Merry Christmas and I hope you’ve had some good celebrations so far.
As this is the last Index of 2024 I’ve tried to make it an extra special round up with the best of as many cool things as I could find. In this article I use the word ‘best’ entirely subjectively and offer no apologies. I thought they were all good and I didn’t go looking for more, they were the best of what I came across but I still think they are all worth looking at. Enjoy!
The Best Essays
In no particular order and yes there’s almost certainly a thread running through all of these that explains why I’ve chosen them
- Against Christian Civilization by Paul Kingsnorth
- Against killing children by Wendell Berry
- The Christian in a Therapeutic Age by Ian Harber
- Modernity’s Self-Destruct Button by Louise Perry
- Come to the Table by Tim Suffield
- The Pursuit of (Which) Happiness? by Andrew Wilson
- Not Conforming is Not Enough by Dani Treweek
The Things We Learned
Here are some of the best collections of things we’ve learned in 2024, roundups, reflections and so on
- Tom Whitwell: 52 things I learned in 2024. I found it interesting that Egypt is now Malaria free but the London Underground has its own species of mosquito.
- 52 Snippets from 2024 has arguments for prohibition in the UK and #46 means I should either change my surname or sue my teachers.
- Jez Field has split his up: Facts & Quotes; Articles & Clips
- Top Ten Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology in 2024
- There’s an ALL BLACK penguin!
- How Indian artists envisioned Christ’s birth
- Birds, Loves, and Obscure Sorrows: The Best of The Marginalian 2024
- Brad East did an old fashioned blogroll.
The Best from X
The best Olympic Ad
The best Strava
The best breakdown of a painting
The best definition of sin
The best way of opening a pomegranate
The best of people loving gardening from 1979
Art from X
All from Francisco Ribeiro X account.
The Best of Youtube
Probably not the best, but I’ve enjoyed them
The Best Photos
I’ve chosen one photo from each category and you can click on the caption to take you to more great photos in that category
You Should Listen To This
Apparently this is my top 100 songs listened to on Spotify so this will do. Lots of landscape, chill, lofi stuff here interspersed with worship that moves my soul and a few throwbacks here and there.
You Should Watch This
My Most Visited Articles in 2024
This little blog has been visited nearly 70,000 times in 2024 (thank you if you’re a regular) and here are the top ten most visited.
- As with most years since I wrote it in 2012 (and I must update it): Scriptures for communion
- Related: Invitations to the table
- Questions about the Trinity
- How infant baptism came to be
- Bread & Wine as a covenant meal
- I ask God to tell him he is loved. This would be my most read article written this year
- The Kingdom of God in Luke’s Gospel
- Biblical Insults
- Men are stronger
- Zeal for your house has (not always) consumed me. This would be the second one written in 2024.
I hope you enjoy your weekend and New Year celebrations. Do let me know if there’s something here you appreciated or if you see something you think would be worth sharing, let me know!
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