{"id":4239,"date":"2016-10-14T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T18:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2016-10-14T10:50:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T18:50:13","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/10\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-71","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 71"},"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<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/set-our-hearts-on-fire-again\">Set Our Hearts On Fire Again<\/a>&nbsp;(Zac Hicks, Desir\u00ading God) : \u201cChrist-cen\u00adtered wor\u00adship [is] a cycli\u00adcal process of two actions. Let\u2019s call those actions <i>dis\u00adplace\u00adment<\/i> and <i>replace\u00adment<\/i>.\u201d This one was rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. The real meat is the last half.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/9marks.org\/article\/the-shift-from-authority-to-preference-and-its-consequences-for-the-church\/\">The Shift from Author\u00adi\u00adty to Preference\u2014And Its Con\u00adse\u00adquences for the Church<\/a> (Os Guin\u00adness, 9 Marks): This is long but worth\u00adwhile. \u201cin today\u2019s world, free\u00addom of con\u00adscience is con\u00adfused with free\u00addom of choice and there\u00adfore ren\u00addered duti\u00adless and shorn of its rights.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books\/fight-leper-colony.html\">A Fight In The Lep\u00ader Colony<\/a> (Doug Wil\u00adson, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cwhat we [have] is a vile woman run\u00adning against a vile man, and we must choose between them, God says, because <i>we<\/i> are a vile peo\u00adple. We get a pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial cam\u00adpaign between a cor\u00adrup\u00adto\u00adcrat and a clown, and this is because God has now nar\u00adrowed our choice down to what would best rep\u00adre\u00adsent this stiff-necked gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion.\u201d For a more gen\u00adtle approach, see Joe Carter\u2019s insight\u00adful&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/why-evangelicals-are-divided-over-trump\">Why Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Are Divid\u00aded Over Trump<\/a>&nbsp;and the inter\u00adview with Rus\u00adsell Moore titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2016-10-09\/the-evangelical-civil-war-an-interview-with-russell-moore\">The Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Civ\u00adil War<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/double_x\/cover_story\/2016\/10\/the_future_of_the_pro_life_movement.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Cul\u00adture Of Life<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, Slate): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions over the past sev\u00ader\u00adal weeks with activists and oth\u00ader young peo\u00adple who care deeply about end\u00ading abor\u00adtion, I found many who are skep\u00adti\u00adcal of the movement\u2019s long-held ties to the GOP and the Chris\u00adt\u00adian right. Instead, they are using the lan\u00adguage of fem\u00adi\u00adnism, human rights, and the Black Lives Mat\u00adter move\u00adment to make their case for a new cul\u00adture of life.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2016\/10\/china-targets-parents-religion-rules-xinjiang-161012043739688.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chi\u00adna tar\u00adgets par\u00adents with reli\u00adgion rules in Xin\u00adjiang<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Al Jazeera): a take on China\u2019s reli\u00adgious crack\u00addown from a Mus\u00adlim per\u00adspec\u00adtive. \u201cWhile Chi\u00adna offi\u00adcial\u00adly guar\u00adan\u00adtees free\u00addom of reli\u00adgion, minors are not sup\u00adposed to par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate in reli\u00adgious activ\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/family-studies.org\/real-insights-about-pornography-and-marriage\/\">Real Insights About Pornog\u00adra\u00adphy and Mar\u00adriage<\/a> (Nick Wolfin\u00adger, blog): \u201cEven more curi\u00adous is the role of reli\u00adgion. Porn only seems to threat\u00aden mar\u00adi\u00adtal sta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for cou\u00adples who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>don\u2019t<\/strong><\/span> attend church reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly\u201d (empha\u00adsis added). The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertmohler.com\/2016\/10\/11\/briefing-10-11-16\/?segment=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Rights Cam\u00adpaign threat\u00adens Johns Hop\u00adkins over New Atlantis \u201cSex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty and Gen\u00adder\u201d report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Al Mohler, The Brief\u00ading): \u201cOne of the things Chris\u00adtians must keep in mind is that sci\u00adence is a human endeav\u00ador. Sci\u00adence sim\u00adply doesn\u2019t exist inde\u00adpen\u00addent of, well, sci\u00aden\u00adtists, that is human beings. It isn\u2019t some kind of inde\u00adpen\u00addent author\u00adi\u00adty\u2026. That is to say, there is no such thing as a sci\u00adence that is free of ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy when it comes to human beings, after all, study\u00ading them\u00adselves.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things Glen Found Amusing<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/bible-study-starts-time\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bible Study Starts On Time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At pub\u00adlish\u00ading time, church lead\u00aders had declared the start of a new sea\u00adson of God\u2019s bless\u00ading after learn\u00ading that the Bible study had mirac\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly end\u00aded prompt\u00adly at 8:00 p.m.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stanfordflipside.com\/2016\/10\/freshman-not-actually-all-that-special-says-grandmother-after-campus-visit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fresh\u00adman \u201cNot Actu\u00adal\u00adly All That Spe\u00adcial\u201d Says Grand\u00admoth\u00ader After Cam\u00adpus Vis\u00adit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Stan\u00adford Flip\u00adside): you always sus\u00adpect\u00aded\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2016\/10\/12\/there-he-goes-again-the-medias-ongoing-problem-covering-the-faith-of-tim-tebow\">There he goes again: The medi\u00ada\u2019s ongo\u00ading strug\u00adgle to cov\u00ader Tim Tebow\u2019s faith<\/a> (Ter\u00adry Mat\u00adting\u00adly, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cthe sim\u00adple fact of the mat\u00adter is that some of the wit\u00adness\u00ades to the scene imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly began describ\u00ading (yes, think Twit\u00adter) what hap\u00adpened in reli\u00adgious lan\u00adguage, includ\u00ading use of the word \u2018mir\u00ada\u00adcle.\u2019\u201d I strug\u00adgled whether to put this under inter\u00adest\u00ading or amus\u00ading, because I find it both.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\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 \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.<\/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\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 <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 \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 (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\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.<\/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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Set Our Hearts On Fire Again&nbsp;(Zac Hicks, Desir\u00ading God) : \u201cChrist-cen\u00adtered wor\u00adship [is] a cycli\u00adcal process of two actions. Let\u2019s call those actions dis\u00adplace\u00adment and replace\u00adment.\u201d This one \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/10\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-71\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 71\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":"The election as God's judgment upon America, and other stuff too.","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":[121,117,138,176,175],"class_list":["post-4239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-politics","tag-religious-freedom","tag-science","tag-worship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-16n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4239","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=4239"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4243,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4239\/revisions\/4243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}