{"id":4311,"date":"2016-12-16T18:08:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T02:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2016-12-16T18:08:20","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T02:08:20","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/12\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-80","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 80"},"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. Rage and Heart\u00adbreak: Required Reac\u00adtions to Alep\u00adpo<\/span><\/a> (Richard Stearns, ERLC): \u201cLet your heart be bro\u00adken for the suf\u00adfer\u00ading in the Mid\u00addle East and around the world. Pray it stays bro\u00adken as long as any moth\u00ader any\u00adwhere pleads for help and any child fears this night will be her last.\u201d For some con\u00adtext, read <\/span>9 Things You Should Know About Alep\u00adpo and the Syr\u00adi\u00adan Cri\u00adsis<\/span><\/a> (Joe Carter, Gospel Coali\u00adtion). And this is <\/span>an inter\u00adest\u00ading Mus\u00adlim take on Alep\u00adpo<\/span><\/a> (Omed Safi, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Cri\u00adsis of Chris\u00adtians in Egypt<\/span><\/a> (Gabriel Reynolds, First Things):  \u201cIt is telling, for exam\u00adple, that almost no such attacks have tak\u00aden place in major\u00adi\u00adty Shi\u2019ite Iran against the Chris\u00adt\u00adian minor\u00adi\u00adty there. What, then, dis\u00adtin\u00adguish\u00ades Egypt and Pak\u00adistan from Iran?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. My Pres\u00adi\u00addent Was Black<\/span><\/a> (Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic): this is a long, beau\u00adti\u00adful\u00adly-writ\u00adten piece. The Atlantic is pub\u00adlish\u00ading response pieces. <\/span>The first one is intense<\/span><\/a>: \u201cMy pres\u00adi\u00addent was black and I still am.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Why Hillary Clin\u00adton Bombed With White Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Vot\u00aders<\/span><\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, Slate): \u201cIt was as if she was try\u00ading to alien\u00adate evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals\u2026 and it worked.\u201d This arti\u00adcle nails a big part of the dynam\u00adic. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. With Jesus\u2019 Birth, Why Does The Bible List Two Dif\u00adfer\u00adent Fam\u00adi\u00adly Trees?<\/span><\/a> (Richard Ostling, Patheos): \u201cThe gen\u00ader\u00adal con\u00adsen\u00adsus on the dif\u00adfer\u00adences is that Matthew depict\u00aded Jesus\u2019 legal descent from David, on the assump\u00adtion Joseph adopt\u00aded him. If Mary had no broth\u00aders, by com\u00admon cus\u00adtom Joseph would have been his father-in-law\u2019s legal \u2018son\u2019 and heir through the mar\u00adriage. Luke defined Jesus through Mary as a blood descen\u00addant of David.\u201d (for some oth\u00ader pos\u00adsi\u00adble expla\u00adna\u00adtions, see <\/span>Mark Strauss at Zon\u00adder\u00advan Aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. The Defense of Lib\u00ader\u00adty Can\u2019t Do With\u00adout Iden\u00adti\u00adty Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/span><\/a> (Jacob Levy, Niska\u00adnen Cen\u00adter): \u201cIden\u00adti\u00adty pol\u00adi\u00adtics\u2026 is about fight\u00ading for polit\u00adi\u00adcal jus\u00adtice by draw\u00ading on the com\u00admit\u00adment that aris\u00ades out of tar\u00adget\u00aded injus\u00adtice\u2026. It lets us spot the major\u00adi\u00adty group\u2019s iden\u00adti\u00adty pol\u00adi\u00adtics rather than treat\u00ading it as the nor\u00admal back\u00adground state of affairs, and to rec\u00adog\u00adnize the oppres\u00adsion and injus\u00adtice that it gen\u00ader\u00adates.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence at McGill. <\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The Right Shuts Down Free Speech, Too<\/span><\/a> (Cather\u00adine Ramp\u00adbell, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): it\u2019s almost as though human nature is the same regard\u00adless of what one thinks about the tax code. <\/span><\/li>\n
  8. On the academic\/research side of things:<\/span>\n