{"id":1443,"date":"2018-04-26T11:22:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T10:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.com\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2018-04-26T13:28:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T12:28:32","slug":"top-reads-april-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/top-reads-april-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Reads: April 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After March’s Top Ten<\/a>, here are ten things I’ve read in April 2018 that I think deserve a wider audience, or just a re-read.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Final Call of John Perkins<\/a>. He’s 87. He’s starting his 8th career. And it is all about biblical reconciliation.<\/li>\n
  2. Signs of a Dying Church<\/a> – Nicholas Okoh, Primate of All Nigeria, reflects on Revelation 3 in a sobering and challenging piece.<\/li>\n
  3. Understanding Jordan Peterson<\/a> – a long, but very thoughtful piece which gives some helpful insight into the popularity, problems and potential of Jordan Peterson, who’s\u00a012 Rules for Life<\/em> is a bestseller.<\/li>\n
  4. Why I Choose to be a Bivocational Pastor<\/a>. This is a brilliant article explaining why someone chose something that many look down upon.<\/li>\n
  5. Pubs in Danger: Six Charts about how the British Drink<\/a>. A niche but fascinating article showing some changes in our culture. Does this ring true where you are?<\/li>\n
  6. How the World Lost it’s Story<\/a> – a great piece by Robert Jenson over at First Things. 8 years old, at least, it bears reading closely.<\/li>\n
  7. The Art of Rest by Adam Mabry<\/a> – a superb, honest and mercifully quick book about a topic most people know nothing about, and do even less about.<\/li>\n
  8. ‘Reclaiming Jesus from the Trump Evangelicals<\/a>‘ – a great sojourners piece by Jim Wallis, that has some things to teach those of us on the other side of the channel.<\/li>\n
  9. AE (American Ethnologist) interviews Jon Bialecki<\/a> – this is an interesting interview with Jon, who wrote a fascinating book on the Vineyard from an outsiders perspective.<\/li>\n
  10. ‘Wait not for the Bishops’<\/a> – an interesting historical lesson from Andrew Atherstone about leadership and church shape.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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