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The Best of June

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I’ve been at this blogging thing for quite a long time now–it’s coming up on ten years. I’ve been at the daily blogging thing for almost as long. This means that I’ve got an extensive backlist of articles from years gone by. I thought it might be fun to pull out some of the articles I wrote in previous Junes, stretching all the way back to 2004.

2011

From the Garden to the Cross – This was one of those connections I made while studying the book of Genesis and just had to preach and write about it.

I Am Unalarmed – This article generated quite a loud response, as I recall.

2010

Trusting God with what Matters Most – I have thought about this subject often, about coming up against the edge of my faith.

A Parody of Ourselves – Sometimes I think the evangelical world is beyond parody. We Reformed types may be getting close as well.

2009

Don’t Take Your iPod to Church! Parts 1, 1.5, and 2 – I once told people not to take their iPods to church. Apparently no one listened!

Little Evils, Little Sins – I found this a useful illustration in my own life.

2008

Seven Reasons To Study the Church’s Past – Here are seven reasons that we ought to study church history.

God Is With Us – I reflected on an amazing little word.

2007

The Appeal of Roman Catholicism – I wanted to think about why people are drawn to Roman Catholicism.

A Notch in the Belt – In this article I reflected on doing good for the sake of accruing some kind of merit.

2006

Counterfeit Detection Part 1 and Part 2 – This was background to The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment.

Credo – I still enjoy this one, though it feels like there’s almost an arrogance to it.

2005

Becoming Compassionate Truth-Tellers – Here’s yet another time that Al Mohler has sparked my thinking.

Postmodern Morality, Authority and Accountability – I guess the title just about says it all.

2004

Minister of the Word – What does it mean to be a minister of God’s Word?

Dear Neighbor – I must have been having a bad day. It may have been her fault.


  • Six Counsels for a Sending Church

    Sacrificial obedience to the One who sends is what it will take to reach every language. Join us October 14 to 16 in Dallas–Fort Worth for The Lord Who Sends as we reflect on God’s word and the lives of missionaries who followed the Great Commission.

  • The Two Kinds of Content You Consume

    The Two Kinds of Content You Consume

    At some point we all began to refer to articles and video as content. And today we are drowning in it! Here is a simple filter for telling content created to serve you apart from content created to serve its maker.

  • A La Carte (June 8)

    The humbling I needed / There must be blood / How to read the Bible when your heart feels cold / The delightful duty of married sex / Are we forgiven for the sins we can’t remember? / All things without complaining or arguing

  • Works & Wonders June 7

    This week’s Works & Wonders offers: The wonder and the beauty, older and rarer, His Love, Ferrari Luce, The Covenanter Story, and cheese curds.

  • Weekend A La Carte (June 6)

    There’s a playbook for college, there should be one for marriage / Ben Sasse is teaching us how to die—and live—well / The biggest tell that something was written by AI / Why China got rich and India didn’t / AI slop is coming for your playlists / The blood cancer that became solvable /…

  • Davy and Natalie Lloyd

    Strong to the End

    You have probably heard of Davy and Natalie Lloyd, even if the names aren’t immediately familiar. In May 2024, you most likely heard the news about two young American missionaries to Haiti who, along with one of their Haitian colleagues, were brutally murdered by one of the many gangs that dominate the country.