The 10ofthose Podcast

Ever wondered why we're called 10ofThose? In this episode, Jonathan tells the origin story and explains the vision the name still carries: think beyond yourself, and put books that point to Jesus into as many hands as possible.

Jonathan and Laurie also announce 10Day, happening on the 10th of the 10th! Sign up at 10ofthose.com/10day to get up to 50% off everything on the site. And for every product purchased on 10th October, we'll give a matching free copy to Operation Mobilisation's floating bookstores which take gospel resources to ports around the world.

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For more information about 10Day, please click here!

When Laurie's husband took a secular job after 29 years in ministry, it surfaced a question a lot of Christians carry: is my life significant if I'm not a missionary or in full-time ministry? In this episode of Take 10, Jonathan and Laurie dig into the subtle pressure to do something "big" for God, why faithfulness in Christ matters more than the role you're in, and how godly ambition and ordinary devotion hold together in the body of Christ. Whether you're preaching on Sunday or cleaning up after your kids, God sees it, and it all counts as glorifying our gracious King.

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For seasonal outreach resources and ideas, please visit either our US or UK based sites.

Every Christian doubts at some point; about the Bible, suffering, science, or whether God really hears our prayers. In this episode of Take 10, Jonathan and Laurie talk honestly about why doubt is a normal part of the Christian life, why the danger isn't the doubt itself but what we do with it, and how to fight back. They cover the powerful discipline of doubting your doubts with the same vigour they come at you, the link between doubt and depression, why you sometimes need other people to speak truth when you're too weak to fight alone, and why anchoring yourself in the character of God matters more than any single book about doubt.

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For seasonal outreach resources and ideas, please visit either our US or UK based sites.

Welcome to Take 10! A brand new segment for the 10th season of the 10ofThose podcast, where we take on one topic in just 10 minutes. First up: forgiveness.

Tim Keller called forgiveness the hardest thing Christians are asked to do. In this episode, Jonathan and Laurie get honest about why that's the case; the pride that makes us want others to pay, the instinct to fake peace rather than do the harder work of genuine forgiveness, and the tricky question of how to forgive someone who isn't sorry. They point to Christ's example on the cross, the freeing truth that we forgive because we've first been forgiven, and a few short books worth picking up if you're wrestling with a grudge you can't quite let go of.

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For seasonal outreach resources and ideas, please visit either our US or UK based sites.

The 10ofThose Podcast is turning 10! Join us as we tease a little of what is coming soon, and why we think our tenth season will be the best yet...

Andrew Sach was an atheist who dismissed Christianity until someone challenged him to investigate the resurrection as a historical question. That single shift changed everything. Not just his beliefs, but the way he saw the Bible, the world, and what it means to actually understand Scripture rather than just read it.

In this episode of 10ofThose, Laurie and Jonathan sit down with Andrew (neuroscientist, pastor, preaching trainer, and co-author of Dig Deeper) to talk about how ordinary Christians can read the Bible for themselves without needing an expert in the room. They cover the practical tools that unlock careful reading, why context changes everything, how to get back into Scripture when the habit has gone cold, and what role the Holy Spirit actually plays alongside human effort.

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For more information about Andrew's work, please click here!

Every parent wants their kids to love reading, but Betsy Childs Howard wants something more: she wants the stories to stick. Not just as favourite books, but as moral imagination, gospel instinct, and a framework for understanding the world long after the last page is turned.

In this episode of 10ofThose, Laurie and Jonathan talk with Betsy (TGC editor and author of the beloved Arlo children's series among other titles) about how to raise kids on books that actually do something. They talk about why a great children's book only needs one big idea, why story-driven formation beats a moral lesson every time, how to use books mid-discipline rather than just at bedtime, and why the best spiritual conversations with your kids often happen not in family devotions but in the middle of a car ride.

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For more information about Betsy's work, please click here!

Millions of Christians have a daily quiet time habit. So why is biblical illiteracy so widespread in the church? Jen Wilkin has been asking that question for years, and her answer is both honest and hopeful.

In this episode of 10ofThose, Jonathan and Laurie sit down with Jen (Bible teacher, author of Women of the Word, and co-host of the Knowing Faith podcast) to talk about what quiet time culture gets right, what it gets dangerously wrong, and what a genuinely formative approach to Scripture actually looks like. They cover the false promises baked into devotional subculture, the difference between transactional and formative engagement with Scripture, why individual Bible reading must always point toward community, and what the church is missing by failing to mobilise its older saints.

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For 40% off Jen's new book Dust to Dust: Aging Wisely in an Anti-Aging World, please click here and use the code DUST2DUST at the checkout!

What happens to the money when you buy a book from 10ofThose? Jonathan has always believed that surplus shouldn't sit still, and that generosity is a gospel disposition, not a financial strategy. It's a conviction shaped by a lifetime of watching his parents live entirely by faith, and it's the driving idea behind 10Giving, the charity that sits alongside 10ofThose to put gospel resources into the hands of people who couldn't otherwise afford them.

In this episode of 10ofThose, Jonathan and Laurie talk through what 10Giving actually is, how the charity of the year model works, and why Jonathan believes every accountant needs a God column.

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To learn more about the mission of 10Giving and how you can get involved, click the link here.

Felicity Carswell came to faith through a friend who showed up with chocolate and a copy of Mark's gospel. Twenty years later, she's convinced that one of the most powerful tools for discipleship and evangelism available to ordinary Christians is also one of the simplest: sitting down with someone, opening the Bible, and talking about it together.

In this episode, Jonathan and Laurie talk with Felicity (co-host of the Two Sisters & a Cup of Tea podcast) about one-to-one Bible reading, what it actually is, how it differs from a small group study, how to handle misinterpretation, how to set healthy boundaries, and how to get started even when it feels completely out of your comfort zone.

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To check out theTwo Sisters & a Cup of Tea podcast, click here!