{"id":3959,"date":"2016-02-26T16:52:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T00:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3959"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:59:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:59:54","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/02\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-38","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 38"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From The The\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy Side:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michaeljkruger.com\/was-jesus-neither-a-democrat-nor-a-republican\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Was Jesus Nei\u00adther a Demo\u00adc\u00adrat Nor a Repub\u00adli\u00adcan?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Michael Kruger, blog): Kruger argues that this is a mis\u00adlead\u00ading and triv\u00adial\u00adly true state\u00adment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/cities\/gallery\/2016\/feb\/24\/mega-churches-lagos-nigeria-in-pictures\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mega Church\u00ades of Lagos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Andrew Esiebo, The Guardian): this is a col\u00adlec\u00adtion of pic\u00adtures. The third pic\u00adture is mind-blow\u00ading.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2016\/02\/20\/transcript-rev-paul-scalias-eulogy-his-father-justice-antonin-scalia\/80667122\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tran\u00adscript: Rev. Paul Scalia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Eulo\u00adgy for His Father Jus\u00adtice Antonin Scalia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Paul Scalia, USA Today): it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rare to find a funer\u00adal ser\u00admon for a famous per\u00adson that is this the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly rich. Being Protes\u00adtant there are bits I would quib\u00adble with, but wow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/2016\/02\/what-conservative-gay-christians-want\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Gay Chris\u00adtians Want<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Dan Hitchens, The Spec\u00adta\u00adtor): a per\u00adspec\u00adtive rarely heard in main\u00adstream media: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When Shaw writes in praise of the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcreal ele\u00adments of beau\u00adty\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in gay rela\u00adtion\u00adships, or laments how the C of E\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchypocrisy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 has \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchurt a lot of peo\u00adple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, he sounds like a lib\u00ader\u00adal Angli\u00adcan. At oth\u00ader times, he sounds like any\u00adthing but. Sex is \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcnot a small issue that we can afford to dis\u00adagree on\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, he says; \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmarriage between a man and a woman, union in dif\u00adfer\u00adence, sex with\u00adin that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is one of the most impor\u00adtant \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpictures of God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s love for us\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. The Bible starts with a mar\u00adriage in Eden and ends with a mar\u00adriage between Christ and the Church. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just a cou\u00adple of vers\u00ades in Leviti\u00adcus that we need to change,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Shaw argues: recon\u00adstruct\u00ading mar\u00adriage would mean \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcripping out the heart of almost every part of scripture\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/campusministry.org\/article\/three-lies-every-campus-minister-must-silence\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three Lies Every Cam\u00adpus Min\u00adis\u00adter Must Silence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Paul \u00c2&nbsp;Worces\u00adter, Cam\u00adpus Min\u00adistry Today): this arti\u00adcle has an amaz\u00ading close. Even if you skim the arti\u00adcle, devour the tes\u00adti\u00admo\u00adny at the end. You nev\u00ader know the impact you have.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/falkenblog.blogspot.kr\/2016\/02\/an-economists-rational-road-to.html\">An Economist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ratio\u00adnal Road to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Eric Falken\u00adstein, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): one man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jour\u00adney to con\u00adver\u00adsion. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit long. The author\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Ph.D. is from North\u00adwest\u00adern Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, he works in indus\u00adtry, and has pub\u00adlished two well-received books. My favorite line is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153in the words of a famous short green deist, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcDo, or do not, there is no try.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From The Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Side<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2016\/02\/the-deliberator\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Delib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (M. Antho\u00adny Mills, First Things): A pro\u00adfile of a junior sen\u00ada\u00adtor from Nebras\u00adka who thinks the Sen\u00adate is becom\u00ading too effi\u00adcient. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard this per\u00adspec\u00adtive before.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/np.reddit.com\/r\/politics\/comments\/47h1xi\/black_lives_matter_activists_interrupt_hillary\/d0d33e2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good expla\u00adna\u00adtion of non\u00advi\u00ado\u00adlent protest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (red\u00addit): has an inter\u00adest\u00ading exam\u00adple of how to end a zero-tol\u00ader\u00adance pol\u00adi\u00adcy at a high school.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2016\/2\/25\/in-battle-of-gay-rights-vs-individual-conscience-in-missouri-heres-a-surprising-winne\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Bat\u00adtle of Gay Rights Vs Indi\u00advid\u00adual Con\u00adscience In Mis\u00adsouri, Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s A Sur\u00adpris\u00ading Win\u00adner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Bob\u00adby Ross, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): a click-baity title, but a sol\u00adid piece that explains the actu\u00adal point of con\u00adflict bet\u00adter than most I have seen.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2016\/february-web-only\/god-loved-alexander-hamilton.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God Loved Alexan\u00adder Hamil\u00adton<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Susan Lim, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today) \u2014 his\u00adto\u00adry nerds pay atten\u00adtion \u2014 there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s some good stuff here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ran\u00addom Research<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amj.aom.org\/content\/early\/2016\/01\/05\/amj.2015.0008.abstract\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moral Sym\u00adbols: A Neck\u00adlace of Gar\u00adlic Against Uneth\u00adi\u00adcal Requests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Desai &amp; Koucha\u00adki, Acad\u00ade\u00admy of Man\u00adage\u00adment Jour\u00adnal). I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not con\u00advinced, but I am intrigued.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S027277571630036X\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Inputs are Out\u00adputs: The Case of Grad\u00adu\u00adate Stu\u00addent Instruc\u00adtors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Bet\u00adtinger, Long, and Tay\u00adlor, Eco\u00adnom\u00adics of Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Review): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Undergraduates are more like\u00adly to major in a sub\u00adject if their first course in the sub\u00adject was taught by a grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addent .\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addents who teach more fre\u00adquent\u00adly grad\u00adu\u00adate ear\u00adli\u00ader and are more like\u00adly to sub\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly be employed by a col\u00adlege or university.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, remem\u00adber that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Past edi\u00adtion\u00ads\u00c2&nbsp;are archived at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (you can also sign up to receive them via email at that site)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. From The The\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy Side: Was Jesus Nei\u00adther a Demo\u00adc\u00adrat Nor a Repub\u00adli\u00adcan? (Michael Kruger, blog): Kruger argues that this is a mis\u00adlead\u00ading and triv\u00adial\u00adly true \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/02\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-38\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 38\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[131,165,128,161,127,117,157],"class_list":["post-3959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-academia","tag-campus-ministry","tag-economics","tag-global-christianity","tag-history","tag-politics","tag-testimonies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-11R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3961,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3959\/revisions\/3961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}