{"id":4252,"date":"2016-11-04T14:41:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T22:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2016-11-04T14:41:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T22:41:32","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/11\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-74","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 74"},"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:\/\/nymag.com\/scienceofus\/2016\/10\/men-are-more-likely-to-be-sexually-attracted-to-friends.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men Are More Like\u00adly to Be Sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly Attract\u00aded to Their Oppo\u00adsite-Sex Friends<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Drake Baer, Sci\u00adence of Us): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the study found that guys are more like\u00adly to define a female friend as \u2018a mem\u00adber of the oppo\u00adsite sex to whom I am attract\u00aded and would pur\u00adsue giv\u00aden the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty\u2019 and ladies to define their oppo\u00adsite-sex friends as sim\u00adply \u2018a friend of the oppo\u00adsite sex.\u2019\u201d For an amus\u00ading take on this idea, see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T_lh5fR4DMA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this three-minute video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (it\u2019s got over 9 mil\u00adlion views).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2016\/11\/07\/the-new-evangelical-moral-minority\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Moral Minor\u00adi\u00adty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kele\u00adfa San\u00adneh, New York\u00ader): this is a well-writ\u00adten essay focus\u00ading on the South\u00adern Bap\u00adtist ethi\u00adcist Rus\u00adsell Moore, of whom I am a huge fan and with whom I usu\u00adal\u00adly agree. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded, although the author\u2019s snark shows through occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly. The author, inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, is the son of famed Chris\u00adt\u00adian mis\u00adsi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist Lamin San\u00adneh.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/sliding-vs-deciding\/201603\/in-love-and-marriage-practice-doesn-t-make-perfect\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Love and Mar\u00adriage, Prac\u00adtice Doesn\u2019t Make Per\u00adfect<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Scott Stan\u00adley, Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy Today): &nbsp;\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We found that hav\u00ading more sex\u00adu\u00adal and cohab\u00adit\u00ading part\u00adners before mar\u00adriage is asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with low\u00ader rela\u00adtion\u00adship qual\u00adi\u00adty once mar\u00adried. In par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, hav\u00ading only ever lived with or had <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sex<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with one\u2019s spouse was asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with high\u00ader mar\u00adi\u00adtal qual\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d The author is a research pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Den\u00adver. The research upon which this arti\u00adcle was based is <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalmarriageproject.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/NMP-BeforeIDoReport-Final.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">avail\u00adable here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/family-studies.org\/positive-parenting-is-ideal-but-many-children-need-time-outs-too\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pos\u00adi\u00adtive Par\u00adent\u00ading is Ide\u00adal, But Many Chil\u00addren Need Time-Outs, Too<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Robert Larzelere, Insti\u00adtute For Fam\u00adi\u00adly Stud\u00adies): \u201cYes, the worst out\u00adcomes were for the type of author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan par\u00adent\u00ading that Dr. Coul\u00adson oppos\u00ades, which can be defined as strict enforce\u00adment with\u00adout love. But the sec\u00adond-worst 10-year out\u00adcomes were for over\u00adly per\u00admis\u00adsive par\u00adents\u2026\u201d&nbsp;When we sing&nbsp;that God is a good, good Father we should should remem\u00adber we are cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00ading the fact that he both encour\u00adages and dis\u00adci\u00adplines.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dougbandow\/2016\/10\/31\/north-koreas-war-on-christianity-the-globes-number-one-religious-persecutor\/print\/\">North Kore\u00ada\u2019s War On Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty: The Globe\u2019s Num\u00adber One Reli\u00adgious Per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtor<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug Bandow, Forbes): \u201c[Chris\u00adt\u00adian Sol\u00adi\u00addar\u00adi\u00adty World\u00adwide] reports doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded cas\u00ades of believ\u00aders being \u2018hung on a cross over a fire, crushed under a steam\u00adroller, herd\u00aded off bridges, and tram\u00adpled under\u00adfoot.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2016\/11\/07\/the-case-against-democracy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Case Against Democ\u00adra\u00adcy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Caleb Craine, The New York\u00ader): I\u2019m&nbsp;a monar\u00adchist, truth be told. In the King\u00addom I call home we don\u2019t get a vote, but&nbsp;we wel\u00adcome any\u00adone who wish\u00ades to&nbsp;immi\u00adgrate. Join us! #king\u00adje\u00adsus &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2016-10-23\">Bad Email\u00aders<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Video:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B2REIPqS74c\">I Can Bal\u00adance A Ban\u00adknote On My Nose<\/a> (Would I Lie To You?)<\/li>\n<li>Video:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XjwO9InuFJk\">Foot\u00adball To The Face<\/a> (The Slow Mo Guys)<\/li>\n<li>Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5kvVxdjpEC4\">Mutants Of Dance<\/a> (Peo\u00adple Are Awe\u00adsome): you might find this one dis\u00adturb\u00ading. Also,&nbsp;I\u2019m not sure dance is the right word to describe what they\u2019re doing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/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>Disclaimer<\/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 Men Are More Like\u00adly to Be Sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly Attract\u00aded to Their Oppo\u00adsite-Sex Friends (Drake Baer, Sci\u00adence of Us): \u201cthe study found that guys are more like\u00adly to define a \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/11\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-74\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 74\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":"A lot of links about relationships this week. 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