Best of the Blogroll 2019

As is the New Year's custom for this blog, I'd like to ring out the old year by celebrating the bloggers on the blogroll by highlighting a worthy post that may deserve a second read:

• CADRE Comments - Metacrock reviews some modern scholarship applicable to the formation of the New Testament gospels in Controlled Oral Tradition
• Conciliar Outpost - John Ehrett looks at the history of some old battle-lines, and considers whether it is time to move past them
• Dr Claude Mariottini shares some theologically profound and pastorally applicable thoughts on understanding Psalms and their place in the life of faith
• Dr Platypus - Dr Pursiful kept his connection to blogging this year with welcome reminders on the Biblical Studies carnivals, and an interesting survey on scholarly confidence in whether Paul wrote certain books of the Bible (some of which are not claimed by Paul, such as Hebrews)
• Faith and Theology - Matt Wilcoxen has been posting on Ben Myers' former blog, and has an interesting suggestion for how to cure some of the more barbarous aspects of modernity; it has informed my own blogging decisions in some ways
• Forward Progress - Michael Kelly has a touching and timely reminder of what grace looks like
• Glory To God For All Things - Father Freeman explains the Eastern Orthodox understanding of salvation, one which transforms our identities, and has so little to do with the usual western arguments
• Jesus Creed - Jonathan Aigner calls us to consider the unintended consequences of having song leaders in worship, and to ponder how music fits into Christian life
• Meta's Blog - Metacrock is still a prolific blogger, always in active conversation with the atheist community. To limit myself to one recent post of interest from his blog, he surveys different understandings of what people mean when they say the Bible is inspired
• The Pocket Scroll - MJH envisions a Christian renaissance for our generation led by poets and singers, painters and architects, playwrights and novelists.
• Reading Acts is relatively new to my blogroll, just in the last few months.
• Sun and Shield - in addition to an encouragers' ministry at neighboring blogs, Martin LaBar has also reposted a thoughtful piece on environmental stewardship
• Undivided Looking - Aron Wall has been developing a series on comparative religion; here I'm linking the most recent installment
• Weedon's Blog - Pastor Weedon shares a beautiful and moving meditation on the dormition of Mary

Thank you to all of you for blogging!