As usual, I am currently sharing the most read posts on this blog. The last two days, I shared the most read posts written in 2024. Today and tomorrow I am sharing a rundown of the most read posts of all time on this blog.
As ever, let me restate once again my thanks to all of you who have read, commented, shared and liked anything I have written here. Your engagement means a great deal and I hope whatever you read, however regularly you might follow, that what is written here is at least of interest.
So, today, I am giving you the first half – position 10 through to 6 – of the most read posts of all time on the Building Jerusalem blog:
What does committing to the local church mean?
The 10th most read post on this blog is about commitment to the local church. What does local church commitment mean in practice? This one boiled down proper commitment to the local church to four basic things.
The advance of the new legalism
At number 9, at post from 2020 concerning the newer kind of legalism that tends to operate in modern churches. Legalism used to be about ‘thou shalt not…’ with its tendency to tell us to keep away. Modern legalism tends to mandate what one must do and makes Jesus’ command more burdensome by insisting we must do more and more.
What to do when people are disappointing and the church lets you down
In at number 8, a 2017 post on a perennial problem: what to do when people are disappointing and the church lets you down? The bottom line is, people are very disappointing and the church, being full of such sinful and broken people, will inevitably let us down. The issue is not whether those things will happen, it is how do we wisely respond when they eventually do.
Complementarianism and answering Beth Moore’s valid questions
At number 7, my 2020 magnum opus on complementarianism in practice. The post was prompted by some specific questions floated by Beth Moore for complementarian pastors to answer. As one such pastor, this was my answer of how I saw complementarianism working in practice both in my marriage and through the very specific issues of serious depression with which I have suffered. It was a post that seemed to register and land with quite a lot of other complementarians too, affirming their marriages worked much the same way, and seemed to address many of the straw men critiques made of complementarian marriages by egalitarians. This post has been so popular, and so clarified certain matters, that sections of it have found their way (quoted) into my forthcoming book on Biblical Eldership that should be available to buy in the first half of 2025.
What’s the difference between a pastor and elders?
Finally (for today), the sixth most read post of all time answers the question: what is the difference between a pastor and the elders? Is there even a difference at all? For the most part my answer is no. However, there is a (minor) distinction to be made. This one will tell you what it is.
Come back tomorrow where you can find ranks 5 to 1 of the most read posts of all time at the Building Jerusalem blog.