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The Best of May

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I’ve been at this blogging thing for quite a long time now—a bit over 9 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 Mays, stretching all the way back to 2004.

2011

Letting Herself Go – I guess the fact that there were 277 comments before we shut them down tells you something about this article!

Pursuing Relationship – This article looked at the relational aspect of pursuing God. Looking back, I can see that at times I’ve done well with this and at times not so well.

2010

Ten Great Biographies – This was simply a list of ten of my favorite biographies.

Joel Osteen or Fortune Cookie? – I enjoyed putting this one together. Todd Friel used it on his radio show which was probably a more natural place for it.

2009

Soul-Winning Made Easy – If you haven’t ever seen the book Soul-Winning Made Easy, then you need to check out this article.

Ashamed of Shame Itself – This is an article about the death of shame.

2008

Review – Amazon’s Kindle Reading Device – Was it only this long ago that the Kindle exploded onto the scene? Here’s my review of it. It’s hilarious how archaic that first generation Kindle looks.

Sin: What We Do or What We Are? – “The Bible tells us in plain terms that we are not sinners because we sin, but we sin because we are sinners. And I don’t think we can overstate what a fundamental difference this is! We do not need to seek forgiveness merely for the sins we commit, but for our fundamentally evil and rebellious hearts—hearts that, in their natural state, hate God and are fully and completely and gleefully and willingly opposed to Him.”

2007

In May of 2007 I wrote a four-part series on blogging:

  1. Blogging – My Story
  2. Blogging – History and Societal Trends
  3. Blogging – State of the Blogosphere
  4. Blogging – Wrapping It Up

2006

Make the Bible Come Alive – It has always bothered me when I’ve heard people say that something or someone has made the Bible come alive.

Accountability Through Visibility – This article was awfully important to me and has made its way into more than one of my books, talks and sermons.

2005

Pornography Driving Technology – Here are some not-entirely-original thoughts on the relationship between pornography and technology.

First Century Eyes – I have no recollection of this article, but rather enjoyed reading it again. Well, I enjoyed reading the content; I hope I’ve improved as a writer since then, because it’s more than a bit clunky!

2004

Ups & Downs of Blogging – In this article I mention that I had blogged for 202 consecutive days and offered a few reflections. That strikes me as funny.

Appraising Your Treasures – Here’s another of those articles that made its way into one of my books. I hadn’t realized how much my blog served as a kind of minor leagues for books.


  • Are We Living in the Last Days

    Are We Living in the Last Days?

    The world is a mess. The world is a mess and seems to be getting messier. I could draw up an inventory of all the wars and conflicts, the diseases and disasters, the rise of immorality and decline of virtue, but that would be to tell you what you have already observed and already know.…

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    A La Carte (March 29)

    A La Carte: How to protect your kids from sexual abuse / Talk to God about what hurts / How’s your Bible reading plan going? / Resentment between men and women in the church / and more.

  • A Batch of New Books for Kids

    A Batch of New Books for Kids (and Teens)

    Every month I put together a roundup of new and notable books for grownup readers. But I also receive a lot of books for kids and like to put together the occasional roundup of these books as well. So today I bring you a whole big batch of new books for kids of all ages…

  • A La Carte Thursday 1

    A La Carte (March 28)

    A La Carte: The case against the abortion pill / What I’ve learned about grieving with hope / Heartbreaking deception: teen girls, social media, and body image / Could podcasts save the church from stupidity? / Count it all joy / and more.

  • What God Wants You To Forget

    What God Wants You To Forget

    We are never far from reminding God of our credentials, of providing him with a curriculum vitae that lays out all we are, all we have been through, and all we have accomplished for his sake. We are never far from making the subtle turn from grace to merit, from what is freely given to…

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    A La Carte (March 27)

    A La Carte: New music / Millennials and GenZ / Scotland’s new hate crime law / Cate Blanchett, Easter is for you / Why the Reformed pray for revival / What truly happened to Jesus on the cross? / and more.