I have often said that if two aliens were to come to Earth and split up to study the Christian Internet on the one hand vs the Christian TV and Radio scene on the other they would come to staggeringly different conclusions. On the so-called “Old Media” the scene is dominated by a wing of the church that is almost entirely unrepresented in the list that follows. How fascinating that the top Christian blogs reflect a very different collection of people. I have some theories as to why which perhaps I will talk about sometime, but of the top 50 Christian blogs according to Kent Shaffer’s recent list, a staggering at least nineteen are from the Reformed wing of the church. I should say that I have only spent a short period of time attempting to categorise these blogs, so do feel free to point out any errors!
1 | Between Two Worlds | Justin Taylor | Reformed | ||||
2 | Michael Hyatt | Michael Hyatt | Orthodox | ||||
3 | DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed | Kevin DeYoung | Reformed | ||||
4 | GetReligion | Various | Various including Orthodox and Episcopalian | ||||
5 | Tim Challies | Tim Challies | Reformed | ||||
6 | Dr. Albert Mohler | Albert Mohler | Reformed | ||||
7 | Jesus Creed | Scot Mcknight | Orthodox | ||||
8 | The Resurgence | Various | Reformed | ||||
9 | Pyromaniacs | Various | Reformed | ||||
10 | Fr. Z’s Blog | John Zuhlsdorf | Catholic | ||||
11 | Don Miller | Don Miller | ?Emerging | ||||
12 | Desiring God | Various | Reformed | ||||
13 | Internet Monk | Various | “post evangelical” | ||||
14 | Stuff Christians Like | Jon Acuff | ? | ||||
15 | Faith & Reason | Cathy Lynn Grossman | ? | ||||
16 | Ligonier Ministries | Various | Reformed | ||||
17 | The Gospel Coalition Blog | Various | Reformed | ||||
18 | 9Marks | Various | Reformed | ||||
19 | Swerve | Various | evangelical | ||||
20 | Christ is Deeper Still | Ray Ortlund | Reformed | ||||
21 | Acts 29 | Scott Thomas | Reformed | ||||
22 | Ragamuffin Soul | Carlos Whittaker | evangelical | ||||
23 | Reformation 21 | Various | Reformed | ||||
24 | Pure Church | Thabiti Anyabwile | Reformed | ||||
24 | Rachel Held Evans | Rachel Held Evans | ? | ||||
26 | Compassion International | Various | ? | ||||
27 | Parchment and Pen | Michael Patton | evangelical | ||||
28 | Church Relevance | Kent Shaffer | ? | ||||
29 | Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick | ?pentecostal | ||||
30 | Kingdom People | Trevin Wax | evangelical | ||||
31 | Blog and Mablog | Doug Wilson | evangelical | ||||
32 | Josh Harris | Josh Harris | Reformed | ||||
33 | Tullian Tchividjian | Tullian Tchividjian | Reformed | ||||
34 | Ministry to Children | Various | ? | ||||
35 | Standing on my Head | Dwight Longnecker | Catholic | ||||
36 | Jesus Needs New PR | Matthew Paul Turner | ? | ||||
36 | Perry Noble | Perry Noble | evangelical | ||||
38 | Reformation Theology | Various | Reformed | ||||
39 | High Calling Blogs | Various | ? | ||||
40 | Ed Stetzer | Ed Stetzer | Reformed | ||||
41 | Church Marketing Sucks | Various | ? | ||||
42 | Adrian Warnock | Adrian Warnock | Reformed | ||||
43 | Tall Skinny Kiwi | Andrew Jones | evangelical | ||||
44 | Evangel | Various | ? | ||||
45 | Brian McLaren | Brian McLaren | Emerging | ||||
46 | Tony Morgan Live | Tony Morgan | ? | ||||
47 | Dallas News Religion Blog | Various | ? | ||||
48 | Catablog | Various | evangelical | ||||
49 | John C. Maxwell | John C. Maxwell | evangelical | ||||
50 | Out of Ur | Various | ? |