{"id":5295,"date":"2018-12-21T15:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2018-12-21T15:46:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T23:46:21","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-183","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/12\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-183","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 183"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. You Are Doing It Wrong: Read\u00ading Entire Books Of The Bible<\/a> (Tim Miller, Detroit Bap\u00adtist The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sem\u00adi\u00adnary): \u201cImag\u00adine being in Rome when the book of Romans was first deliv\u00adered. Now imag\u00adine the read\u00ader only read\u00ading for three min\u00adutes (cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading to the end of chap\u00adter one) and say\u00ading, \u2018well, that is enough for today, we will read some more tomor\u00adrow.\u2019 The crowd would be out\u00adraged and would demand the man con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Shame Storm<\/a> (Helen Andrews, First Things): \u201cThe more online shame cycles you observe, the more obvi\u00adous the pat\u00adtern becomes: Every\u00adone comes up with a prin\u00adci\u00adpled-sound\u00ading pre\u00adtext that serves as a bar\u00adri\u00ader against admit\u00adting to them\u00adselves that, in fact, all they have real\u00adly done is joined a mob. Once that bar\u00adri\u00ader is erect\u00aded, all rules of decen\u00adcy go out the win\u00addow, but the pre\u00adtext is almost always a lie.\u201d I found this essay engross\u00ading.<\/li>\n
  3. China\u2019s Deten\u00adtion Camps for Mus\u00adlims Turn to Forced Labor<\/a> (Chris Buck\u00adley and Austin Ramzy, New York Times): \u201cThe evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of the Xin\u00adjiang camps echoes China\u2019s \u2018re-edu\u00adca\u00adtion through labor\u2019 sys\u00adtem, where cit\u00adi\u00adzens once were sent with\u00adout tri\u00adal to toil for years. Chi\u00adna abol\u00adished \u2018re-edu\u00adca\u00adtion through labor\u2019 five years ago, but Xin\u00adjiang appears to be cre\u00adat\u00ading a new ver\u00adsion.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. Inter\u00adnet Church Isn\u2019t Real\u00adly Church<\/a> (Lau\u00adra Turn\u00ader, New York Times): \u201cThe inten\u00adtion behind live-stream\u00ading ser\u00advices \u2014 to make church, and its atten\u00addant ben\u00ade\u00adfits of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, prayer and wor\u00adship, avail\u00adable to every\u00adone with a smart\u00adphone \u2014 is a good one. But it pre\u00adsumes that God is pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly present to us one on one, as indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals, rather than as a com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty of believ\u00aders.\u201d Kind of a fol\u00adlow-up to last week\u2019s John Crist video<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. A mother\u2019s leap of faith at an African air\u00adport, and a 15-year mys\u00adtery<\/a> (Petu\u00adla Dvo\u00adrak, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cThe sto\u00adry of Tom and Maya and Zainab is about trust, about lis\u00adten\u00ading to your heart over your mind, and about that gut feel\u00ading you have when you meet a good per\u00adson. And it\u2019s a sto\u00adry that could\u2019ve gone hor\u00adri\u00adbly wrong.\u201d Heart\u00adwarm\u00ading.<\/li>\n
  6. Is There Such a Thing as an Author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan Vot\u00ader?<\/a> (Mol\u00adly Worthen, New York Times): \u201cIn one of the ironies of his\u00adto\u00adry, as the social sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic por\u00adtrait of human\u00adi\u00adty grows more psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal and irra\u00adtional, it comes clos\u00ader and clos\u00ader to approx\u00adi\u00admat\u00ading the old Adam of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty: a fall\u00aden, depraved crea\u00adture, unable to see him\u00adself clear\u00adly except with the aid of a high\u00ader pow\u00ader.\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. Men and Mar\u00adriage: Debunk\u00ading The Ball and Chain Myth<\/a> (Brad Wilcox & Nicholas Wolfin\u00adger, Nation\u00adal Mar\u00adriage Project): \u201c\u2026the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of mar\u00adriage for men are sub\u00adstan\u00adtial by every con\u00adceiv\u00adable mea\u00adsure, includ\u00ading more mon\u00adey, a bet\u00adter sex life, and sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly bet\u00adter phys\u00adi\u00adcal and men\u00adtal health. Yet many men remain igno\u00adrant of these ben\u00ade\u00adfits, a view seem\u00ading\u00adly pro\u00admot\u00aded by pop\u00adu\u00adlar cul\u00adture.\u201d This is a PDF of a brochure from the Insti\u00adtute for Fam\u00adi\u00adly Stud\u00adies. The two authors are soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgists whom I have linked to in pre\u00advi\u00adous issues.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n