Top 10 Posts of 2017

Here are the ten posts on this blog that generated the most activity last year:

10. Centered on Jesus I: Introduction. Not Moderate

The beginning of a series of which two other posts made the top 10. I intend to continue this series as I find the time.

9. Regarding Terrorism and Refugees

           

8. Jesus = the very face of God

            Is God really like Jesus?

7. Does God Pass Gas? A Christmas Meditation

A conversation with my daughter that led to some reflections about the meaning of the Incarnation

6. Delight – Don't Forget About Delight, a Reading List

5. Virginal Conception and Other Preposterous Things

            Christians are expected to believe a lot of preposterous stuff

4. On Rachel's Lament and Not Looking Away

“How can we go on singing “Joy to the world, the Savior reigns,” in view of the fact that the monsters continue to devour our children with undiminished ferocity?”

3. Centered on Jesus III: Jerome the Ciceronian

“When we give our allegiance is to something other than Jesus Christ – Conservatism, Progressivism, this or that political party, a nation, or anything else – we can find ourselves endorsing things that followers of Jesus ought not endorse and excusing behaviors followers of Jesus ought not excuse.”

2. Centered on Jesus V: If Christ is King . . .

“'Christian nationalist' is an oxymoron.”

1.Loving Your Neighbor in an Age of Compassion Fatigue

This post seems to have struck a nerve. Not only was it the most read of my posts this year, it quickly became the most read post ever on this blog