Category: Of Random Interest

How simple and yet how helpful. 

“Sometimes it’s the simplest things that make the biggest difference. For many years I’ve used the 3 R’s I learned from Ben Patterson to pray through Scripture. This simple tool has helped me pray the Bible more than any other single strategy. I’ve used in my devotional times and have employed it often in leading others in prayer.

1. Rejoice
2. Repent
3. Request

With every verse in the Bible we can do one (or more likely, all three) of these things.”

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2013/01/04/how-to-pray-using-scripture/

This is my favorite Dilbert in a while.

Dilbert comic strip for 01/04/2013 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive.

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File this under “not entirely unexpected observations”

When women dare to outearn men

OF THE many glass ceilings constraining women’s careers, one is particularly important yet often overlooked: the wage of the husband. In a new paper, Marianne… 

I find the first point funny. “Don’t lie — it will cost you money!”

What Lying Actually Does to Your Brain and Body Every Day

Each day, we make the same choice hundreds of times: whether to lie or tell the truth. It often happens without thinking, and we ignore the profound impact of these seemingly inconsequential decision… 

This is huge.

Wheaton College Wins ‘Major Victory’ Against HHS Contraceptive Mandate: Federal government makes ‘binding commitment’ to ‘never enforce’ current mandate against religious employers.

At Christianity Today, we’re constantly tracking important developments in the church and the world. Often we use our network of reporters around the world (and for that, visit our main site). But we … 

I have been wondering about this recently — I was always taught as a child that the 2nd Amendment was about empowering citizens for violent insurrection should it ever become necessary. This is a very succinct explanation of how that notion morphed into the notion of firearms for personal protection that is prevalent today.

A history of the Second Amendment in two paintings

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This is fabulous. I’m a junkie for comedians talking about how they hone their craft.

Richard Browne originally shared this post:

I love learning about the creative process in others. 

This is well-argued. I do wonder if he is underestimating the gains to be had from biotech advances.

What If America’s Best Ideas Were Behind It? | TIME.com

Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at George Mason University, warns that innovation in the U.S. has reached a plateau and a long period of stagnation awaits. 

I’ve done a fair amount of research on this topic. This article nails the main points. Sometimes discussions on this topic remind me of the old observation that the Americans and the British are two people divided by a common language.

Keller and Carson: Greco-Roman Slavery ≠ Race-Based Slavery

Many modern readers assume that slavery in the New Testament is equivalent to the race-based slavery of the African slave trade. While not defending the Greco-Roman institution of slavery, Tim Kell.….. 

Kind of a dark twist.

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis, January 01, 2013 Via @GoComics

At its heart, Pearls Before Swine is the comic strip tale of two friends: an arrogant Rat who thinks he knows it all and a slow-witted Pig who doesn’t know any better. Together, this pair offers caust…