As is my usual practice, I am sharing a rundown of some of the stats on this blog. Particularly, the most read posts. The previous two days I shared the most read posts written in 2025. Today and tomorrow I am sharing the most read posts of all time.
The reason for sharing these stats is they reflect what you have been most interested in reading. I am so grateful to you for reading this blog, whatever you happen to make of it, and I think it is interesting to see what has been most popular for the majority of people.
Not everybody who reads subscribes or comes here directly. There are posts that sometimes get picked up and published on other platforms (with my permission). These will not show up the stats here. It is possible some other posts have a wider readership because another platform has used them. This list is not, then, an absolute rundown of the most popular posts here. But they are the most viewed by those who come here, by hook or by crook, directly.
So, let’s get to it.
10. Does our obedience actually please God?
The tenth most viewed post of all time concerns a common question: does our obedience actually please God? It is perhaps a question that troubles reformed minds particularly. We can have a tendency to so emphasise the sovereignty, work ,and the primacy of God over and against the sinfulness and inability of mankind – and we do seem to love hymns about sin that refer to us as maggots and worms – that we can be left wondering if anything we do can ever please God. Happily, the Bible says, yes, you can! This one digs into this a little more.
9. The most concerning thing about the Royal Wedding sermon was the Evangelical reaction
Though this one has dropped down the rankings over the years, it amazes me that it still clings on as a one of the most viewed posts of all time. It was written back in 2018 and focused on the sermon preached by Michael Curry at the wedding of Harry & Meghan, Duke & Duchess of Sussex.
8. Six things the Bible says about mental health disorders
A new entry for this year, this post looks at six things the Bible has to say about mental health. It provides a helpful framework for us to think biblically about mental health issues.
7. Five ways to encourage members to participate in the church
This one from 2019 has been a regular high flyer in the all time most viewed lists. It perhaps speaks into what really exercises our churches. It is hardly surprising that lots of churches are particularly keen to find ways to encourage their people into service. Whether that speaks into what most concerns us or it speaks into trends in service more generally, I don’t really know. But this one offers five ways you can help encourage people into active service in your church.
6. What’s the difference between a pastor and elders?
In at number 6 – so the final entry for today – is this post from a couple of years ago about the difference between pastors and elders. This article was recently picked up by the newly refurbished Grace Publications website which might have gone some way to re-boosting its appeal and upping its stats. This post is also relevant to my forthcoming book on eldership, which is published by Grace Publications and will be in print early in the New Year. You can pre-order copies of it here now.