Maybe this is the first podcast of mine which you have watched or listened to. Maybe you have never read one of my articles. Or maybe you have been with me for the whole journey since the giddy early days of blogging, when back in 2003 I jumped aboard the roller coaster. Perhaps you have been following along through Crossway publishing my first book, Raised With Christ, and throughout my journey with chronic illness including blood cancer.
But it turns out blogging has not disappeared! Not since those early days have I been as excited about a new platform for my writing as I am about Substack! I have discovered one of the web's best-kept secrets, although it is growing very rapidly at the moment, This is basically the home for blogging as it used to be.
I'm so excited I feel like an old friend changed their name moved away, we lost contact and suddenly I ran into them almost by chance. I feel like I've joined a secret society. Shh! Don't tell anyone. Okay. You can tell other old-school bloggers, like me, if you like.
This podcast is a collection of three videos I filmed over the last two weeks. It includes an explanation of my background.
After all these years and many struggles I really am more and more confident that: Jesus’ resurrection really does change everything, just not all at once.
I have only been posting over on Substack for just over two weeks as I write this. In the first two weeks on I gained over 100 new subscribers from a standing start. This seems a very small number compared to much larger numbers of followers on my X and Facebook pages. But the level and depth of interaction has been much better here than there. It has been hugely encouraging, and three people already saying they have bought one of as a result.
I have realized that Substack is so much more than a new social media platform designed with real writers in mind. It can be:
An email subscription list.
A place to host multiple newsletter-style publications
A place to build a more direct relationship with your readers
A place to host paid-for content behind a paywall.
A podcast.
A place to create and host videos, including interviews.
A place to host your own domain rather than paying money for a separate website.
An alternative to following RSS feeds.
Read my full article about Substack here: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/adrianwarnock/2026/06/i-know-where-all-the-bloggers-have-gone-substack-and-tiktok/
