{"id":3945,"date":"2016-02-05T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2016-06-10T14:02:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T22:02:27","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/02\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-35","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 35"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Fridays I share articles\/resources I have found helpful recently in thinking about broader cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The Grounds Of Our Assurance<\/span><\/a> (D. A. Carson, YouTube): Dr. Carson is one of my favorite scholars. This youtube clip is definitely worth three minutes of your time.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Hallelujah College<\/span><\/a> (Molly Worthen, NY Times): \u201c<\/span>The thing you\u2019ll run into with any of the campus activists that I\u2019ve encountered is this idea that human nature is a collection of identity categories, that I as a human being am composed of a gender identity, a sexual identity, a racial identity and so forth,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir perception of Christians, or of religious people more generally, is: \u2018O.K., these are people who have this one identity category, religion, and the religion they identify as is overstepping its bounds. It\u2019s telling my gender or sexual identity how to act.\u2019 The Christian response has to be: There\u2019s something more to what a human being is than just these collective attributes.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Pastor Of China\u2019s Largest Church Jailed For Protesting Removal of 1,500 Crosses<\/span><\/a> (Morgan Lee, Christianity Today). Note that he is the pastor of China\u2019s largest official church \u2014 there are underground churches that are much larger. The Communist Party must be getting nervous about the strength of Christianity in China if they are oppressing the state-sanctioned church as well. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Christians In Latin America Are Numerous But Still Vulnerable<\/span><\/a> (John Allen, Crux): a very strong article about Christian persecution in the western hemisphere. \u201cChilito was executed by a right-wing paramilitary and Castilla by a left-wing guerrilla group, proving that martyrdom in Colombia is an equal-opportunity enterprise. Globally, the two women are chapters in one of the most widespread human rights scourges of the early 21st century, which is lethal anti-Christian persecution. Though estimates vary widely, even low-end counts suggest that one Christian is killed for motives related to the faith somewhere in the world every hour of every day.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Mainstreaming \u201cAnimal Personhood\u201d<\/span><\/a> (Wesley J. Smith, First Things): this is something you should do some thinking about. Start by reflecting on Genesis 1:26\u201330, Genesis 9:1\u20136, Numbers 22:21\u201334, Proverbs 12:10, Jonah 4:10\u201311, and Matthew 6:26.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Meyer vs Nebraska: As Told By The Lawyer Who Won It<\/span><\/a> (David Kopel, Washington Post): this story of a 1922 Supreme Court decision absolutely sucked me in. It touches on issues of parental rights, public education, religious liberty, and nationalistic prejudice.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. 3 Ways To Work For The Glory of God<\/span><\/a> (Christos Makridis, The Rebelution). Yes, this is written by our very own Christos. Good thoughts, Christos!<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Some comics that amused me:<\/span>\n