From the monthly archives:

May 2005

What’s up with guys and nicknames?

by Rhett Smith on May 31, 2005

Props to my friend Mike Trozzo who is an amazing photographer and artist. He can take any photo, make it look great, while doing some cool things with it. If you notice the photo above, it says, “Terrcakes.” You may be asking yourself, “Who is Terrcakes?” Well that’s me. But don’t go around using it [...]

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Wow! I get chills from this….

by Rhett Smith on May 29, 2005

For those of you who know me, I love C.S. Lewis’s the Chronicles of Narnia. So I am excited and a little fearful about the movie coming out…..but take a look for youself at The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

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Post College Blues…

by Rhett Smith on May 29, 2005

This is an interesting article from Relevant Magazine on the “blues” that students go through after graduation. It is quite different when that immediate social circle disappears, and a new one must be developed. Check out the article.

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It seems like it has been ages since I have posted a blog, or at least anything worth reading. You would think that blogging is important, especially to me since I seem to talk about it all the time. But, apparently wedding plans rank much further up, or at least that’s what my fiance has [...]

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Faith and Frat Boys

by Rhett Smith on May 17, 2005

Very interesting article in TIME Magazine. I know a lot of you in my group are members of a fraternity or sorority, and I thought you might find this article interesting or relevant. I know this has always been a tough, and sensitive issue in the college ministry here at Bel Air. Here is a [...]

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Sex in the Body of Christ

by Rhett Smith on May 13, 2005

I’m glad we preached on the topic of sex for four weeks back in February and March, because there has been a lot of interesting and relevant articles and discussions as of late. Here is a good one from Christianity Today, Sex in the Body of Christ

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View image “The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.” ~ Sir Humphrey Davy This quote reminds me of the thinking of Thomas Kuhn in his remarkable book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions when he comments on the fact that most scientific discoveries come about by failure, not by [...]

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What would life be if we could not do it together? What would ministry be if we could not do it together? The Apostle Paul tells us in I Corinthians 12:14, “Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many.” And what would our lives, or ministry be like if we tried [...]

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Oprah: Church or Cult?

by Rhett Smith on May 10, 2005

I was reading on Hugh Hewitt today, and came across an interesting read by Al Mohler. He posts an interesting article about Oprah Winfrey and her “Life Your Best Life” tour. This is a fascinating subject to me. Because I am intrigued as a Christian and pastor that Oprah seems to possess an ability to [...]

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(Part 2 in a series of 10) “Therefore, true ministry must be mutual. When the members of a community of faith cannot truly know and love their shepherd, shepherding quickly becomes a subtle way of exercising power over others and begins to show authoritarian and dictorial traits. The world in which we live–a world of [...]

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