders Who Permit Carnility from NCFIC on Vimeo .

The Waste of Worry

Todd Pruitt
Jul 28, 2011
In the dark night of our souls, we imagine and worry about the worst possible scenario. In fact, we often conjure up contradictory worst case scenarios to worry about, events that cannot all happen to us. We persuade ourselves that God has abandoned us and that we have no prospects. How much...

John Stott "must reads"

Todd Pruitt
Jul 27, 2011
The Cross of Christ The Message of Ephesians Basic Christianity Between Two Worlds The Message of Acts The Message of Romans

John Stott (1921-2011)

Todd Pruitt
Jul 27, 2011
I just read news that preacher, churchman, evangelist and evangelical leader John Stott died this morning. John Stott's legacy would be hard to calculate; his impact hard to overestimate. He will be missed.

The Moment-by-Moment Power of the Gospel

Todd Pruitt
Jul 27, 2011
Justin Taylor posted the following exerpt from Francis Schaeffer's article "Why and How I Write My Books" : The way to read my books, then, is to realize that I came through a real struggle in those early days, and I’ve tried to be honest in my study ever since. I try to approach every problem as...

Planting a Church in Camden...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 27, 2011
[vimeo 18002236 w=400 h=225] Epiphany Camden Short from timothy shin on Vimeo .

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Jul 26, 2011
On Sunday I preached part 3 in our current series through Ruth. It is entitled "Not a Chance" and can be listened to or downloaded HERE .

Not a poster-boy after all...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 26, 2011
From Michael Horton: At least 76 people are dead after Anders Behring Breivik massacred campers on an island off the coast of Oslo, Norway. Finally, the media has a face and a name for making its heretofor unjustified claim of moral equivalency between conservative Christianity and Islam. Religion...

Man's intentions and God's...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 26, 2011
Very grateful for these words: When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died, ‘Say to Joseph, Please...

Never Assume the Gospel

Todd Pruitt
Jul 25, 2011
From D.A. Carson : In a fair bit of Western evangelicalism, there is a worrying tendency to focus on the periphery. [My] colleague . . . Dr. Paul Hiebert . . . . springs from Mennonite stock and analyzes his heritage in a fashion that he himself would acknowledge is something of a simplistic...

The Goal: To Make Disciples

Todd Pruitt
Jul 24, 2011
"The deceptively simple task of disciple-making is made demanding, frustrating and difficult in our world, not because it is so hard to grasp but because it is so hard to persevere in. "This is why we are such suckers for the latest ministry expert, who has always grown a church of at least 5000...

Thanks Carl...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 23, 2011
...for providing a fitting reply to Frank Schaeffer's despicable post concerning the tragic violence in Norway. Read it HERE .

Mohler's Top Ten (or Eleven)

Todd Pruitt
Jul 22, 2011
Al Mohler has posted his picks for books that pastors ought to read in 2011. 1. Collected Writings on Scripture by D.A. Carson (Crossway) 2. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God by Paul Copan (Baker) 3. Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the...

Reading, Loving, and Living God's Word

Todd Pruitt
Jul 21, 2011
Stephen Nichols' newest book, Welcome to the Story , is now available. From the Publisher: Welcome to the Story teaches believers not only how to read the Bible, but how to read it in such a way that it permeates their lives--reading, loving, and living God's Word. Discussion includes an...

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Jul 20, 2011
On Sunday I preached part 2 in our current series through Ruth. It is entitled "Relentless Grace" (Ruth 1:6-22) and can be listened to or downloaded HERE .

ESV Student Study Bible

Todd Pruitt
Jul 20, 2011
Now avaiable at a great price HERE .

Preachers, preach Christ

Todd Pruitt
Jul 20, 2011
From Carl Trueman : "If somebody spends more time in the pulpit talking about themselves than about the Bible and Christ, then they are preaching themselves and not Christ crucified. If they talk about themselves for twenty minutes and expound the Bible for twenty minutes, that is a twenty minute...

Disqualifying sin or incomplete sanctification?

Todd Pruitt
Jul 19, 2011
That is my question regarding the C.J. Mahaney situation. Actually it is not really a question in my mind. I have read the massive document dump which reveals that C.J. Mahaney is - get ready - a far from perfect leader of a large ministry. Take time to read Jesse Johnson's post on the current...

The ever-broadening tent of evangelicalism...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 19, 2011
From an article by Randy Alcorn: I feel like right now among evangelicals—including authors, musicians, speakers and pastors—there’s a runaway train of unbiblical and unclear thinking. We are improvising theology on the fly with little regard for the Scriptures or the historic orthodox Christian...

Why it still matters to engage sad, silly men like Tony Jones

Todd Pruitt
Jul 19, 2011
It would be easy to just let Tony Jones fade away into the sunset of ever degenerating evangelicalism. Tony has proved time and again to be nothing more than a less intelligent incarnation of 19th century theological liberalism. There really is nothing substantively new in Tony Jones, Doug Pagget,...

Your pastor NEEDS your prayers...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 19, 2011
From an article in Christianity Today : And so we have a system in which pride and hypocrisy are inevitable. The situation for the pastor is impossible. He retains his biblical vision, but the system he finds himself in makes him waver between humility and arrogance, hope and cynicism, patience and...

Tullian and Thabiti

Todd Pruitt
Jul 19, 2011
On the latest edition of the White Horse Inn , Michael Horton chats with Tullian Tchividjian and Thabiti Anyabwile. Jesus + Nothing = Everything The Gospel for Muslims The Decline of African American Theology

What is the mission of the church?

Todd Pruitt
Jul 18, 2011
[vimeo 25624674 w=400 h=225] Gospel, Mission, and the Church from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo . HT: Justin Taylor

"Softening the Character of God"

Todd Pruitt
Jul 16, 2011
The cross is the perfect statement both of God’s wrath against sin and of the depth of his love and mercy in the recovery of the damaged creation and its damagers. God’s mercy, patience, and love must be fully preached in the church. But they are not credible unless they are presented in tension...

Books by Nancy Guthrie

Todd Pruitt
Jul 16, 2011
I appreciate the work of Nancy Guthrie. I recommend you check out the following books: Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament This is a year's worth of readings from the Old Testament demonstrating how Christ is present in (not simply read back into) the Old Testament. This is a terrific book for...

"The Crucial Doctrine that Fuels Beautiful Living"

Todd Pruitt
Jul 12, 2011
Great post by Dane Ortlund concerning Francis Schaeffer: In 1951 Francis Schaeffer’s life and ministry were turned upside down, despite already having walked with the Lord for many years and having seen much fruit in ministry. He was 39. In the introduction to his book True Spirituality, Schaeffer...

How Wolves are Made...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 12, 2011
From John Piper: Let me just mention one feature to watch out for in the recognition of wolves. As I have watched the movement from biblical faithfulness to liberalism in persons and institutions that I have known over the years, this feature stands out: An emotional disenchantment with...

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Jul 11, 2011
On Sunday I began a new series through the book of Ruth called Faithful God . Part one is entitled "The Road to Nowhere" and can be listened to or downloaded HERE .

Does the Bible still speak with authority?

Todd Pruitt
Jul 11, 2011
[vimeo 24635066 w=400 h=225] Biblical Authority in an Age of Uncertainty from The Gospel Coalition on Vimeo .

Abortion Debated

Todd Pruitt
Jul 11, 2011
Take time to watch the following debate held at Westmont College between Scott Klusendorf of Life Training Institute and Nadine Strossen (former President of the ACLU). [vimeo 26031452 w=400 h=220] Abortion Debate at Westmont College from Randy Alcorn on Vimeo . HT: Justin Taylor

How the prosperity gospel invaded and infected the African church

Todd Pruitt
Jul 9, 2011
In the video below D.A. Carson interviews Conrad Mbewe about the tragic rise of the prosperity gospel in Africa. One of the reasons for the popularity of preachers like Benny Hinn, Keneth Copeland, and other prosperity teachers in Africa is because of the similarity between what they preach and the...

You never grow beyond the Gospel

Todd Pruitt
Jul 8, 2011
I still come across Christians who consider the Gospel to be the "abc's" of Christianity. That concerns me because we never truly outgrow our need for the Gospel. Indeed we will never grow beyond the Gospel. If we believe the Gospel to be a very basic thing, merely baby food for baby Christians...

On not being "overtly Christian"

Todd Pruitt
Jul 8, 2011
An Episcopal priest who describes herself as "left leaning" seems to have been right in the middle of the target audience for the recent Wild Goose Festival . Yet Catherine Caimano writes: I was surprised that an event billed in part as a revival would have an almost pervasive timidity about...

Serious error from a silly gathering

Todd Pruitt
Jul 7, 2011
If a group of hippies gather in the North Carolina woods do they make a sound? Well, thanks to twitter and blogging they do. They even caught the attention of The Economist . About a week ago a group of people who are terribly sad they missed the 60's gathered to celebrate homosexuality, beer,...

Good resources on Ruth

Todd Pruitt
Jul 6, 2011
This Sunday I will begin preaching a five week series of sermons through Ruth. The following are some excellent resources on Ruth. And, yes, I am stealing the title of Sinclair Ferguson's little book for my sermon series. Esther and Ruth by Iain Duguid Faithful God by Sinclair Ferguson The Message...

Don't know much about doctrine?

Todd Pruitt
Jul 6, 2011
Who is Jesus, and why should he be worshipped? Was his death merely an example of self-sacrifice, or did he actually atone for the sins of the world? These are crucial doctrinal questions, yet many Christians in our time say they are not interested in theology or doctrine, but prefer instead to...

The Language of God and the historicity of Adam

Todd Pruitt
Jul 6, 2011
It is lengthy but Dr. Ardel Caneday's article in the latest issue of the Southern Baptist Journal of Theology is worth the read. Dr. Caneday challenges those within evangelicalism who are now dismissing the Bible's teachings concerning the historicity of Adam and the Fall. Check it out HERE .

Sunday's Sermon

Todd Pruitt
Jul 5, 2011
On Sunday I preached a sermon entitled "Gospel Greatness" taken from Mark 9:30-37. You can listen to or download it HERE .

Preaching through Ruth

Todd Pruitt
Jul 5, 2011
This Sunday I will begin a five week series of sermons through the book of Ruth. Ruth begins by telling the tragic story of Naomi and the deaths of her husband and sons. It is during the dark days of the Judges and a time of famine. But Ruth is also the story of the love and marriage of two...

Liberty

Todd Pruitt
Jul 4, 2011

Greg Beale on Revelation

Todd Pruitt
Jul 2, 2011
When you get a chance take a listen to Greg Beale's series on Revelation: From Symbolism to Significance .

Words escape me...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 2, 2011
How do you parody a movement which has become a parody ?

Nine Marks Journal

Todd Pruitt
Jul 1, 2011
The latest edition of the 9 Marks Journal is now online. The theme is the relationship between pastor and staff. Articles: The Obvious and Not-So-Obvious of Staff Managment by Mark Dever Senior Pastor as Servant's Servant's Servant by Jeremie Rinnie Do You Disciple Your Staff by Mark Mullery &...

Jesus was not polite to false teachers...

Todd Pruitt
Jul 1, 2011
Many Christians today are greatly concerned about the rising influences of communism, humanism, secularism, and social injustice. Yet those evils, great as they are, do not together pose the threat to Christianity that false shepherds and pastors do. Throughout the history of redemption, the...