{"id":4318,"date":"2016-12-23T18:56:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T02:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4318"},"modified":"2016-12-23T18:56:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T02:56:07","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/12\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-81","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 81"},"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. Pas\u00adtor, Am I A Chris\u00adt\u00adian?<\/span><\/a> (Nicholas Kristof, NY Times): Skep\u00adti\u00adcal but inter\u00adest\u00aded pub\u00adlic intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal invites Tim Keller to answer his ques\u00adtions about Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty and then pub\u00adlish\u00ades the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion. #goals  <\/span>(rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Free Pas\u00adtor Andrew: Chris\u00adtians Ral\u00adly for Mis\u00adsion\u00adary Jailed in Turkey<\/span><\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnut, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today) : \u201c<\/span>Turkey has accused mul\u00adti\u00adple pas\u00adtors of being \u2018a threat to nation\u00adal secu\u00adri\u00adty.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. China\u2019s Great Leap Back\u00adward<\/a> (James Fal\u00adlows, The Atlantic): \u201cThis assess\u00adment implies that U.S. atten\u00adtion should be focused on get\u00adting through an upcom\u00ading time of dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty, which could last years or decades, with\u00adout pan\u00adick\u00ading that his\u00adto\u00adry now seems to favor the repres\u00adsive Chi\u00adnese mod\u00adel of gov\u00ader\u00adnance.\u201d This is a long piece, but the issue is an impor\u00adtant one and it is worth your time. For some sor\u00adta semi-relat\u00aded thoughts on Rus\u00adsia, read The Russ\u00adian Ques\u00adtion<\/a> by Niall Fer\u00adgu\u00adson: \u201cthe Unit\u00aded States should be clos\u00ader to each of Rus\u00adsia and Chi\u00adna than they are to one anoth\u00ader.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. How Out\u00adra\u00adgeous Are the New North Car\u00adoli\u00adna Laws?<\/span><\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion) is help\u00adful, and for some per\u00adspec\u00adtive read <\/span>His\u00adto\u00adry Can Teach Both Par\u00adties<\/span><\/a> (John Hood, Car\u00adoli\u00adna Jour\u00adnal). The most alarmist view I have seen is <\/span>North Car\u00adoli\u00adna Is No Longer Clas\u00adsi\u00adfied as a Democ\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a>, an op-ed<\/span> by a polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at UNC. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Why the Catholic Church some\u00adtimes turns to sci\u00adence to inves\u00adti\u00adgate mir\u00ada\u00adcles<\/span><\/a> (Kelsey Dal\u00adlas, Deseret News): \u201cThe patient is still alive, pos\u00ading an ongo\u00ading chal\u00adlenge to sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic researchers. \u2018I have zero expla\u00adna\u00adtion for why she\u2019s alive. She does,\u2019 Duf\u00adfin said.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Why Oxford Dictionary\u2019s 2016 Word of the Year Mat\u00adters<\/span><\/a> (Ravi Zacharias, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): <\/span>\u201cThere is an ulti\u00admate cry for jus\u00adtice in every heart. Jus\u00adtice counts on the truth. With\u00adout those two real\u00adi\u00adties, civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion will die.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The Impact of Holy Land Cru\u00adsades on State For\u00adma\u00adtion: War Mobi\u00adliza\u00adtion, Trade Inte\u00adgra\u00adtion, and Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Devel\u00adop\u00adment in Medieval Europe<\/span><\/a> (Lisa Blay\u00addes and Christo\u00adpher Paik, Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion): \u201cAreas with high lev\u00adels of cru\u00adsad\u00ader mobi\u00adliza\u00adtion wit\u00adnessed more polit\u00adi\u00adcal sta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty in the cen\u00adturies to fol\u00adlow. The causal mech\u00ada\u00adnism that we put for\u00adward is that the depar\u00adture of rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly large num\u00adbers of Euro\u00adpean land\u00aded elites for the Holy Land reduced the absolute num\u00adber of elites who might serve as chal\u00adlengers to the king.\u201d File away under expla\u00adna\u00adtions I had nev\u00ader con\u00adsid\u00adered. Blay\u00addes is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor <\/span>at Stan\u00adford<\/span><\/a> and Paik at<\/span> NYU Abu Dhabi.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/strong><\/h3>\n