From the monthly archives:

November 2006

Tis the season

by Rhett Smith on November 30, 2006

I just wanted to post and say that I am proud of the fact that I put the Christmas lights up on our house on November 12. I’ve never had them up that early. My wife was very surprised when she came home and saw them on. I thought that would spur one of two [...]

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Writing and the possibility of failure

by Rhett Smith on November 29, 2006

I have been writing a blog for a little over two years now. And in that time I have done a lot of writing. One of my aspiring dreams is to be an author of an acutal published book. And not just a published book, but one that people read. Haaaaa. In fact, if you [...]

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Are thorns choking out your life?

by Rhett Smith on November 20, 2006

Matthew 13 The Parable of the Sower 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in [...]

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Okay…one more link

by Rhett Smith on November 20, 2006

My friend Brent has a great post on the issue of masculinity, especially as it has been bantered about regarding the Mark Driscoll situation. Brent’s post is appropriately titled, Chopping Off Heads and Crying on Shoulders. One of the reasons I appreciate Brent’s words is that because I know that he and I have some [...]

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A final thought?

by Rhett Smith on November 15, 2006

Hopefully I will be moving on to some other blogging topics here shortly. But I did want to just comment on my own views regarding Driscoll and this planned protest up in Seattle. I for one am not in support of a planned protest against Driscoll or the church. Do I disagree with a lot [...]

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Update on the Driscoll “situation”

by Rhett Smith on November 15, 2006

The circumstances (i.e. his blog entries; comments about Ted Haggard’s wife, etc.) surrounding Mark Driscoll seem to be one of the most talked about issues on the web right now. Things are escalating on some fronts while others are calling for reconciliation, etc., etc. Read Andrew Jones post in which he gives a good summary [...]

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I have on many occasions posted blog entries about Mark Driscoll and his theological views. One of the areas of huge disagreement between Driscoll’s views and mine are his views of women and ministry, and especially what seems to be his narrowely defined view of masculinity (several posts back). Driscoll has been getting lots of [...]

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What kind of theologian was Karl Barth?

by Rhett Smith on November 10, 2006

Benjamin Myers has written a great post, Ten Propositions on Karl Barth. As I have said many times, Karl Barth is one of my favorite theologians and one of the most influential on my life, theology, preaching, etc. But his volume of work is so huge that one is alwalys learning, and relearning more and [...]

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I’m torn…

by Rhett Smith on November 9, 2006

For those of you who have read my blog before, well you know that I am obsessed with LOST. It is one of the most amazing shows on TV and I absolutely love it. But let me be honest. I’m a little annoyed with some of this season so far (some of the pacing of [...]

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site recommendation

by Rhett Smith on November 9, 2006

A new site recommendation. the church and postmodern culture: conversation

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