Terry Pruitt's Blog

I'm starting my last semester of seminary, or that is what appears to be on the horizon.  We never know where God will take us.  I started down the path to study for the ministry in 1981.  I may finish here in 2013.  Usually it takes about seven years to complete the process, but I have lengthened that exceedingly.  It has been exceedingly frustrating at times, but I needed some time to mature.  I needed some time to get some experience.  When I complete the process, I will still be in process.  The next steps are to seek a flock to shepherd and preach the Word of God.  Here is what I have learned by taking so long to complete seminary: 1.  Academic rigor is best kept in the back room and pulled out only when there is a problem. 2.  Seminary does not really teach ministry. 3.  Seminary does not cull those who should not be doing ministry. 4.  It is hard to tie your shoe when your still walking. 5.  Taking ...

In preparation for my licensure examination to be licensed to preach I started over verses in the Bible about the Bible.  Basically I was looking at what does the Bible say about itself.  One of the passages that Wayne Grudem mentioned was in Deuteronomy about reading the Bible in public every seven years.  And Moses commanded them, "At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at the Feast of Booths, when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.  Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law, and that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess."  (Deu 31:10-13 ESV) It...