The Search for Sages
Lost Sons, Lone Cowboys, and the Need for Fathers
My article today charts a path seeking to understand the development of men, and the call for ‘sages’ to help nurture the next generation of church leaders…
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17.02.2026 12:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ecclesiastes, and the Strange Gift of Joy
Book Review: Josiah D. Ott "From Vanity to Joy"
My book review today is “From Vanity to Joy” by Josiah D. Ott
In the post I share my love affair with Ecclesiastes, how God used it to bring me to faith and bless me with a wife, and why we need more books like Josiah’s!
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13.02.2026 11:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How To Read The Bible
Read a sample of my new book...
My latest post on Substack is a sample of my latest book for new believers, or those investigating the faith.
If you are a church leader and would find this helpful for your congregation, DM me and I can send an ebook to check out before buying...
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10.02.2026 12:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Faithful Without Escape
Paul Kingsnorth, the Machine, and the Danger of Withdrawal
Today's article is a book review, but also something that I've been mulling over for a few months...
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03.02.2026 12:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book Review // Five The Solas of the Reformation
by S.D. Ellison
This week’s post showcases a really helpful short book on an increasingly important set of truths for the church today.
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20.01.2026 12:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Problem With “Natural” Leaders
Church Planting, Formation, and the Long Obedience of Leadership
Is leadership something natural or nurtured? Perhaps we should be asking a different question; when we identify a leader, what happens then?
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13.01.2026 15:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Light Between
Bearing Witness in Small Places
My last article of the year, and I hope a word of encouragement for those ministering in 'small' places... jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/the-light-...
23.12.2025 15:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Best Ending To The Movie
Elon Musk, Meaning, and the Gospel According to Silicon Valley
Not a very festive article today, but an important one...
Elon Musk, Terminators and Eternal Hope... //
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16.12.2025 13:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Nevius Plan
Why a Nineteenth-Century Missionary Is Still Relevant Today
What can a missionary from the 19th century teach us about modern missions and church planting? Quite a lot actually... (Link in Comments)
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02.12.2025 15:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book Review: Servants & Fools
Arthur Boers and A Biblical Theology of Leadership
My book review today is a book about leadership, that doesn't always think leadership is a good idea: jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/book-revie...
14.11.2025 12:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Many and conflicting are the scheduling arrangements of men, and their wives laugh…
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To my US friends, I really value the pause you guys take this month to celebrate Thanksgiving. But what in the world were you thinking with the food choices?
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Book Review: How to Like Paul Again
How to Like Paul Again — Conrad Gempf
I wrote a review of "How To Like Paul Again" by @conradgempf. This is a great little book that does a good job of helping us understand the person and context of the Apostle Paul. Well worth a read!
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07.11.2025 15:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Impulses, Gifting & Calling
Fivefold Ministry (APEST) and the Path of Leadership Development in the Church
In this article I suggest a developmental pathway for the identification, discipling and affirmation of emerging leaders...
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04.11.2025 14:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Snakes & Ladders
Mission & The Ladder of Acceptance
Pioneer church planting requires a variety of skills, none more so than engaging your context. My article today talks about an approach that I've found quite helpful: jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/snakes-and...
28.10.2025 13:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book Review: New Frontiers in Missiology (Part 1)
Apostolic Imagination as a Navigational Paradigm for Traveling the Frontiers of Mission
I'm hoping to review a few of the chapters in the latest New Frontiers in Missiology (EMS 33) in the coming weeks. First up
JD Payne's essay on the apostolic imagination...
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24.10.2025 12:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nostalgia & Dinosaurs
Honouring the Past Without Living in It
Was it really better in the old days? An article on our current rapid-fire nostalgia... jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/nostalgia-...
21.10.2025 14:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book Review: The Place Of The Parish
Recovering a Theology of Place
This is such a great book on the importance of place in our ministry and churches...
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17.10.2025 13:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My latest article is released today. Last week I wrote about the unremarkable life, this week, how you don't need to be remarkable to plant a church...
14.10.2025 10:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Acts 29 Europe Podcast
Christianity Podcast · Welcome to season 4 of the Acts 29 Europe podcast where, every fortnight, we get the privilege of listening to, learning from and praying for church planters from all around Eur...
The new season of the Acts29 Europe podcast launched yesterday, and Philip Moore and I will be chatting with authors to discuss how their books give insight to those in ministry, particularly church planting.
Here's the link: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
10.10.2025 09:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An Unremarkable Life
On Decreasing So Christ Might Increase
Maybe the most Christlike thing you’ll ever do is live a faithful, unseen, unremarkable life...
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07.10.2025 11:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Art of Mistranslation
AirPods, AI and the Soul of Mission
Last week Apple announced that its latest AirPods would have a unique ability to provide translation. What does this mean for mission, and is it a good thing?
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30.09.2025 11:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Are We Planting Churches?
Ecclesiology, Missiology, and Theology in Church Planting
If we are passionate about seeing churches planted, we must start with an understanding of what we are hoping to do...
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23.09.2025 11:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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