If you read one article this week, engage Avoid the Weird: Why Conservatives Should Stay as Mainstream as Possible by John Mark Reynolds.
For those of you with additional reading time this April Fool’s day, check out the following selections, gathered from around the blogging world. Think I missed sharing something important? Let me know in the comments below. Happy reading!
Theology and Religion
Guarding the Good Deposit by Brandon Smith
Rethinking Heaven (with NT Wright) by Scot McKnight
The Need for a Comprehensive “Theology of Diversity” by Chris Gehrz
What Happens to the Pastor When People Leave the Church by Deacon Godsey
What We Lost When We Lost Our Hymnals by Tim Challies
Biblical Studies and the History of Christianity
Archaeological Clues to Israelite and Judahite Religion by Karen Keen
Core Beliefs of Second Temple Judaism: The Shema by Phil Long
How Many Christians Does It Take…? by Larry Hurtado
What Should Contemporary Evangelical Christians Think about the Reformation? by Roger Olson
Pope Francis as Historian by Bronwen Catherine McShea
Worldviews and Culture
People of the Internet: Stop Taking Everything So Personally by G. Shane Morris
I Loved My Grandmother. But She Was a Nazi. by Jessica Shattuck
Leadership is Bunk by Agnes Howard
Sometimes the Grass Really is Greener (Part One) by Christopher Skinner
Pursuing Veritas 
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