Episode 24 - Why You Should Read Old Books

We live in an age of unprecedented access to interesting things to read. Millions of books, blogs, and streaming articles lie a click away. Most people are barely able to sift through the very latest stuff, let alone to read anything from previous generations. The temptation can therefore be to only try to keep up with the latest ideas, cutting us off from the time-tested wisdom from the past. What do we miss by overlooking important books from before our time? How might our reading of authors of different eras help to diagnose the problematic ways of thinking which we find it harder to spot in our own time? Is it possible that reading old books might actually help us to read new books better? As always, Aaron, Michael, and Andy discuss these important issues with their unique blend of cultural, theological, and missional insight, served up with lashings of healthy banter. They also offer up three recommendations each of old books that might be worth a read! Please remember that Pod of the Gaps is a listener supported show — so a big thank you to the small group of folks who've got behind us. If you love the podcast, please consider supporting us — as little as £1 or $1 a month all helps us keep it going. Find out how to help at https://www.patreon.com/wkop ========= Here are the book choices mentioned at the end: Boreham, F. W., "Mushrooms on the Moor" Chesterton, G. K., "Orthodoxy" Irenaeus, "Against Heresies" Lewis, C. S., "The Abolition of Man" Luther, Martin, "The Bondage of the Will" Macdonald, George, "The Princess and the Goblin" Orwell, George, "Politics and the English Language" Roseveare, Helen, "Count It All Joy" Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, "The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956"