{"id":4970,"date":"2018-06-01T20:13:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T04:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2018-06-01T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T04:13:25","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-154","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-154","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 154"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<p><!-- ######## This is a comment ######## --><\/p>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/30\/opinion\/paige-patterson-southern-baptist-convention.html\">The Baptist Apocalypse<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cWe\u2019re a long way from any final judgment on God\u2019s purposes in the Trump era. But so far the Trump presidency has clearly been a kind of apocalypse \u2014 not (yet) in the \u2018world-historical calamity\u2019 sense of the word, but in the original Greek meaning: an unveiling, an uncovering, an exposure of truths that had heretofore been hidden.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/experimentaltheology.blogspot.com\/2018\/05\/on-gender-power-and-sin-evangelical.html\">On Gender, Power, and Sin: The Evangelical #MeToo Moment<\/a> (Richard Beck, personal blog): \u201cA theological and biblical way to say all this is that men\u2019s dominance over women is a part of the Fall\u2019s curse upon humanity. The wound of sin upon gender relations is clear in Genesis 3: \u2018He will rule over you.\u2019 So if that\u2019s a part of the curse, why do evangelicals think that building the curse into the system\u2013gender subordination\u2013is going to produce anything other than cursed outcomes?\u201d I wish the author spent more time building the Biblical case for his perspective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2018\/05\/one-parameter-equation-can-exactly-fit-scatter-plot.html\">A One Parameter Equation That Can Exactly Fit Any Scatter Plot<\/a> (Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution): \u201cOverfitting is possible with just one parameter and so models with fewer parameters are not necessarily preferable even if they fit the data as well or better than models with more parameters.\u201d Researchers take&nbsp;note.&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>The underlying mathematics paper is well-written and interesting: <a href=\"https:\/\/colala.bcs.rochester.edu\/papers\/piantadosi2018one.pdf\">One Parameter Is Always Enough<\/a> (Steven T. Piantadosi) \u2014 among other things, it points out that you can smuggle in arbitrarily large amounts of data into an equation through a single parameter because a number can have infinite digits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/2015\/05\/27\/what-ive-learned-in-twenty-years-of-marriage-2\/\">What I\u2019ve Learned in Twenty Years of Marriage<\/a> (Russell Moore, personal blog): \u201cMy grandmother wisely asked one night when I was finally going to ask \u2018that girl from Ocean Springs\u2019 to marry me. I answered, \u2018When I can afford it.\u2019 She laughed. \u2018Honey, I married your grandpa in the middle of a Great Depression,\u2019 she said. \u2018We made it work. Nobody can afford to get married. You just marry, and make it work.\u2019 Apart from the gospel, those were, and remain, the most liberating words I ever heard. I bought a ring that wouldn\u2019t impress anyone, then or now, but we were headed for the altar. My only regret is that we aren\u2019t today celebrating our twenty-first anniversary instead of our twentieth.\u201d This is from a few years back and is full of wisdom.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2018\/06\/title-ix-is-too-easy-to-abuse\/561650\/?utm_source=feed\">Title IX Is Too Easy To Abuse<\/a> (Caitlyn Flanagan, The Atlantic): \u201cIs it possible for two people to simultaneously sexually assault each other? This is the question\u2014rife with legal, anatomical, and emotional improbabilities\u2014to which the University of Cincinnati now addresses itself, and with some urgency, as the institution and three of its employees are currently being sued over an encounter that was sexual for a brief moment, but that just as quickly entered the realm of eternal return.&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2018\/may\/andrew-wilson-language-prophecy-healing.html\">Whatever Happened to Gifts of Language, Prophecy, and Healing?<\/a> (Andrew Wilson, Christianity Today): \u201ctaking a longer view by tracing our roots back to the early church fathers leads to some surprises. We discover that some things, though relatively unusual in recent times, are actually very normal across the broader sweep of human history. Angels and demons would be an obvious example. Or, more surprisingly, miraculous gifts.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/2018\/05\/25\/i-was-jordan-petersons-strongest-supporter-now-i-think-hes-dangerous.html\">I was Jordan Peterson\u2019s strongest supporter. Now I think he\u2019s dangerous<\/a> (Bernard Schiff, The Star): \u201cWhen he was renovating his house I invited his family to live with mine. For five months, they occupied the third floor of our large house. We had meals together in the evening and long, colourful conversations. There, away from campus, I saw a man who was devoted to his wife and his children, who were lovely and gentle and for whom I still feel affection. He was attentive and thoughtful, stern and kind, playful and warm. His wife, Tammy, appeared to be the keel, the ballast and the rudder, and Jordan ran the ship.\u201d This is a long profile, by turns informative and puzzling.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/27\/us\/politics\/franklin-graham-evangelicals-california.html\">The Evangelical Fight to Win Back California<\/a> (Elizabeth Dias, New York Times): \u201cThough the state has one of the highest percentages of religiously unaffiliated adults, the fast growing religious group in the country, that largely blue sea is dotted with evangelical islands that are largely red. One in five adults in the state are evangelical Christians, according to the Pew Research Center, and there are more megachurches in California than in any other state.\u201d This article is mostly about politics, but is interesting nonetheless.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/help-2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SMBC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0hQnX_StoDA\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magician Dan White astounds Jimmy Fallon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (YouTube)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/local-charismatic-declares-the-gift-of-discernment-has-ceased\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local Charismatic Declares The Gift of Discernment Has Ceased<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Babylon Bee)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/d3mN9Tw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Best Thing To Paint On The Roof Of Your House<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Imgur)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/articles\/spiritual-shape-political-ideas_819707.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Spiritual Shape of Political Ideas (Joseph Bottum, The Weekly Standard)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: many modern political ideas are derived from Christian theological concepts. (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/05\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">volume 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it).<\/p>\n<p>Also, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about&nbsp;it.<\/p>\n<p>If this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&nbsp;way. Things Glen Found Interesting The Baptist Apocalypse (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cWe\u2019re a long way from any final \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-154\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 154\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A very interesting critique of complementarian theology, a math paper that blew my mind a little, and other fascinating morsels.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[131,218,195,179,112,117,176,137],"class_list":["post-4970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-academia","tag-california","tag-gender","tag-holy-spirit","tag-marriage","tag-politics","tag-science","tag-thinking-clearly"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1ia","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4970"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4972,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4970\/revisions\/4972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}