RHETT-orical: musing about Faith, Family, and Freedom

"My heart is stirred by a noble theme; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer." - Psalm 45:1

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

4 Mountains of Men Who Shaped My Life

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  Four mountains of men who shaped my life all died within a thirteen-month span. I suppose that goes with being fifty-something. In recent ...
Monday, October 28, 2024

Voting for a Platform - Not a Person

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  Here are five words of advice for wise voting. Vote Unless you are physically unable, vote. The prophet Jeremiah told the exiles to “seek ...

Biblical Values, Politics, and Voting

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  Dr. Rhett Wilson, Sr. shares principles from Jeremiah 29:4-14 about how God's people engage an ungodly, immoral society.  Rhett talks ...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Why Honor My Pastors?

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  I wrote the following post years ago but always re-share it in October. It's one of my most-viewed blog articles ever . . . Dick Linco...
Thursday, October 24, 2024

Confronting Church Bullies, part 3

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  The carnage of bullies in the church is significant. Yesterday, I was in an intense discussion at  a coffee shop in Canada with three othe...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

When Church Boards Don't Confront Church Bullies - Church Bullies part 2

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  Church bullies are toxic to the local church. They create divisions and unhealthy alliances, spread gossip and rumors, and undermine leade...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

How to Spot a Bully in the Church: Church Bullies, part one

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  Newsflash: There are often people in a church who are bullies and get away with it because church leadership is too nice to call them out ...
Monday, October 21, 2024

How Should Pastors Handle a Divisive Person?

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  Divisive people have always been a thorn in the flesh of the church. At the drop of a hat, some pastors could name a divisive person they ...
Friday, October 18, 2024

FIRST-PERSON: Theological liberalism in the SBC?

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  Baptist Press,  the news arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, published my article, "Theological Liberalism in the SBC," in 2...
Monday, October 7, 2024

Praying through Natural Disasters

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  I   wrote this article in September of 2017 following the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. News spread last week of Hurricane Harvey leaving...
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Christians - Engage Politics and the Public Square

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  I love playing board games, leading devotions, and eating meals with my family. However, if the house is on fire, I'm not gonna keep p...

8 Reasons Why Change is Hard for Churches

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  The very nature of leadership requires leading through change. Therein is the fundamental difference between management vs. leadership. Ro...
Friday, September 6, 2024

Christian, Feel Free to Love Politics

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 "I love politics because I love people. Being compelled by Scripture to love others like we love ourselves, provides us further reason...
Saturday, August 31, 2024

Giving Out of a Full Cup - Dan Miller

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Dan Miller's wisdom has helped countless people navigate changes in their lives. I love this illustration he used, taken from the Jewish...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Democratic Party: Intolerance and Absolute Control

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  “The Constitution is written to limit the centralization and monopolization of power – that is, the Democrat Party’s present-day power gra...
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

"Christian Nationalism," Evangelicals, and the Left

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  "Christian Nationalism" is the new term the Left has created to try to make people who vote based on biblical convictions, a Jud...

Writing Awards - 2024 - Rhett Wilson, Sr.

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Encouraging news came last week in the form of notifications of the following awards: Congratulations! Your entry,  Cries from a Cold Bath...
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Dr. Rhett Wilson, Sr., an award-winning freelance writer and editor, lives with his family in South Carolina. Rhett has pastored churches for 20+, served as an adjunct Bible professor at a Baptist university, and worked as Senior Writer for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Today he works full-time as a self-employed ghostwriter, freelance writer and editor, and copywriter. Check out his professional site at www.rhettwilson.org. He and his wife Tracey have three children. The Wilsons like playing board games, making music exploring waterfalls, and they look forward to March Madness every year. For Fun, Rhett reads legal thrillers, watches adventure movies, and listens to country and Broadway music.
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