**While we believe the blogs on this page will be helpful to you in numerous ways, a blog’s inclusion does not mean we endorse everything to be found there. Please read and/or listen with discernment.
The emphases of these blogs vary: some are more geared towards the local church, some towards theology, some towards critiquing current events and culture, and some to living out the Christian life daily. Others are mostly autobiographical/ reflections on life. Most will delve into several or all of those categories to some degree. I’ve provided a brief annotation for a few of them.
It can be helpful to browse through many blogs, but it isn’t often that most of us can take the time to do so responsibly. I recommend looking through the blogs listed below and selecting a few to read regularly. For a tutorial video on how to subscribe to blogs, click here. If you’re interested, you can click here for a list of blogs Donovan reads most often.
Helpful, well-known Christian Blogs:
- Al Mohler – Al Mohler is the president of Southern Theological Seminary. This blog mostly evaluates and critiques current events and culture.
- Between Two Worlds (Justin Taylor) – Justin Taylor is an editor for Crossway publishers who has also worked closely with John Piper. Besides posting his own very helpful thoughts, JT links to almost everything worth checking out on the web. Visiting this blog is a great way to stay in the loop!
- Biblical Foundations - Andreas Kostenberger. Very readable musings from an excellent New Testament Scholar.
- The Blazing Center - Mark and Stephen Altrogge. Mark is a pastor and songwriter (“I stand in awe” was written by him) with Sovereign Grace Ministries. His son, Stephen, is a pastoral intern and author, also with Sovereign Grace.
- Challies.com - Tim Challies. Excellent!
- Church Matters - The Blog of 9Marks Ministries (a ministry, headed up by Mark Dever, which exists “to help local church pastors and leaders in the discovery and application of the biblical priorities that cultivate health and holiness in the local church.”)
- Denny Burk - Associate Professor of New Testament and Dean of Boyce College, the undergraduate arm of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Desiring God Blog - Desiring God is an excellent ministry headed up by John Piper.
- DeYoung, Restless, Reformed - Kevin DeYoung, a Reformed Pastor and author.
- Eternal Perspectives - Randy Alcorn, author and president of Eternal Perspective Ministries.
- Founder’s Ministries Blog - Founder’s Ministries is “A ministry of teaching and encouragement promoting both doctrine and devotion expressed in the Doctrines of Grace and their experiential application to the local church.”
- Josh Harris - Josh Harris is Senior Pastor of Covenant Life Church and an author.
- Ligonier Ministries Blog – Ligonier Ministries is an excellent ministry headed up by RC Sproul.
- Moore to the Point - Russell Moore is a pastor, theologian, and author who is on staff at Southern Theological Seminary
- Pure Church - Thabiti Anyabwile. Thabiti is a pastor who also writes for 9Marks Ministries.
- Pyromaniacs - Phil Johnson (a pastor at Grace Community Church – where John MacArthur is senior pastor), Dan Phillips and Frank Turk. Often includes plenty of debate over theology and/or the state of the church.
- Radical Womanhood - Carolyn McCulley, an author associated with Soveriegn Grace Ministries.
- Reformation 21 Blog - Carl Trueman, Philip Ryken, Richard Phillips, Ligon Duncan, Derek Thomas, Justin Taylor.
- Resurgence MD - Mark Driscoll (a theologically conservative Emerging Church pastor from Seattle who is a bit controversial – mostly because of his willingness to say things bluntly, and at times in the past, somewhat crudely)
- Sovereign Grace Blog - The blog of Sovereign Grace Ministries - a church planting and church strengthening ministry headed up by CJ Mahaney. CJ posts here regularly, as does Dave Harvey.
- Straight Up - “A blog by pastors for pastors.” From Harvest Bible Fellowship (a network of solid, church-planting churches headed up by James MacDonald).
- Taste and See - Technically this is not a blog. “These are short articles that John Piper writes each week for his congregation and the website.”
- Tim Chester - Tim Chester is a theologian, author (“Total Church” and other titles), and a leader in The Crowded House, a network of church-planting churches. His blog focuses on “reformed spiruality and missional church.”
- Together for the Gospel – Four friends head up this ministry – Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, CJ Mahaney, and Al Mohler. This blog talks about the concerns of this ministry (the centrality of the true gospel), and also gives enjoyable insight into the rich friendship between these Christian leaders.
- Truth in Love - Voddie Baucham
- Worship Matters - Bob Kauflin (a songwriter and very experienced Worship Pastor with Sovereign Grace Ministries)
Helpful, lesser known, Christian blogs:
- Africa Bound - Josh Mack, a missionary in South Africa
- Faith by Hearing – Amongst other things, this blog links to many excellent sermons.
- Unashamed Workman
- Raw Christianity - David “Gunner” Gundersen, a good friend of Donovan’s who was his RD at The Master’s College.
- God is Better than All - PJ Tibayan, a friend of Donovan’s from The Master’s College and Seminary.
- Todd’s Thoughts - Todd Bolen, a professor who teaches at IBEX (The Master’s College extension campus in Israel). He is an expert on the Holy Land, OT studies, and the life of Christ.
- Theology IS Life - Andy Snider, a theology professor at The Master’s Seminary. Though he will take lengthy breaks from his blog at times, he keeps coming back, and always with content worth the read.
- DrIbex Ideas - Will Varner, a Greek and Old Testament professor at The Master’s College
Helpful Blogs specifically geared towards youth and/or parents:
- Girl Talk - a blog written by a Carolyn Mahaney (CJ’s wife) and her daughters, discussing (among other things) biblical womanhood and how to cultivate it.
- Lies Young Women Believe - run by Erin Davis, for the authors of the book with the same title.
- The Rebelution - a blog for youth and young adults, endorsed by CJ Mahaney.
Blogs run by churches we’ ve been a part of:
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Christocentric – the Bethel Grace Pastors’ blog. Bethel Grace Baptist is the church in Bellflower, CA, where we met, were married, and both served on ministry staff for a season (Donovan as Youth Pastor, and Heather as Children’s Ministry Director). Bethel Grace is also the church that is sending us out as missionaries to South Africa.
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Crossway Life - the blog of Crossway church, the Sovereign Grace church we’re a part of in Lancaster, PA.
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