{"id":4506,"date":"2017-06-16T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T23:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2017-06-16T15:21:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T23:21:36","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/06\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-105","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 105"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Alvin Plantinga\u2019s Masterful Achievement<\/a> (William Doino, First Things): \u201cIn the 1950\u2019s there was not a single published defense of religious belief by a prominent philosopher; by the 1990\u2019s there were literally hundreds of books and articles, from Yale to UCLA and from Oxford to Heidelberg, defending and developing the spiritual dimension. The difference between 1950 and 1990 is, quite simply, Alvin Plantinga.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. The Man Behind Trump\u2019s Religious-Freedom Agenda for Health Care<\/span><\/a> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u201c<\/span>Severino spent seven years in civil-rights enforcement at the Department of Justice; before that, he litigated religious-liberty cases. He has experience. He just doesn\u2019t share the ideological convictions of many who work in his field.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Iraqi Christians should not be deported to become victims of ISIS<\/span><\/a> (Bawai Soro, The Hill): \u201cThe American government, for the first time ever, is about to deport to a country undergoing an active genocide the very people targeted in that genocide.\u201d See <\/span>US Prepares to Deport Hundreds of Iraqi Christians<\/span><\/a> (Griffin Paul Jackson, Christianity Today) for more details.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. There is no Thucydides Trap<\/span><\/a> (Arthur Waldron, Supchina): \u201c<\/span>For the first time this year, my Chinese graduate students are marrying one another and buying houses here. This is a leading indicator. If it could be done, the coming tsunami would bring 10 million highly qualified Chinese families to the U.S. in 10 years \u2014 along with fleeing crooks, spies, and other flotsam and jetsam. Even Xi\u2019s first wife fled China; she lives in England.<\/span>\u201d <\/span>The author is an IR professor at Penn. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Can\u2019t Believe You Think That<\/span><\/a> (Citizen Of No Mean City): \u201c<\/span>Maybe next time before dismissing someone for their views on this subject we would do well to afford them the dignity of having thought about their position, and to dig deeper and ask \u2018what has led them to think this way?\u2019 or \u2018can I learn from listening to them?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Six Days and 50 Years of War<\/span><\/a> (Bret Stephens, NY Times): \u201cIn June 1967 Arab leaders declared their intention to annihilate the Jewish state, and the Jews decided they wouldn\u2019t sit still for it. For the crime of self-preservation, Israel remains a nation unforgiven.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Here are several links about a disturbing moment on Capitol Hill: