{"id":4232,"date":"2016-10-07T03:32:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T11:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4232"},"modified":"2016-10-07T03:32:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T11:32:27","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/10\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-70","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4136\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/07\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-58\/20160715_161627\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4136\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627-300x101.jpg?resize=300%2C101\" alt=\"1 Chronicles 12:32 - they &quot;understood the times&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=768%2C259&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=1024%2C345&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=1200%2C404&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?w=1692&amp;ssl=1 1692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1 Chron\u00adi\u00adcles 12:32 \u2014 they \u201cunder\u00adstood the times\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<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.<\/p>\n<p>This edi\u00adtion is com\u00ading out ear\u00adly in the morn\u00ading because I\u2019m about to hop on a plane to preach at a retreat in Vir\u00adginia. Your prayers for fruit\u00adful min\u00adistry are appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded!<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/gleanings\/2016\/october\/red-tape-china-constricts-christian-activities-sara.html?visit_source=twitter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Tape: Chi\u00adna Wants To Con\u00adstrict Chris\u00adt\u00adian Activ\u00adi\u00adties With 26 New Rules<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sarah Zyl\u00adstra, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today):\u00c2&nbsp;there are inter\u00adest\u00ading par\u00adal\u00adlels between the way Stan\u00adford reg\u00adu\u00adlates\u00c2&nbsp;stu\u00addents and\u00c2&nbsp;how states such as Chi\u00adna and Rus\u00adsia reg\u00adu\u00adlate\u00c2&nbsp;their cit\u00adi\u00adzens. #seri\u00adous\u00adlytho<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thegospelcoalition.org\/gospeldrivenchurch\/2016\/09\/29\/how-christianity-flourishes\/?utm_content=bufferd7eaf&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">How Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Flour\u00adish\u00ades<\/a> (Jared Wil\u00adson, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I can\u00adnot find any\u00adwhere in the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment where it teach\u00ades Chris\u00adtians how to be a major\u00adi\u00adty pres\u00adence in the world.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c2&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/politics\/2016\/09\/jonah_goldberg_on_why_he_won_t_vote_for_hillary_or_trump.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top\">Jon\u00adah Gold\u00adberg On Why He Won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Vote For Hilary or Trump<\/a> (Seth Steven\u00adson, Slate): the Solzhen\u00adit\u00adsyn quote alone makes the arti\u00adcle worth\u00adwhile.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2016\/10\/04\/why-believing-in-miracles-could-be-hazardous-to-your-health\/\">Why Believ\u00ading In Mir\u00ada\u00adcles Could Be Haz\u00adardous To Your Health<\/a> (David Brig\u00adgs, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): if you think med\u00adi\u00adcine and faith are opposed to each oth\u00ader, you have bad the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy. Matthew 9:12 seems rel\u00ade\u00advant.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/09\/dont-take-test-hot-polluted-day.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Take A Test On A Hot, Pol\u00adlut\u00aded Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Alex Tab\u00adbarok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I find both of these results hard to believe which doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly mean that they shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be believed.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/9\/29\/13096580\/globalization-poverty-experiment-blattman-dercon\">Is glob\u00adal\u00adiza\u00adtion bad for the glob\u00adal poor? This study ran an exper\u00adi\u00adment to find out.<\/a> (Vox): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Something as com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded as glob\u00adal\u00adiza\u00adtion is nev\u00ader going to be just good or just bad. We need to divide the good and the bad, and fig\u00adure out how to address the lat\u00adter with\u00adout elim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading the former.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/econjwatch.org\/articles\/undoing-insularity-a-small-study-of-gender-sociology-s-big-problem\">Undo\u00ading Insu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty: A Small Study of Gen\u00adder Soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy\u2019s Big Prob\u00adlem<\/a>\u00c2&nbsp;(Char\u00adlot\u00adta Stern, Econ Jour\u00adnal Watch): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153gender soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy insu\u00adlates its\u00c2&nbsp;sacred beliefs from ideas that chal\u00adlenge those beliefs, even when the chal\u00adleng\u00ading\u00c2&nbsp;ideas are very well-ground\u00aded. The sacred beliefs are to the effect that the bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00c2&nbsp;dif\u00adfer\u00adences between the sex\u00ades are minor and that the cul\u00adtur\u00adal dif\u00adfer\u00adences between\u00c2&nbsp;(or among) the gen\u00adders are the result of social process\u00ades and have lit\u00adtle basis in\u00c2&nbsp;bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal differences.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/local-church\/2016\/september\/beards.html\">The Beard Bat\u00adtle That Almost Split Chris\u00adten\u00addom<\/a> (Luke T. Har\u00adring\u00adton, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a beard may seem like an unre\u00admark\u00adable thing\u00e2\u20ac\u201djust a bit of pro\u00adtein, real\u00adly, sort of like a fluffy toe\u00adnail for your face\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/151313561300\/bestofluke\">Texts From Super\u00adheroes, Luke Cage Edi\u00adtion<\/a>: the fourth one is my favorite. No spoil\u00aders in here \u2014 these all pre\u00addate the show and are based upon the abstract qual\u00adi\u00adties of the char\u00adac\u00adter.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2016-10-07\">Fire The Bot\u00adtom 10%<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> 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).<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Archives at <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/a>.<\/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. This edi\u00adtion is com\u00ading out ear\u00adly in the morn\u00ading because I\u2019m about to hop on a plane to preach at a retreat in Vir\u00adginia. Your prayers for fruit\u00adful min\u00adistry are appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded! Things \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/10\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-70\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 70\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":"China's repressive policies, Christianity as a minority faith, miracles and medicine, and globalization's impact upon the poor.","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":[125,161,126,117],"class_list":["post-4232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-china","tag-global-christianity","tag-persecution","tag-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-16g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4232","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=4232"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4237,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4232\/revisions\/4237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}