{"id":3929,"date":"2015-12-18T20:05:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-19T04:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2016-06-10T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:09:57","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/12\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-30","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

To that end, on Fri\u00addays I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been shar\u00ading articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal and soci\u00adetal issues (be sure to see the dis\u00adclaimer at the bot\u00adtom). May these give you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar. Past emails are archived at <\/span>http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

With\u00adout fur\u00adther ado, I give you the inter\u00adest\u00ading things:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. A Carved Stone Block Upends Assump\u00adtions About Ancient Judaism<\/span><\/a> (NY Times, Isabel Kir\u00adsh\u00adn\u00ader): I find the title amus\u00ading (the find\u00ading lines up per\u00adfect\u00adly with <\/span>my assump\u00adtions<\/a>\u00c2 about Judaism before the destruc\u00adtion of the tem\u00adple<\/span>). <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Jesus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Left\u00adward Bias<\/span><\/a> (Pacif\u00adic Stan\u00addard, Tom Jacobs): warn\u00ading \u2014 this is not about what you think it prob\u00ada\u00adbly is. It is based on the study <\/span>Did Bud\u00addha Turn The Oth\u00ader Cheek Too? A Com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson of Pos\u00ading Bias\u00ades Between Jesus and Bud\u00addha<\/span><\/a> and weaves togeth\u00ader art, self\u00adies, and the role of emo\u00adtions in Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. Real\u00adly.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Shut\u00adting Down Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions About Rape at Har\u00advard Law<\/span><\/a> (New York\u00ader, Jean\u00adnie Suk): a Har\u00advard Law prof com\u00adments on how cam\u00adpus\u00ades should han\u00addle rape accu\u00adsa\u00adtions, and points out that a rigid \u00e2\u20ac\u0153believe the accuser\u00e2\u20ac\u009d stance will result in great injus\u00adtice against black men. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtians Could Take A Les\u00adson From Angela Merkel<\/span><\/a> (Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice, Guthrie Graves-Fitzsim\u00admons): I did not know Merkel (Ger\u00adman Chan\u00adcel\u00adlor and Time Per\u00adson of the Year) was pious. See the com\u00adments for clar\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion about what tribe of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty she belongs to. As always, take claims about the faith of pub\u00adlic fig\u00adures with a grain of salt, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when they are from anoth\u00ader cul\u00adture. I was also inter\u00adest\u00aded by <\/span>Mul\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal\u00adism Is A Sham, Says Angela Merkel<\/span><\/a> (Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post, Rick Noack)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Beyond Fight or Flight: $1 Mil\u00adlion Reveals How Chris\u00adtians Cope with Per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion in 30 Coun\u00adtries<\/span><\/a> (Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today, Sarah Zyl\u00adstra): Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading research on what Chris\u00adtians actu\u00adal\u00adly do when they face intense per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion. Relat\u00aded: <\/span>Glob\u00adal\u00adly, Reli\u00adgious Per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion is Chris\u00adt\u00adian Per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion<\/span><\/a> (Crux, John Allen): I appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded the selec\u00adtion of sto\u00adries in this arti\u00adcle. They avoid\u00aded the crazy, gory sto\u00adries that make you put this into a spe\u00adcial place in your brain and chose much sim\u00adpler anec\u00addotes that make you see what this is a like on a day-to-day basis in cer\u00adtain parts of the world. See also, <\/span>The Biggest Apol\u00ado\u00adgy For Chris\u00adt\u00adian Per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion of Oth\u00ader Chris\u00adtians Ever<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>(Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today, Sarah Zyl\u00adstra).<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Quick Links<\/span>\n