{"id":5335,"date":"2019-02-22T21:02:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T05:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5335"},"modified":"2019-02-22T21:02:50","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T05:02:50","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-191","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/02\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-191","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 191"},"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:\/\/outline.com\/MwNj8B\">Why Hollywood megachurches like Hillsong hide their true teachings<\/a> (Drew Goins, Washington Post): \u201cCelebrity megachurches have every incentive to obscure where they stand on LGBTQ people. One of the contemporary entertainment industry\u2019s strongest claims to social relevance is stars\u2019 participation in the fight for LGBT equality.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>David French fired back: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/02\/will-woke-progressives-allow-celebrities-to-be-christian\/\">Will Woke Progressives Allow Celebrities to Be Christian?<\/a> (David French, National Review): \u201cHere is the distinction that makes no sense. An orthodox Christian and (to take an example) a married secular gay employee work side by side. They disagree with each other about matters absolutely fundamental to their lives and identities. The secular gay employee believes the Christian\u2019s worldview is false. The Christian employee believes the secular gay employee\u2019s worldview is false. Why is it uniquely intolerable or even <em>injurious<\/em> for the gay employee to have to share the workplace (much less the industry) with the Christian? Do they not have the same obligations to set aside their differences and treat each other with dignity and respect?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A Stanford illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2019\/02\/22\/stanford-live-partners-with-alleged-anti-lgbtq-promoter-for-frost\/\">Stanford Live partners with alleged anti-LGBTQ promoter for Frost<\/a> (Caroline Ghisolfi, Stanford Daily)- \u201cThe report alleged that the Anschutz Foundation funded several conservative anti-LGBTQ organizations between 2011 and 2013, including the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian activist group which has \u2018repeatedly advocated for the criminalization of homosexuality, both in the U.S. and internationally.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d This is an unusual way to describe ADF, which is a prominent legal organization with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_court_cases_involving_Alliance_Defending_Freedom\">an enviable 9\u20130 record at the Supreme Court<\/a>. David French, who wrote the article in the previous bullet point, is former senior counsel for&nbsp;ADF.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Regarding Jussie Smollett:&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/02\/jussie-smollett-story-shows-rise-victimhood-culture\/583099\/\">What The Jussie Smollett Story Reveals<\/a> (John McWhorter, The Atlantic(: \u201cSmollett doesn\u2019t need the money he would get from a court settlement, and he isn\u2019t trying to deny someone higher office. So why in the world would he fake something like that attack\u2014if he did indeed fake it? The reason might be that he has come of age in an era when nothing he could have done or said would have made him look more interesting than being attacked on the basis of his color and sexual orientation.\u201d \u2014 the most insightful take I\u2019ve&nbsp;seen<\/li>\n<li>This is fascinating: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fakehatecrimes.org\/graphs\">Fake Hate Crimes Database<\/a> \u2014 the quantity of these hoaxes strengthen\u2019s McWhorter\u2019s point in the previous article<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/columnists\/kass\/ct-met-jussie-smollett-kass-20190219-story.html\">Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1\u2011year-old boy shot in the head is set aside<\/a> (John Cass, Chicago Tribune):- \u201cA few weeks ago, after Smollett began telling his tale \u2014 in which he\u2019s the hero fighting oppression and hatred \u2014 a 1\u2011year-old child was shot in the head.It looked like a street gang may have been targeting his mother. She\u2019s been shot before. The child, Dejon Irving, is on life support.I don\u2019t think there were two dozen detectives assigned to Dejon Irving\u2019s case. But he\u2019s not a star to be used by politicians in pursuit of power. He\u2019s not a symbol.Politicians don\u2019t tweet his name. He\u2019s just a little boy from Chicago, shot in the head.\u201d Ouch.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fredrikdeboer.com\/2019\/02\/21\/people-fake-cancer-too\/\">People Fake Cancer, Too<\/a> (Freddie deBoer, personal blog): \u201cI don\u2019t withhold sympathy until I \u2018get all the facts\u2019 and I don\u2019t begin from a position of total neutrality. I begin from a position of sympathy and listening regardless of the fact that some people fake cancer.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jessesingal.substack.com\/p\/the-risk-of-progressives-talking\">The Risk Of Progressives Talking Over Marginalized Communities<\/a> (Jesse Singal, personal blog): \u201c\u2026if you\u2019re a progressive who is calling for the Washington football team to change its name, or for Ralph Northam to resign, because of the harm that football team name and that governor did to marginalized people, it should feel <em>very weird<\/em> that the actual groups most affected mostly disagree with you, no? Or if it doesn\u2019t feel weird, why doesn\u2019t it feel weird?\u201d \u2014 this is an important point I rarely see discussed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/white-supremacist-coast-guard-terrorism\">White supremacist Coast Guard officer stockpiled firearms and hit list of Democrats for mass terror attack<\/a> (Haley Britzky, Task &amp; Purpose):\u201cA search of Hasson\u2019s home revealed 15 firearms and over 1,000 rounds of ammo along with a hit list of targets that included including prominent Democratic politicians \u2014 including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelsoi [sic], Democratic newcomer Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez \u2014 and media personalities like MSNBC\u2019s Joe Scarborough and Chris&nbsp;Hayes.\u201d&nbsp;\ud83d\udc40<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/why-join-a-fraternity-dke-lsu-hazing\/\">Why Join A Fraternity<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The American Conservative): recommending this one for the update at the bottom of the post: \u201cThere is so much wrongheadedness in the way universities attempt to regulate fraternities, which has led to dire outcomes, and it is only going to get&nbsp;worse.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2019\/02\/dear-gay-catholic-priests\/\">Dear Gay Catholic Priests<\/a> (Jennifer Fitz, Patheos): \u201cI\u2019ve been reading about your plight in the New York Times. So let\u2019s go ahead and clear something up right now: Most Catholics don\u2019t give a rip who it is you\u2019re not having sex with. We know that abstinence is&nbsp;hard.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/february\/christianity-today-appoints-timothy-dalrymple-as-new-presid.html\">Christianity Today Appoints Timothy Dalrymple as New President and CEO<\/a> (Mark Galli, Christianity Today): \u201cHe took his passions for ministry, learning, and athletic achievement with him to Stanford University. When his gymnastics career ended in a broken neck, he plunged into campus ministry and overseas missions trips. He became president of Stanford\u2019s Campus Crusade (Cru) chapter. It was also at Stanford where he met his wife, Joyce. Both helped to lead a Christian unity movement on campus that brought together students from all the university\u2019s Christian fellowships to worship God with one another.\u201d #nerdnation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/nations-liberals-devastated-after-learning-hate-crime-didnt-happen\">Nation\u2019s Liberals Devastated After Learning Hate Crime Didn\u2019t Actually Happen<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/4-hour-long-political-lecture-seminar-to-be-disguised-as-an-awards-show\">4 Hour Long Political Lecture To Be Disguised As An Awards Show<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2019\/02\/20\">Moron or Saint?<\/a>&nbsp;(Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J94uO-urSTg\">Mentalist Lior Suchard Bends Harry Conick Jr. &amp; Alice Eve\u2019s Minds<\/a>&nbsp;(The Late Late Show, YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bTJbWylt4-A\">Don\u2019t Blink! Shin Lim Performs Epic Magic With Melissa Fumero<\/a>&nbsp;(America\u2019s Got Talent, YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RdH2kulryN0\">Mentalist Lior Suchard Bends Time for America Ferrara &amp; Jeremy Piven<\/a>&nbsp;(The Late Late Show, YouTube)<\/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.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2016-08-12\/every-place-has-detractors-consider-where-they-re-coming-from\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every Place Has Detractors. Consider Where They\u2019re Coming From.<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View): \u201cThere is grave danger in judging a neighborhood, or a culture, by the accounts of those who chose to leave it. Those people are least likely to appreciate the good things about where they came from, and the most likely to dwell on its less attractive qualities.\u201d Bear this in mind when listening to conversion testimonies (both secular and religious). (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-62\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">volume 62<\/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 Why Hollywood megachurches like Hillsong hide their true teachings (Drew Goins, Washington Post): \u201cCelebrity megachurches \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/02\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-191\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 191\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":"LGBT vs religious freedom, Jussie Smollet, and a cool Stanford alumnus. 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