{"id":4271,"date":"2016-11-18T15:35:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T23:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2016-11-18T15:35:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T23:35:20","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/11\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-76","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 76"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 Chron\u00adi\u00adcles 12:32 \u2014 they \u201cunder\u00adstood the times\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Some thoughts about slav\u00adery and the Bible \u2014 <\/span>Does The Bible Sup\u00adport Slav\u00adery?<\/span><\/a> (a lec\u00adture giv\u00aden by the war\u00adden of Tyn\u00addale House at Cam\u00adbridge Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, the link is to the video with notes) and <\/span>Does God Con\u00addone Slav\u00adery In The Bible? (Part One \u2014 Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment)<\/span><\/a>\u00c2 and also <\/span>Part Two \u2014 New Tes\u00adta\u00adment<\/span><\/a> (longer pieces from Glenn Miller at Chris\u00adt\u00adian Think\u00adtank). All three are quite help\u00adful. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Struc\u00adtur\u00adal Racism<\/span><\/a> (John Piper, Desir\u00ading God): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153if your mind is Bible-sat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded, you would con\u00adsid\u00ader it absolute\u00adly aston\u00adish\u00ading if struc\u00adtur\u00adal racism were not per\u00adva\u00adsive wher\u00adev\u00ader sin is per\u00adva\u00adsive. In oth\u00ader words, Bible-shaped peo\u00adple should expect to see struc\u00adtur\u00adal racism almost every\u00adwhere in a fall\u00aden world.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. How Methodists Invent\u00aded Your Kid\u2019s Grape Juice Sug\u00adar High<\/span><\/a> (Luke Har\u00adring\u00adton, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): why many church\u00ades use grape juice for com\u00admu\u00adnion.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. More post-elec\u00adtion thoughts:<\/span>\n
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    1. Why Can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t I Mourn?<\/span><\/a> (Kyle James Howard, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153For many, it appears that it is unac\u00adcept\u00adable for me to grieve racism and abor\u00adtion equal\u00adly. That for many, a Chris\u00adt\u00adian only has the capac\u00adi\u00adty to grieve one or the oth\u00ader but not both.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. No, the Major\u00adi\u00adty of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Did Not Vote for Trump<\/span><\/a> (Joe Carter, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): you may recall that I sug\u00adgest\u00aded some\u00adthing sim\u00adi\u00adlar in last week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s email \u2014 here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a wide-rang\u00ading expla\u00adna\u00adtion. There is no doubt more to be said on this.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. You Are Still Cry\u00ading Wolf<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slat\u00adeStar\u00adCodex): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I real\u00adize that all of this is going to make me sound like a crazy per\u00adson and put me com\u00adplete\u00adly at odds with every respectable thinker in the media, but luck\u00adi\u00adly, being a crazy per\u00adson at odds with every respectable thinker in the media has been a pret\u00adty good tick\u00adet to pre\u00addic\u00adtive accu\u00adra\u00adcy late\u00adly, so whatever.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This is a long and detailed argu\u00adment that Trump is not racist (or at least not more racist than lots of\u00c2 peo\u00adple). I was sur\u00adprised at how well it held my inter\u00adest. See also Ross Douthat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s insight\u00adful twit\u00adter cri\u00adtique<\/a> of the arti\u00adcle. For a con\u00adtrary point of view (sort of \u2014 it\u2019s less about Trump and more about what Trump sig\u00adni\u00adfies), see Racism Prob\u00ada\u00adbly Is Get\u00adting Worse. (I Hope I\u2019m Wrong.)<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View).\u00c2 If you read one, read all three.<\/li>\n
    4. Stunned By Trump, The New York Times Finds Time For Some Soul-Search\u00ading<\/span><\/a> (Michael Cieply, Dead\u00adspin): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153By and large, tal\u00adent\u00aded reporters scram\u00adbled to match sto\u00adries with what inter\u00adnal\u00adly was often called \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthe narrative.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 We were occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly asked to map a nar\u00adra\u00adtive for our var\u00adi\u00adous beats a year in advance, square the plan with edi\u00adtors, then gen\u00ader\u00adate sto\u00adries that fit the pre-des\u00adig\u00adnat\u00aded line.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This piece is impor\u00adtant and depress\u00ading.<\/span><\/li>\n
    5. The coali\u00adtion for diver\u00adsi\u00adty whose diver\u00adsi\u00adty did diver\u00adsi\u00adty just win?<\/span><\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): do not let the con\u00adfus\u00ading title put you off. Cowen argues that the Repub\u00adli\u00adcans are in some sens\u00ades sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly more diverse than the Democ\u00adrats.<\/span><\/li>\n
    6. #Nev\u00aderTrump And Pres\u00adi\u00addent Trump<\/a> (Jake Meador, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The church\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great\u00adest the\u00adolo\u00adgians have long said that a prop\u00ader\u00adly Chris\u00adt\u00adian com\u00admon\u00adwealth will be con\u00adcerned not with the greater good\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe most good for the most people\u00e2\u20ac\u201dor with the pri\u00advate good of Chris\u00adtians alone, but with the com\u00admon good.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n
    7. How cov\u00ader\u00ading the Red\u00adskins name debate pre\u00adpared me for Don\u00adald Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s win<\/span><\/a> (Dan Stein\u00adberg, Was<\/span>hing\u00adton Post): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They told me that media Twit\u00adter wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the real world, that it cre\u00adat\u00aded a pho\u00adny idea of con\u00adsen\u00adsus for a stance that wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t actu\u00adal\u00adly ascen\u00addant. And they argued that a polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly cor\u00adrect onslaught from big-city elites would only strength\u00aden their convictions.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/li>\n
    8. Don\u00adald Trump can absolute\u00adly ban Mus\u00adlims from enter\u00ading the US, with\u00adout Con\u00adgress<\/span><\/a> (Zack Beauchamp, Vox): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I [asked] sev\u00ader\u00adal experts on US immi\u00adgra\u00adtion law. Their answer was unan\u00adi\u00admous: Trump would be able to imple\u00adment his ban. In fact, he would be able to do it easily.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know the pres\u00adi\u00addent had this pow\u00ader. Sur\u00adpris\u00ading giv\u00aden our sys\u00adtem of checks and bal\u00adances.<\/span><\/li>\n
    9. The Cul\u00adture That Cre\u00adat\u00aded Don\u00adald Trump Was Lib\u00ader\u00adal Not Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive<\/span><\/a> (Jim Lewis, The Inter\u00adcept): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Liberals were sure the dev\u00adil would come slouch\u00ading out of Alaba\u00adma or Texas, beat\u00ading a bible and shout\u00ading about sodomy and sin. They didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect him to be a busi\u00adness\u00adman who lives on Fifth Avenue and 57th Street.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This is some\u00adthing I saw allud\u00aded to\u00c2 in the pri\u00admaries but haven\u2019t seen men\u00adtioned\u00c2 in a while.\u00c2 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n