{"id":4222,"date":"2016-09-23T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T03:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4222"},"modified":"2016-09-23T19:04:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T03:04:25","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/09\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-68","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 68"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 Chronicles 12:32 \u2014 they \u201cunderstood the times\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Missionaries are struggling to work under new Russia law banning proselytizing<\/span><\/a> (Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post): \u201cA month after the restrictions went into effect on July 20, at least seven people had been charged under it\u2026  The list includes a Baptist preacher from the United States who was charged with holding religious services in his home and advertising them on public bulletin boards. He was convicted and fined, but he is appealing the case.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. \u2018Hillsong\u2019 Casts a Secular Lens on an Evangelical Band<\/span><\/a> (NY Times, Joe Coscarelli): \u201c<\/span>Hillsong\u2019s creative director\u2026 described embracing the rock-star exposure as \u2018trying to draw attention to yourself for the sole premise of drawing attention away from yourself\u2019 \u2014 to God.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. 7 Books on the White-Black Racial Divide You Should Read<\/a> (Ivan Mesa, Gospel Coalition): because you don\u2019t have enough books to read at Stanford.<\/li>\n
  4. We Gave Four Good Pollsters the Same Raw Data. They Had Four Different Results.<\/span><\/a> (NY Times, Nate Cohn): \u201c<\/span>Well, well, well. Look at that. A net five-point difference between the five measures, including our own, even though all are based on identical data. Remember: There are no sampling differences in this exercise.\u201d I didn\u2019t know this at all. Wow. We know less about the election than we thought.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. \u201cIf you are a very talented person, you have a choice: You either go to New York or you go to Silicon Valley.\u201d<\/span><\/a> (Peter Thiel said it, and this link is to an op-ed by Aaron Renn in a Chicago paper defending it.) For a contrary take, read this comment from Marginal Revolution<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. No, We Shouldn\u2019t Start Worrying About Global Inequality \u2014 Poverty\u2019s The Problem<\/span><\/a> (Forbes, Tim Wors<\/span>tall): \u201c[Reducing inequality is] a bad goal. One reason being that rich people getting poorer reduces inequality. And if inequality reduction is our goal then we should therefore welcome such things as recessions.\u201d Found on a student\u2019s twitter feed.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. What If Evolution Bred Reality Out Of Us?<\/span><\/a> (NPR, Adam Frank): reading this called to mind something Chesterton observed way back in 1908<\/span>: <\/span>
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    It is idle to talk always of the alternative of reason and faith. Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all. If you are merely a sceptic, you must sooner or later ask yourself the question, \u201cWhy should ANYTHING go right; even observation and deduction? Why should not good logic be as misleading as bad logic? They are both movements in the brain of a bewildered ape?\u201d The young sceptic says, \u201cI have a right to think for myself.\u201d But the old sceptic, the complete sceptic, says, \u201cI have no right to think for myself. I have no right to think at all.\u201d \u2014 Orthodoxy<\/a>, G. K. Chesterton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n