{"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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 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\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 syn\u00ada\u00adgogue shoot\u00ader was a church\u00adgo\u00ader who artic\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded Chris\u00adt\u00adian the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, prompt\u00ading tough ques\u00adtions for evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal pas\u00adtors<\/a> (Julie Zauzmer, The Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post va SF Gate): \u201cBefore he alleged\u00adly walked into a syn\u00ada\u00adgogue in Poway, Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia and opened fire, John Earnest appears to have writ\u00adten a sev\u00aden-page let\u00adter spelling out his core beliefs: That Jew\u00adish peo\u00adple, guilty in his view of faults rang\u00ading from killing Jesus to con\u00adtrol\u00adling the media, deserved to die. That his inten\u00adtion to kill Jews would glo\u00adri\u00adfy God\u2026. Earnest, 19, was a mem\u00adber of an OPC con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtion. His father was an elder. He attend\u00aded reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly. And in the man\u00adi\u00adfesto, the writer spewed not only invec\u00adtive against Jews and racial minori\u00adties, but also cogent Chris\u00adt\u00adian the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy he heard in the pews.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/kinism-cultural-marxism-and-the-synagogue-shooter\/\">Kin\u00adism, Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Marx\u00adism, and the Syn\u00ada\u00adgogue Shoot\u00ader<\/a> (Joe Carter, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cSev\u00ader\u00adal years ago a friend of mine, a Pres\u00adby\u00adter\u00adian min\u00adis\u00adter, asked me to speak to his con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtion about cul\u00adtur\u00adal issues. Dur\u00ading the dis\u00adcus\u00adsion, an old\u00ader cou\u00adple asked me a ques\u00adtion about sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion of eth\u00adnic groups, specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly white Amer\u00adi\u00adcans from blacks and Jews. I told them I must have mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstood their ques\u00adtion, because what they were talk\u00ading about could be mis\u00adtak\u00aden for pro\u00admot\u00ading a view called kin\u00adism. The wife replied, \u2018And what\u2019s wrong with kin\u00adism?\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 nation\u00adal\u00adism tempts white Chris\u00adtians<\/a>&nbsp;(Jemar Tis\u00adby, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cI absolute\u00adly do not believe that pas\u00adtors in the OPC or any sim\u00adi\u00adlar denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion are reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly spew\u00ading anti-Semi\u00adtism and racism from the pul\u00adpit or on any oth\u00ader occa\u00adsion. But the rigid exclu\u00adsion of dis\u00adcus\u00adsions of racial injus\u00adtice from the reg\u00adu\u00adlar preach\u00ading and teach\u00ading in these church\u00ades means that white nation\u00adal\u00adists are sel\u00addom chal\u00adlenged in their beliefs.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dukekwondc\/status\/1123773161831575555\">a Twit\u00adter thread<\/a> in which Duke Kwon talks about this<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scite.ai\/\">https:\/\/scite.ai\/<\/a> \u2014 this is a cool con\u00adcept. Enter a research paper and it will algo\u00adrith\u00admi\u00adcal\u00adly assess whether sub\u00adse\u00adquent research sup\u00adports or under\u00admines the con\u00adclu\u00adsions. For exam\u00adple: <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 church\u00ades are demol\u00adished at home, Chi\u00adnese Chris\u00adtians find reli\u00adgious free\u00addom in Kenya<\/a> (Jen\u00adni Marsh, CNN): \u201cKenya is not a place you\u2019d expect to find an under\u00adground church. Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty is the lifeblood of the nation\u2019s pol\u00adi\u00adtics and soci\u00adetal fab\u00adric, and is cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded in huge, ram\u00adbunc\u00adtious ser\u00advices attend\u00aded by thou\u00adsands of danc\u00ading and singing wor\u00adshipers. But, in the north\u00adern stretch\u00ades of the sprawl\u00ading, traf\u00adfic-choked cap\u00adi\u00adtal of 4 mil\u00adlion peo\u00adple, an under\u00adground Chi\u00adnese house church is exact\u00adly what May Li, wife of a Malaysian-Chi\u00adnese pas\u00adtor, helps to lead \u2014 illus\u00adtrat\u00ading just how far the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty\u2019s reli\u00adgious crack\u00addown has trav\u00adeled. Li and oth\u00ader Chi\u00adnese Chris\u00adtians in this sto\u00adry did not want to use their real names for fear of being pun\u00adished by the gov\u00adern\u00adment when they return to Chi\u00adna. The Chi\u00adnese embassy in Nairo\u00adbi has already reached out to the lead\u00aders of some Chi\u00adnese Chris\u00adt\u00adian groups in the city and asked them to desist, says Li. Her ser\u00advice tries to stay below the 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 domes\u00adtic inter\u00adest groups, not devel\u00adop\u00adment<\/a> (Andrew Bat\u00adson, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThe broad\u00ader point here is that look\u00ading at the Belt and Road through the lens of \u2018grand strat\u00ade\u00adgy\u2019 or \u2018geopol\u00adi\u00adtics,\u2019 as so many com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtors do, or even por\u00adtray\u00ading it as some kind of new phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy of eco\u00adnom\u00adic devel\u00adop\u00adment, is quite mis\u00adlead\u00ading. All of these grand con\u00adcepts are jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions invent\u00aded after the fact for a pat\u00adtern of actions that was already well under\u00adway before Xi Jin\u00adping made his 2013 speech about the Belt and Road. The Belt and Road is real\u00adly the expan\u00adsion of a spe\u00adcif\u00adic part of China\u2019s domes\u00adtic polit\u00adi\u00adcal econ\u00ado\u00admy to the rest of the 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 Khan\u00adna and the ten\u00adsions of Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism<\/a> (Ezra Klein, Vox): \u201cPelosi invit\u00aded me to her house,\u201d Khan\u00adna recalls. \u201cAnd when I asked her not to make an endorse\u00adment, she said, \u2018Absolute\u00adly not. I stand for my incum\u00adbents.\u2019 So I get very dis\u00adcour\u00adaged, and Pelosi could see that. As I\u2019m leav\u00ading the room, she said, \u2018Ro, let me tell you some\u00adthing. If I had wait\u00aded around, I\u2019d have nev\u00ader been speak\u00ader of the House. Pow\u00ader is nev\u00ader giv\u00aden. It\u2019s always tak\u00aden.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/religion\/2019\/04\/29\/is-times-columnist-david\/\">Is Times Colum\u00adnist David Brooks a Chris\u00adt\u00adian or a Jew?<\/a> (Sarah Pul\u00adliam Bai\u00adley, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post via the Salt Lake Tri\u00adbune): \u201cIn the world of nation\u00adal colum\u00adnists, David Brooks is a star. But in the past few years, The New York Times writer and author has whipped up fas\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion among a cer\u00adtain sub\u00adset of read\u00aders for a spe\u00adcif\u00adic, gos\u00adsipy rea\u00adson: They won\u00adder if the Jew\u00adish writer has become a Chris\u00adt\u00adian.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/books\/under-review\/david-brooks-conversion-story\">David Brooks\u2019s Con\u00adver\u00adsion Sto\u00adry<\/a> (Ben\u00adjamin Wal\u00adlace-Wells, The New York\u00ader): \u201cFor Brooks, this car\u00adried the clar\u00adi\u00adty of rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion, and soon he let it be known, among his acquain\u00adtances, that he was expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading reli\u00adgious curios\u00adi\u00adty. An infor\u00admal com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion opened for David Brooks\u2019s soul. He received, by his own esti\u00adma\u00adtion, three hun\u00addred gifts of spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal books, \u2018only one hun\u00addred of which were dif\u00adfer\u00adent copies of C. S. Lewis\u2019s <em>Mere Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty<\/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\">Ter\u00adror\u00adists in Burk\u00adi\u00adna Faso Exe\u00adcute Six at Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal Church<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cA dozen gun\u00admen on motor\u00adcy\u00adcles stormed the court\u00adyard of the Sir\u00adgad\u00adji church after wor\u00adship, fatal\u00adly shoot\u00ading its long\u00adtime pas\u00adtor as well as five oth\u00ader con\u00adgre\u00adgants after demand\u00ading they con\u00advert to Islam, accord\u00ading to a state\u00adment sent to CT by the gen\u00ader\u00adal super\u00adin\u00adten\u00addent of the Assem\u00adblies of God in Burk\u00adi\u00adna Faso, Michel Ou\u00e9\u00addrao\u00adgo.\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 Dis\u00adcour\u00adage Phone Calls<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/p>\n<\/li><li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.stagram.com\/p\/Bwwg1SxAh6a?utm_source=webstagram&amp;utm_campaign=rss\">Spoil\u00aders<\/a> (Strange Plan\u00adet)<\/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\">Tak\u00ading Cue From \u2018Avengers: Endgame\u2019, Pas\u00adtor To Preach For Three Hours This Sun\u00adday<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/p>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have <a href=\"http:\/\/teampyro.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/sister-show-mercy.html\">Sis\u00adter\u2026 Show Mer\u00adcy!<\/a> (Dan Phillips, Team Pyro): \u201cSis\u00adter, if there\u2019s one thing you and I can cer\u00adtain\u00adly 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 prob\u00ada\u00adbly 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\">vol\u00adume 148<\/a>)\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.\n\nAlso, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded 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 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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading The alleged syn\u00ada\u00adgogue shoot\u00ader was a church\u00adgo\u00ader who artic\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded Chris\u00adt\u00adian the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, prompt\u00ading tough ques\u00adtions \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/05\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-201\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Interesting world, interesting articles. 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