April Numbers

As is my custom, here are the most popular posts for April,

Churches of Christ in Decline? Data Poin	399
Communion Meditations	377
Index	375
U.S. Income and Employment Taxes for Mis	265
About the Author	242
Communion Meditation: Heaven on Earth	240
Churches of Christ in Decline? “Good New	215
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	192
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	185
Communion Meditation: The Christian Pass	181
Books by Jay Guin	175
But If You Do Marry …	169
What’s Wrong With How We Do Church? Will	169
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello	168
Upgrading a Church of Christ Worship Ser	156
Buried Talents: Studies in the Role of W	152
On Communion Meditations	136
Adding Fried Chicken to the Lord’s Suppe	135
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello	127
Bridging the Racial Divide	127
Buried Talents: Hermeneutics and Such, P	126
2008 Pepperdine Lectureship	123
Buried Talents: Avoiding Our Biases and	118
Fixing Our Universities: Distance Learn	115
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello	110
Buried Talents: Hermeneutics and Such Li	108
Blue Like Jazz: Lesson materials	102
Churches of Christ in Decline? What It T	102
Buried Talents: Four Alternative Views (	99
Buried Talents: Genesis, Part 1	92
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	92
Research Materials	88
Amazing Grace: Ephesians 4	87
Amazing Grace	84
Southern Baptist Churches In Decline	82
Quail Springs Minister “Disfellowshipped	80
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello	78
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello	77
Fixing Our Universities: The Story of Sm	76
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello	76
Communion Meditation: A Lesson from an E	75
Amazing Grace: The Scary Lesson of Galat	74
Instrumental Music	72
Lectureship Presentations	71
Buried Talents	70
Churches of Christ in Decline: Silos, Po	68
Amazing Grace: The Mission of God Throug	68
Amazing Grace: The Mission of God Throug	65
A fresh approach to the Lord’s Supper	63
The Church Treasury, Judas, and Jesus’ M	63
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	60
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	59
Vocabulary Guide for the New Christian	58
Fixing Our Universities: The Birmingham-	57
Buried Talents: Genesis, Part 3 (the Fal	57
The Future of the Progressive Churches o	56
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello	53
<i>Gospel Advocate</i> Creed	52
The Gospel According to Luke, Chapter by	52
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	52
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello	50
Churches of Christ in Decline? Setting a	50
The Future of the Progressive Churches o	50
The Prostitute, the Pharisee, and the Pr	49
Buried Talents: The Women after Pentecos	49
Fixing Our Universities: Harding and Abi	46
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	46
Communion Meditation: The Bread of Life	46
Amazing Grace: Our Heritage of Wonderful	46
Buried Talents: Genesis, Part 2 (the mea	46
How do I know if God has called me to a	45
Church Growth: National Trends	45
Buried Talents: The Archaeological Evide	44
Pepperdine: The Stairmaster Lectureship	44
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	44
Quail Springs Church of Christ “Disfello	44
Born of Water	44
A Time to Speak	43
A Communion Meditation: The Pattern for	42
Pepperdine Materials	42
Buried Talents: Women in the Old Testame	42
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	42
Emoticons	41
On Losing 20 Pounds	40
Are We Sacramentalists? The Lord’s Suppe	40
Do We Teach Another Gospel?	40
A Communion Meditation Reflecting on the	39
Churches of Christ	39
Buried Talents: Old Testament Women (Kin	39
Buried Talents: Women in the Old Testame	39
The <i>”Gospel Advocate”</i> Creed	39
Letter to a Gay Man in the Churches of C	38
A Plea to Reconsider: Abusing Restoratio	38
Baptism	38
The <i>Gospel Advocate</i> Creed, Part 3	37
The 16 Acts of Worship	37
Understanding 2 John 9: Do I Have to Hav	37
Amazing Grace: Bringing It All Back Home	36
Communion Meditation: The Body of Christ	35
Amazing Grace: The Scary Lesson of Galat	35
Churches of Christ in Decline? Reflectio	35
Why we should merge churches–the practi	35
Amazing Grace: The Scary Lesson of Galat	35
Amazing Grace: Should We Re-baptize Bapt	35
The Future of the Progressive Churches o	35
The Future of the Progressive Churches o	35
Buried Talents: A Note	34
Interpreting the Bible: Woe to You Phari	32
Communion Meditation: God’s Great Banque	32
The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace	32
Overseeing Missions and Other Outreaches	32
Grace and How We’ve Taught It Wrong	31
Buried Talents: The Women of the Gospels	31
The <i>Gospel Advocate</i> Creed, Part 4	31
What’s Wrong With How We Do Church?	31
Straight Talk About Premarital Sex	30
A Reflection on the Assasination of Mart	30
Are We Sacramentalists? The Orthodox Vie	30

These actually are for the most recent 30 days ending today, because I can only get the printout for the day I do this, and I just didn’t have time to get it done while at Pepperdine (too tired from climbing those stairs!)

As always, I’m a bit surprised. I’ve not written a communion meditation for a while, and there they are up near the top!

I’m not surprised that the “Churches of Christ in Decline?” posts are near the top. It’s a very important topic that was being under-reported.

Total hits for April are down a hair from March, as I predicted (the blog still topped 17,000 hits for the month). As important as homosexuality and grace and the role of women are, nothing generates interest among the Churches of Christ quite like instrumental music and baptism!

But Mark A. Elrod, a Harding professor who hosts a very popular blog called Eppur Si Muove, has referred his readers over here, and the numbers are dramatically up! Thanks, Mark.

Mark is famous for having ferreted out the fact that Fred Thompson had not attended Churches of Christ, other than to visit his mother, since his youth. He made national headlines — and I’m glad he did. Politicians need to be held to account.

Once I catch up on my sleep (I have to recover from my vacation), I need to decide how to better manage the pace of this blog. I met several readers of the blog at Pepperdine, which was great fun. But they consistently complained at being unable to read everything. The articles are coming too fast. And I think that’s surely true.

I actually have 24 posts already written and programmed to post over the next few weeks. I have another 40+ in draft. In fact, nearly all the posts that ran last week had been written pre-Pepperdine. I’ve get a series on baptism I’ve finished and yet can’t seem to schedule. I postponed it for the series on homosexuality, which really couldn’t be delayed, and now it’s behind the “Churches of Christ in Decline?” series, which I plan to extend.

Worse yet, I have all these notes and ideas from Pepperdine bubbling around in my head, and I have to get it all written before it gets cold!

But what’s the point of posting this stuff faster than any normal person can read it? Maybe a good night’s sleep will make it all clear …