{"id":4024,"date":"2016-05-06T15:49:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T23:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4024"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:36:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:36:22","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/05\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-48","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 48"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad 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. <strong>The dis\u00adclaimers are espe\u00adcial\u00adly rel\u00ade\u00advant for many of today\u2019s links.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This first sec\u00adtion is a lot \u2014 buck\u00adle up if you\u2019re inter\u00adest\u00aded. Two pas\u00adtors recent\u00adly debat\u00aded guns \u2014 both are very thought\u00adful and are skill\u00adful debaters.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &nbsp;Here is the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion so far. All the posts are pret\u00adty short.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/q-denver.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q Den\u00adver<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug Wil\u00adson)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/04\/the-bible-on-self-defense-a-response-to-doug-wilson\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bible On Self-Defense: A Response To Doug Wil\u00adson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Pre\u00adston Sprin\u00adkle)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/apostle-peter-open-carry.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Apos\u00adtle Peter and Open Car\u00adry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/04\/the-only-way-to-stop-a-bad-guy-with-a-gun-is-a-good-guy-with-a-gun\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Only Way To Stop A Bad Guy With A Gun Is A Good Guy With A Gun<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Pre\u00adston)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/who-you-gonna-call.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who You Gonna Call?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/04\/the-only-way-to-stop-a-bad-guy-with-a-statistic-is-a-good-guy-with-a-statistic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Only Way To Stop A Bad Guy With A Sta\u00adtis\u00adtic Is a Good Guy With A Sta\u00adtis\u00adtic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Pre\u00adston)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/ring-up-the-devil.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ring Up The Dev\u00adil?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/05\/the-killer-at-the-door\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Killer At The Door<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Pre\u00adston)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/guns-and-covenants.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guns and Covenants<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/05\/nonviolence-in-brief\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non\u00advi\u00ado\u00adlence: In Brief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Pre\u00adston)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/2-npr-voice.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your 2am NPR Voice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/life\/cover_story\/2016\/04\/at_mercy_multiplied_troubled_young_women_come_to_believe_their_mental_health.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mer\u00adcy Girls<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jen\u00adnifer Miller, Slate): a very inter\u00adest\u00ading piece about a Chris\u00adt\u00adian coun\u00adsel\u00ading min\u00adistry. One sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant bit buried with\u00adin it: \u201cNine\u00adty-four per\u00adcent of respon\u00addents on 2013 sur\u00adveys (com\u00admis\u00adsioned by Mer\u00adcy and con\u00adduct\u00aded by inde\u00adpen\u00addent firms) answered \u2018yes\u2019 to the ques\u00adtion, \u2018Did Mer\u00adcy Min\u00adistries help you trans\u00adform your life and restore your hope?\u2019 Eighty-two per\u00adcent said they were \u2018well adjust\u00aded to life\u2019 after leav\u00ading the pro\u00adgram. And 85 per\u00adcent said they had spent time at oth\u00ader treat\u00adment cen\u00adters before Mer\u00adcy, with\u00adout long-term results.\u201d Those sta\u00adtis\u00adtics should have been even more cen\u00adtral to the sto\u00adry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2016\/05\/how-spirituality-helps-people-survive-hiv\/481560\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty May Help HIV Patients Sur\u00advive Longer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): inter\u00adest\u00ading. The last para\u00adgraph is a reminder that one\u2019s assump\u00adtions great\u00adly influ\u00adence one\u2019s inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtions. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/la-oe-0501-renn-reverse-great-migration-20160501-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why Has There Been An Exo\u00addus Of Black Res\u00adi\u00addents From West Coast Lib\u00ader\u00adal Hubs?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Aaron Ren, LA Times): \u201cThough results vary to some extent, the broad trend is clear: West Coast pro\u00adgres\u00adsive enclaves are either see\u00ading an exo\u00addus of blacks or are fail\u00ading to attract them. Mid\u00adwest\u00adern and North\u00adeast\u00adern urban areas are attract\u00ading blacks to the extent that they are afford\u00adable or pro\u00advid\u00ading mid\u00addle class eco\u00adnom\u00adic oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties. And South\u00adern cities are now expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading the most sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant gains.\u201d I expect wild\u00adly diver\u00adgent reac\u00adtions to this. I found it very inter\u00adest\u00ading. A&nbsp;relat\u00aded line of think\u00ading:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/i.sli.mg\/yQH82F.png\">why col\u00adleges are the way they are<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amus\u00ading:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xfO1veFs6Ho\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Col\u00adlege Kids Say The Darn\u00add\u00adest Things: On Iden\u00adti\u00adty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Joseph Back\u00adholm, YouTube): \u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be hard to tell a 5\u20199\u201d white guy that he\u2019s not a 6\u20195\u201d Chi\u00adnese woman, but clear\u00adly it is. Why? What does that say about our cul\u00adture? And what does that say about our abil\u00adi\u00adty to answer ques\u00adtions that actu\u00adal\u00adly are dif\u00adfi\u00adcult?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been&nbsp;addict\u00aded to the Baby\u00adlon Bee late\u00adly. They\u2019re killing it. Here are a few faves: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/king-saudi-arabia-really-getting-kick-apple-lecturing-north-carolina\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King Of Sau\u00addi Ara\u00adbia Real\u00adly Get\u00adting a Kick Out of Apple Lec\u00adtur\u00ading North Car\u00adoli\u00adna<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-feeds-hungry-times-uses-food-necessary\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Man Feeds The Hun\u00adgry At All Times, Uses Food When Nec\u00ades\u00adsary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/jesus-socialist-deconstructionist-feminist-says-socialist-deconstructionist-feminist-scholar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus Was A Social Decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion\u00adist Fem\u00adi\u00adnist, Claims Social Decon\u00adstruc\u00adtion\u00adist Fem\u00adi\u00adnist Schol\u00adar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/powerful-time-worship-draws-woman-closer-her-emotions-been-long-time\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pow\u00ader\u00adful Time of Wor\u00adship Draws Woman Clos\u00ader To Her Emo\u00adtions Than She\u2019s Been In A Long Time<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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 \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (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\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s 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 \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m 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 emails are archived at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c<\/span>ategory\/links<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;(you can also have your non-Stan\u00adford friends sign up to receive them at <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/subscribe\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/subscribe<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad 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. The dis\u00adclaimers are espe\u00adcial\u00adly rel\u00ade\u00advant for many of today\u2019s links. This first sec\u00adtion is a lot \u2014 buck\u00adle up if you\u2019re inter\u00adest\u00aded. Two pas\u00adtors recent\u00adly debat\u00aded guns \u2014 both are very thought\u00adful \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/05\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-48\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 48\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":[160,117,116],"class_list":["post-4024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-politics","tag-race"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-12U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4024","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=4024"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4030,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4024\/revisions\/4030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}