{"id":5427,"date":"2019-05-03T09:31:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5427"},"modified":"2019-05-03T09:31:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:31:19","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-201","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/05\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-201","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 201"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<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>\n\n    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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/The-alleged-synagogue-shooter-was-a-churchgoer-13810898.php\">The alleged synagogue shooter was a churchgoer who articulated Christian theology, prompting tough questions for evangelical pastors<\/a> (Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post va SF Gate): \u201cBefore he allegedly walked into a synagogue in Poway, California and opened fire, John Earnest appears to have written a seven-page letter spelling out his core beliefs: That Jewish people, guilty in his view of faults ranging from killing Jesus to controlling the media, deserved to die. That his intention to kill Jews would glorify God\u2026. Earnest, 19, was a member of an OPC congregation. His father was an elder. He attended regularly. And in the manifesto, the writer spewed not only invective against Jews and racial minorities, but also cogent Christian theology he heard in the&nbsp;pews.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/kinism-cultural-marxism-and-the-synagogue-shooter\/\">Kinism, Cultural Marxism, and the Synagogue Shooter<\/a> (Joe Carter, Gospel Coalition): \u201cSeveral years ago a friend of mine, a Presbyterian minister, asked me to speak to his congregation about cultural issues. During the discussion, an older couple asked me a question about separation of ethnic groups, specifically white Americans from blacks and Jews. I told them I must have misunderstood their question, because what they were talking about could be mistaken for promoting a view called kinism. The wife replied, \u2018And what\u2019s wrong with kinism?\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/05\/01\/why-white-nationalism-tempts-white-christians\/?fbclid=IwAR14WkIJnrC84hDzUS7fszd5uLQXDjTGvhcIjsgN25Xbe_DpytkHz-hTC5U\">Why white nationalism tempts white Christians<\/a>&nbsp;(Jemar Tisby, Religion News Service): \u201cI absolutely do not believe that pastors in the OPC or any similar denomination are regularly spewing anti-Semitism and racism from the pulpit or on any other occasion. But the rigid exclusion of discussions of racial injustice from the regular preaching and teaching in these churches means that white nationalists are seldom challenged in their beliefs.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dukekwondc\/status\/1123773161831575555\">a Twitter thread<\/a> in which Duke Kwon talks about&nbsp;this<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scite.ai\/\">https:\/\/scite.ai\/<\/a> \u2014 this is a cool concept. Enter a research paper and it will algorithmically assess whether subsequent research supports or undermines the conclusions. For example: <a href=\"https:\/\/scite.ai\/reports\/10.1001\/jamainternmed.2016.1615\">https:\/\/scite.ai\/reports\/10.1001\/jamainternmed.2016.1615<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/04\/28\/asia\/china-christians-africa-kenya-intl\/index.html\">As churches are demolished at home, Chinese Christians find religious freedom in Kenya<\/a> (Jenni Marsh, CNN): \u201cKenya is not a place you\u2019d expect to find an underground church. Christianity is the lifeblood of the nation\u2019s politics and societal fabric, and is celebrated in huge, rambunctious services attended by thousands of dancing and singing worshipers. But, in the northern stretches of the sprawling, traffic-choked capital of 4 million people, an underground Chinese house church is exactly what May Li, wife of a Malaysian-Chinese pastor, helps to lead \u2014 illustrating just how far the Communist Party\u2019s religious crackdown has traveled. Li and other Chinese Christians in this story did not want to use their real names for fear of being punished by the government when they return to China. The Chinese embassy in Nairobi has already reached out to the leaders of some Chinese Christian groups in the city and asked them to desist, says Li. Her service tries to stay below the&nbsp;radar.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/andrewbatson.com\/2019\/05\/02\/the-belt-and-road-is-about-domestic-interest-groups-not-development\/\">The Belt and Road is about domestic interest groups, not development<\/a> (Andrew Batson, personal blog): \u201cThe broader point here is that looking at the Belt and Road through the lens of \u2018grand strategy\u2019 or \u2018geopolitics,\u2019 as so many commentators do, or even portraying it as some kind of new philosophy of economic development, is quite misleading. All of these grand concepts are justifications invented after the fact for a pattern of actions that was already well underway before Xi Jinping made his 2013 speech about the Belt and Road. The Belt and Road is really the expansion of a specific part of China\u2019s domestic political economy to the rest of the&nbsp;world.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2019\/5\/1\/18297169\/ro-khanna-silicon-valley-bernie-sanders-tim-cook\">Ro Khanna and the tensions of Silicon Valley liberalism<\/a> (Ezra Klein, Vox): \u201cPelosi invited me to her house,\u201d Khanna recalls. \u201cAnd when I asked her not to make an endorsement, she said, \u2018Absolutely not. I stand for my incumbents.\u2019 So I get very discouraged, and Pelosi could see that. As I\u2019m leaving the room, she said, \u2018Ro, let me tell you something. If I had waited around, I\u2019d have never been speaker of the House. Power is never given. It\u2019s always taken.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/religion\/2019\/04\/29\/is-times-columnist-david\/\">Is Times Columnist David Brooks a Christian or a Jew?<\/a> (Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post via the Salt Lake Tribune): \u201cIn the world of national columnists, David Brooks is a star. But in the past few years, The New York Times writer and author has whipped up fascination among a certain subset of readers for a specific, gossipy reason: They wonder if the Jewish writer has become a Christian.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/under-review\/david-brooks-conversion-story\">David Brooks\u2019s Conversion Story<\/a> (Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker): \u201cFor Brooks, this carried the clarity of revelation, and soon he let it be known, among his acquaintances, that he was experiencing religious curiosity. An informal competition opened for David Brooks\u2019s soul. He received, by his own estimation, three hundred gifts of spiritual books, \u2018only one hundred of which were different copies of C. S. Lewis\u2019s <em>Mere Christianity<\/em>.\u2019 \u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/april\/burkina-faso-assemblies-god-church-attack-six-dead-pastor.html\">Terrorists in Burkina Faso Execute Six at Pentecostal Church<\/a> (Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today): \u201cA dozen gunmen on motorcycles stormed the courtyard of the Sirgadji church after worship, fatally shooting its longtime pastor as well as five other congregants after demanding they convert to Islam, according to a statement sent to CT by the general superintendent of the Assemblies of God in Burkina Faso, Michel Ou\u00e9draogo.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2019-05-02\">How To Discourage Phone Calls<\/a> (Dilbert)<\/p>\n<\/li><li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.stagram.com\/p\/Bwwg1SxAh6a?utm_source=webstagram&amp;utm_campaign=rss\">Spoilers<\/a> (Strange Planet)<\/p>\n<\/li><li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/taking-cue-from-avengers-endgame-pastor-to-preach-for-three-hours-this-sunday\">Taking Cue From \u2018Avengers: Endgame\u2019, Pastor To Preach For Three Hours This Sunday<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/p>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have <a href=\"http:\/\/teampyro.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/sister-show-mercy.html\">Sister\u2026 Show Mercy!<\/a> (Dan Phillips, Team Pyro): \u201cSister, if there\u2019s one thing you and I can certainly agree on, it\u2019s this: I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to be a woman, and you don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to be a man. We\u2019re both probably wrong where we\u2019re sure we\u2019re right, try as we might. So let me try to dart a telegram from my camp over to the distaff side.\u201d (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/04\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-148\">volume 148<\/a>)\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\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.\n\nAlso, 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 it.\n\nIf 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 alleged synagogue shooter was a churchgoer who articulated Christian theology, prompting tough questions for \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/05\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-201\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 201\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":"Interesting world, interesting articles. 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