{"id":5195,"date":"2018-10-19T17:50:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T01:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5195"},"modified":"2018-10-19T17:50:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T01:50:50","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/10\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-174","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 174"},"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<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hmmdaily.com\/2018\/10\/18\/your-real-biological-clock-is-youre-going-to-die\/\">Your Real Biological Clock Is You\u2019re Going to Die<\/a> (Tom Scocca, Hmm Daily): \u201cIf you intend to have children, but you don\u2019t intend to have them just yet, you are not banking extra years as a person who is still too young to have children. You are subtracting years from the time you will share the world with your children.\u201d Straight talk young people need to hear. Make the choices you want, but be sure you understand their consequences. Read it and then think about&nbsp;it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/october\/pastors-approval-president-trump-job-performance.html\">Half of Pastors Approve of Trump\u2019s Job Performance<\/a> (Aaron Earls, Christianity Today): \u201cDespite 52 percent of Protestant pastors identifying as a Republican and only 18 percent calling themselves a Democrat in a LifeWay Research survey prior to the November 2016 election, only 32 percent said they planned to vote for Trump. A full 40 percent said they were undecided, with 19 percent planning to vote for Hillary Clinton\u2026. [Now after the election] there is no lack of data on President Trump, but many were still hesitant to give an opinion.\u201d From an alumnus who was quite disturbed by these numbers.&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2018\/october\/why-evangelicals-trump-vote-81-percent-2016-election.html\">Why Evangelicals Voted Trump: Debunking the 81%<\/a> (Ed Stetzer &amp; Andrew McDonald, Christianity Today): \u201cThe data tells us that most American evangelicals are not looking to their pastors for political guidance, and most pastors are not willing to touch the subject lest they get burned. Only 4 in 10 respondents told us they wanted advice from their pastor on political issues. And only 4 in 10 told us their pastor uses Scripture to address political topics at least once a month or more. Put another way, many evangelicals are likely turning to culture\u2014and often the most outraged voices\u2014rather than the church for political discipleship.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/first-person\/2018\/10\/18\/17995270\/asian-americans-affirmative-action-harvard-admissions-lawsuit\">I support affirmative action. But Harvard really is hurting Asian Americans.<\/a> (Michael Li, Vox): \u201cAs the Harvard case percolated through the courts this summer, I spoke to a number of Asian-American adults, including some who are on the faculties of elite universities. These conversations took place in hushed tones \u2014 one person literally looked over his shoulder to make sure no one could hear. Invariably, people thought affirmative action was essential. Just as invariably, people thought maybe, just maybe, Harvard and other elite schools are long overdue for a hard look in the mirror.\u201d The author is senior counsel at NYU\u2019s Brennan Center for Justice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lareviewofbooks.org\/essays\/reactionary-renaming-stanford-english-language-politics\/\">A Reactionary Renaming: Stanford and English Language Politics<\/a> (Hollis Robbins, LA Review of Books): \u201cSpanish soldiers preyed on Native women and Serra endeavored \u2014 but regularly failed \u2014 to protect them. But on the Atlantic coast, what founding American figure isn\u2019t equally implicated in the destruction of native culture even if most lived and wrote long after native populations on the Atlantic coast were decimated, destroyed, and driven west?\u201d An interesting critique of Stanford\u2019s decision to move away from Serra\u2019s name. The author is a humanities scholar at Sonoma State University.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/jim-jones-harvey-milk-cult-city-secret-history\/\">Jim Jones &amp; Harvey Milk: The Secret History<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The American Conservative): \u201cMilk and Jones were friends and allies.\u201d If you know about either of these men and how they are generally perceived, prepare to be surprised.<\/li>\n<li>More on Kavanaugh because more has been written (and I\u2019ve run across some good stuff I missed previously)&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2018\/10\/sexual-assault-has-become-partisan-issue\/572893\/\">Does Anyone Still Take Both Sexual Assault and Due Process Seriously?<\/a> (Emily Yoffe, The Atlantic): \u201cSexual violence is a serious national problem. But in the wake of the Kavanaugh hearing, it has joined the list of explosively partisan issues. Republicans\u2014adopting the rhetorical style of the president\u2014dismiss accusers. Democrats mock the idea that fairness and due process are necessary for the accused. These attitudes will be detrimental to the country and are perilous for each&nbsp;party.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-media-mishandled-kavanaugh--and-made-trump-a-winner\/2018\/10\/08\/fc0413b0-cb21-11e8-a360-85875bac0b1f_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.96ecc74d3713\">The media mishandled Kavanaugh \u2014 and made Trump a winner<\/a> (Michael Gerson, Washington Post): \u201cSome argue that all journalism involves bias, either hidden or revealed. But it is one thing to say that objectivity and fairness are ultimately unreachable. It is another to cease grasping for them. That would be a world of purely private truths, in which the boldest liars and demagogues would thrive.\u201d Gerson is an evangelical who was a speechwriter in the Bush administration.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2018\/09\/kavanaugh-ford-hearings-everyone-lost-andrew-sullivan.html?gtm=bottom&amp;gtm=bottom\">Everyone Lost at the Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings<\/a> (Andrew Sullivan, New York Magazine): \u201cWhen public life means the ransacking of people\u2019s private lives even when they were in high school, we are circling a deeply illiberal drain. A civilized society observes a distinction between public and private, and this distinction is integral to individual freedom. Such a distinction was anathema in old-school monarchies when the king could arbitrarily arrest, jail, or execute you at will, for private behavior or thoughts. These lines are also blurred in authoritarian regimes, where the power of the government knows few limits in monitoring a person\u2019s home or private affairs or correspondence or tax returns or texts. These boundaries definitionally can\u2019t exist in theocracies, where the state is interested as much in punishing and exposing sin, as in preventing crime. The Iranian and Saudi governments \u2014 like the early modern monarchies \u2014 seek not only to control your body, but also to look into your soul. They know that everyone has a dark side, and this dark side can be exposed in order to destroy people. All you need is an accusation.\u201d This piece is a few weeks old but I missed it. Sullivan, if you don\u2019t recognize the name, is the intellectual father of gay marriage. He\u2019s an interesting chap \u2014 he self-identifies as a conservative and yet supported Barack Obama, and he calls himself a faithful Roman Catholic yet had a wedding ceremony with his male partner. He\u2019s one of the most idiosyncratic intellectuals out&nbsp;there.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/why-women-support-brett-kavanaugh\/\">Why Women Can (and Should) Support Brett Kavanaugh<\/a> (Annika Nordquist, Stanford Daily): \u201cAs a student at Stanford, where Dr. Blasey Ford studied and taught, as a graduate of Holton-Arms, the high school she attended at the time of the alleged assault, and, rarer still, as a vocal female conservative on campus, I too have been thinking with about this episode and what it means for women, for men, and for our society as a whole.\u201d This is our Annika.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/albertmohler.com\/2018\/10\/15\/audacity-gender-reveal-parties-another-step-towards-cultural-insanity\/\">The Audacity of Gender-Reveal Parties: Another Step Towards Cultural Insanity<\/a> (Al Mohler, personal blog): \u201cChristians thinking about this moral confusion must first stop at the vocabulary used in this article\u2014particularly the word, \u2018cisgender.\u2019 Using that term plays into the entire gender revolution. The term indicates that someone born a male is quite comfortable with being male. Even adopting the vocabulary, therefore, becomes an enormous problem because the vocabulary assumes that you accept the ideology of the transgender revolutionaries\u2014that gender fluidity exists and that the gender assigned at one\u2019s birth <em>may or may not<\/em> be factual.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<p><em>I feel as though the last few issues have had a drought of amusing things. I think this week makes up for&nbsp;it.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/funny\/comments\/9pjkmo\/ill_just_pretend_to_be_moses_for_a_sec\/\">This guy is not Moses<\/a> (Reddit) \u2014 a 40 second soundless video. Definitely worth the&nbsp;time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/nimby\">NIMBY<\/a> (SMBC): an alumnus sent me this \u2014 thanks!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/nation-longs-for-more-civilized-age-when-politicians-settled-disputes-with-pistols\">Nation Longs For More Civilized Age When Politicians Settled Disputes With Pistols<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/nMhgt0g\">Alternate Disney Princesses<\/a> (imgur)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/calvinist-hymnal-released\">Calvinist Hymnal Released<\/a> (Babylon Bee) \u2014 the content on this one is funnier than normal. Recommended if you are Reformed or have Reformed friends.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2018-10-19\">Yelling At Tina<\/a> (DIlbert): I have actually had close variants of this conversation.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordflipside.com\/2018\/10\/haas-center-distributes-blatantly-false-stanford-votes-stickers\/\">Haas Center Distributes Blatantly False \u201cStanford Votes\u201d Stickers<\/a> (Stanford Flipside)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/archaeologists-unearth-giant-chocolate-bunny-from-ancient-babylon\">Archaeologists Unearth Giant Chocolate Bunny In Ruins Of Ancient Babylon<\/a> (Babylon Bee): the bunny, the bunny, I love the&nbsp;bunny\u2026<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-study-suggests-arguing-about-politics-is-most-effective-method-of-evangelism\">New Study Suggests Arguing About Politics Is Most Effective Method Of Evangelism<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2018\/10\/13\">How To Achieve Greatness<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pvponline.com\/comic\/2018-10-17\">Why Dogs Show Love<\/a> (PVP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Z6wDTRcTL8\">Phone Charger Trick<\/a> (Bryan Saint, Penn &amp; Teller Fool&nbsp;Us)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=20i9Dv0juIo\">Sticky Note Trick<\/a> (Tyler Twombly, Penn &amp; Teller Fool&nbsp;Us)<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/kevin-deyoung\/preacher-politics-seven-thoughts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Preacher And Politics: Seven Thoughts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kevin DeYoung, Gospel Coalition): \u201cI have plenty of opinions and convictions. But that\u2019s not what I want my ministry to be about. That\u2019s not to say I don\u2019t comment on abortion or gay marriage or racism or other issues about the which the Bible speaks clearly. And yet, I\u2019m always mindful that I can\u2019t separate Blogger Kevin or Twitter Kevin or Professor Kevin from Pastor Kevin. As such, my comments reflect on my church, whether I intend them to or not. That means I keep more political convictions to myself than I otherwise would. First shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/05\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-150\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">volume 150<\/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). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.<\/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 Your Real Biological Clock Is You\u2019re Going to Die (Tom Scocca, Hmm Daily): \u201cIf you \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/10\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-174\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 174\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":"Some of the most important advice for young adults, along with an absurdly large amount of amusing things.  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