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Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In Memory of Professor Ray S. Anderson (1925-2009)

by Rhett Smith on June 24, 2009

One of my favorite stories that Dr. Anderson used to tell his students (and is written in the book, Dancing with Wolves, While Feeding the Sheep), is the story that is told of the connection between his farming and ministry days. Ray wrote: “It happened only once. There was no suggestion that it was planned [...]

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Paradigm Shifting, Life Shaping Books

by Rhett Smith on March 17, 2009

It seems we all like books. And we especially like making lists of books. In 2005 I wrote The Five Books I Would Recommend to a College Student…or Actually, to Anyone!, and listed in another post the Top 100 Religious Books of the 20th Century According to Christianity Today. If you want you could access [...]

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Online Community…Does it exist? YES! But I Think You Are Asking the Wrong Question

by Rhett Smith on December 17, 2008

The Question? It seems like people have been asking the question: Can you have community online? Or at least some form of this question is asked. Usually adjectives are thrown in front of the word community such as “true” or “real” or “authentic” or “quality”….and so you get the point. I think what people are [...]

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Do You Love Your Vision of Christian Community More Than Christian Community Itself?

by Rhett Smith on July 29, 2008

Just posted this today over at Leadership Network’s Book Blog. The issues of "leadership" and "community" are huge topics and hot buzzwords in Church today and one only needs to visit a bookstore to peruse the countless book titles in these areas.  Feeling a little overwhelmed I decided to return to a classic book in [...]

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John MacArthur Is Not Taking Postmodernism to Church

by Rhett Smith on December 17, 2007

Ironic, that on the day I began reading a book on postmodernism and its importance on helping reshape the Church, I see that Phillip Johnson is posting a discussion on John MacArthur’s book, The Truth War: Fighting for Certainty in an Age of Deception. I remember a couple of years ago when Phillip Johnson of [...]

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