{"id":3932,"date":"2016-01-08T17:47:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T01:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2016-06-10T14:07:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:07:50","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/01\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-31","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 31"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

To that end, on Fridays I\u2019ve been sharing articles\/resources I have found helpful recently in thinking about broader cultural and societal issues (be sure to see the disclaimer at the bottom). May these give you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar. Past emails are archived at <\/span>http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Without further ado, I give you the interesting things:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Reading The Whole Bible in 2016: A FAQ<\/a> (Gospel Coalition, Justin Taylor): How much time each day would it take you to read the entire Bible in a year? \u201cThere are about 775,000 words in the Bible. Divided by 365, that\u2019s 2,123 words a day. The average person reads 200 to 250 words per minute. So 2,123 words\/day divided by 225 words\/minute equals 9.4 minutes a day.\u201d This article is full of good advice for what could be the best commitment you make all year. Do it!<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. I\u2019m Thinking It Over<\/span><\/a> (The American Conservative, Alan Jacobs): this is really good advice for social media. Bonus: it name-drops a legendary Stanford professor. Reading this article made me feel good about not sending this email out over Christmas break. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Can You Glorify God As An Economist?<\/span><\/a> (Christian Post, Napp Nazworth): tl;dr yes. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Across The Race Divide<\/span><\/a> (Gospel Coalition, Kevin DeYoung) \u2014 somewhat long but worthwhile. Difficult to excerpt in a way that won\u2019t tempt you pigeonhole the piece.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Can Hobby Lobby Buy The Bible?<\/span><\/a> (The Atlantic, <\/span>Joel Baden and <\/span>Candida Moss<\/span>): the framing is alarmist, some of the claims about textual criticism are dubious, but the article is quite engaging. The allegations of artifact smuggling seem mostly the byproduct of naivete to me and I hope they prove to be so. The authors are professors at Yale and Notre Dame.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. The Quixotic Adventures of Roy Moore<\/span><\/a> (The Atlantic, Matt Ford) \u2014 I was most interested by the beginning of the fifth paragrap<\/span>h: \u201cWhile that may be technically correct\u2026\u201d  Heh. <\/span>I think the best journalism on this was actually done by The Montgomery Advertiser. It blew away the NY Times, NPR, etc by actually interviewing people with differing opinions. If you want the story, read <\/span>Moore Targets Same-Sex Marriage<\/span><\/a> (Brian Lyman, Montgomery Advertiser).<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Quick Links (shorter pieces):<\/span>\n