{"id":6165,"date":"2020-07-17T17:20:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T01:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6165"},"modified":"2020-07-17T17:20:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T01:20:37","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-259","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/07\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-259","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 259"},"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 wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/health-53409521\">Fer\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty rate: \u2018Jaw-drop\u00adping\u2019 glob\u00adal crash in chil\u00addren being born<\/a> (James Gal\u00adlagher, BBC): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153China, cur\u00adrent\u00adly the most pop\u00adu\u00adlous nation in the world, is expect\u00aded to peak at 1.4 bil\u00adlion in four years\u2019 time before near\u00adly halv\u00ading to 732 mil\u00adlion by 2100. India will take its place.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d From a long-term per\u00adspec\u00adtive, this is pos\u00adsi\u00adbly the most sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant news you will read this year. Some of you will still be alive when China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion is half what it is now. And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just Chi\u00adna \u2014 many nations are on the same path (with only a few siz\u00adable ones head\u00aded in the oppo\u00adsite direc\u00adtion).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/158058\/coronavirus-conservative-experts-scientific-counterrevolution\">The Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus and the Right\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic Coun\u00adter\u00adrev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion<\/a> (Ari Schul\u00adman, The New Repub\u00adlic): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That so many views tut-tut\u00adted as the irra\u00adtional defi\u00adance of expert con\u00adsen\u00adsus actu\u00adal\u00adly <em>became<\/em> the expert con\u00adsen\u00adsus in the span of just a few weeks vivid\u00adly sug\u00adgests that we need to reex\u00adam\u00adine just how our cul\u00adture talks about exper\u00adtise. The prob\u00adlem is not main\u00adly that the experts were wrong\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat is to be expect\u00aded. It is, rather, that our lead insti\u00adtu\u00adtions and pub\u00adlic infor\u00adma\u00adtion out\u00adlets con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly treat\u00aded the assur\u00adances of experts as neu\u00adtral inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtions of set\u00adtled sci\u00adence when they plain\u00adly were not.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Inter\u00adest\u00ading through\u00adout. This will like\u00adly enter my rota\u00adtion of clas\u00adsics that I repost from time to time.&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/arena-man.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-christians.html\">An Open Let\u00adter To My Fel\u00adlow Chris\u00adtians<\/a> (David Carreon, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Large gath\u00ader\u00adings are dan\u00adger\u00adous with a spread\u00ading virus regard\u00adless of the rea\u00adson for the assem\u00adbly. Some resist the straight\u00adfor\u00adward response to this out of idol\u00ada\u00adtry of church atten\u00addance and the church build\u00ading. Any good thing can become an idol. Gold is good but can be shaped into a gold\u00aden calf (Exo 32:4). Sex is good but can we can also per\u00advert it through for\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion (1 Cor 6:9). A church build\u00ading or even phys\u00adi\u00adcal atten\u00addance at church can be mis\u00adtak\u00aden for the Church itself. This, too, is idolatry.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d David is a Stan\u00adford psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrist (and a friend of mine)<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/edstetzer\/2020\/july\/decision-not-to-gather-physically-on-sundays-until-2021-int.html\">Andy Stan\u00adley Explains Why His Megachurch Won\u2019t Gath\u00ader on Sun\u00addays Until 2021<\/a> (Ed Stet\u00adzer, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Here is where I think the church needs to think about this: As a local church, we have lim\u00adit\u00aded time, lim\u00adit\u00aded staff, and lim\u00adit\u00aded resources; it makes no sense to focus our staff time and resources on cre\u00adat\u00ading a sub\u00adpar envi\u00adron\u00adment on Sun\u00adday morn\u00ading for a nine and 11 o\u2019clock ser\u00advice that only 20% of the peo\u00adple may attend. We decid\u00aded to focus on the 100% of all of our church folks and their friends and the rest of the world that may show up later.\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2020\/07\/david-shor-cancel-culture-2020-election-theory-polls.html\">David Shor\u2019s Uni\u00adfied The\u00ado\u00adry of the 2020 Elec\u00adtion<\/a> (Eric Levitz, New York Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Campaigns do want to win. But the peo\u00adple who work in cam\u00adpaigns tend to be high\u00adly ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly moti\u00advat\u00aded and thus, super-prone to con\u00advinc\u00ading them\u00adselves to do things that are strate\u00adgi\u00adcal\u00adly dumb.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Super inter\u00adest\u00ading \u2014 well worth read\u00ading.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/10\/06\/asia\/china-xinjiang-video-intl-hnk\/index.html\">Dis\u00adturb\u00ading video shows hun\u00addreds of blind\u00adfold\u00aded pris\u00adon\u00aders in Xin\u00adjiang<\/a> (Matt Rivers, Max Fos\u00adter and James Grif\u00adfiths, CNN): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The video \u2014 which was post\u00aded online anony\u00admous\u00adly last week \u2014 shows hun\u00addreds of men, most of whom are dressed in pur\u00adple and orange vests with the words \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcKashgar Deten\u00adtion Cen\u00adter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 print\u00aded on them, seat\u00aded in rows on the ground of what appears to be a large court\u00adyard out\u00adside a train sta\u00adtion. Their heads are shaved and their hands bound behind their backs. All of the men are wear\u00ading black blind\u00adfolds over their eyes and they are being watched over by dozens of police offi\u00adcers in SWAT uniforms.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c\">Chi\u00adna cuts Uighur births with IUDs, abor\u00adtion, ster\u00adil\u00adiza\u00adtion<\/a> (Asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded Press): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153While indi\u00advid\u00adual women have spo\u00adken out before about forced birth con\u00adtrol, the prac\u00adtice is far more wide\u00adspread and sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic than pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly known, accord\u00ading to an AP inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion based on gov\u00adern\u00adment sta\u00adtis\u00adtics, state doc\u00adu\u00adments and inter\u00adviews with 30 ex-detainees, fam\u00adi\u00adly mem\u00adbers and a for\u00admer deten\u00adtion camp instruc\u00adtor. The cam\u00adpaign over the past four years in the far west region of Xin\u00adjiang is lead\u00ading to what some experts are call\u00ading a form of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcdemographic genocide.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/archive\/2020\/06\/dont-push-away-your-negative-emotions\/613180\/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=masthead-newsletter&amp;utm_content=20200711&amp;silverid-ref=NTQxNDc4NTE0NzY0S0\">Sit With Neg\u00ada\u00adtive Emo\u00adtions, Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Push Them Away<\/a> (Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In sum, if we want a life full of deep mean\u00ading, true love, and emo\u00adtion\u00adal strength, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to involve the risk (and often the real\u00adi\u00adty) of dis\u00adcom\u00adfort, con\u00adflict, and loss. This means there will be sad\u00adness, fear, anger, and dis\u00adgust. If we elim\u00adi\u00adnate neg\u00ada\u00adtive emo\u00adtions and expe\u00adri\u00adences from our lives, we will be poor\u00ader and weak\u00ader for hav\u00ading done so.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Har\u00advard, rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a friend.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/14\/opinion\/cancel-culture-.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">10 The\u00adses About Can\u00adcel Cul\u00adture<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The point of can\u00adcel\u00adla\u00adtion is ulti\u00admate\u00adly to estab\u00adlish norms for the major\u00adi\u00adty, not to bring the stars back down to earth\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. The goal isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t to pun\u00adish every\u00adone, or even very many some\u00adones; it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to shame or scare just enough peo\u00adple to make the rest conform.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/158346\/willful-blindness-reactionary-liberalism\">The Will\u00adful Blind\u00adness of Reac\u00adtionary Lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism<\/a> (Osi\u00adta Nwane\u00advu, The New Repub\u00adlic): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The ten\u00adsions we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen late\u00adly have been inter\u00adnal to lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism for ages: between those who take the asso\u00adcia\u00adtive nature of lib\u00ader\u00adal soci\u00adety seri\u00adous\u00adly and those who are deter\u00admined not to. It is the for\u00admer group, the defend\u00aders of pro\u00adgres\u00adsive iden\u00adti\u00adty pol\u00adi\u00adtics, who in fact are protecting\u00e2\u20ac\u201dindeed expanding\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe bounds of lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism. And it is the lat\u00adter group, the reac\u00adtionar\u00adies, who are most guilty of the illib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism they claim has over\u00adtak\u00aden the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Left.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Writ\u00adten before the let\u00adter I shared last week, this is one of the best defens\u00ades of can\u00adcel cul\u00adture.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/the-world-that-twitter-made.html\">The World That Twit\u00adter Made<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I sus\u00adpect an entire class of pun\u00addits has inter\u00adnal\u00adized the idea that [Twit\u00adter debate] is what pub\u00adlic dis\u00adcus\u00adsion <em>is<\/em>. Of course they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe in free expres\u00adsion, civ\u00adil debate, the spir\u00adit of lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism, and all of that jazz. To this gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion those things are just words. The pub\u00adlic sphere they have known has always been a bare-knuck\u00adle brawl.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bariweiss.com\/resignation-letter\">Res\u00adig\u00adna\u00adtion Let\u00adter<\/a> (Bari Weiss, per\u00adson\u00adal web\u00adsite): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What rules that remain at The Times are applied with extreme selec\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty. If a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy is in keep\u00ading with the new ortho\u00addoxy, they and their work remain unscru\u00adti\u00adnized. Every\u00adone else lives in fear of the dig\u00adi\u00adtal thunderdome.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2020\/07\/andrew-sullivan-see-you-next-friday.html\">See You Next Fri\u00adday<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, New York Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What has hap\u00adpened, I think, is rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly sim\u00adple: A crit\u00adi\u00adcal mass of the staff and man\u00adage\u00adment at <em>New York<\/em> Mag\u00ada\u00adzine and Vox Media no longer want to asso\u00adciate with me, and, in a time of ever tight\u00aden\u00ading bud\u00adgets, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a lux\u00adu\u00adry item they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to afford. And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s entire\u00adly their prerogative.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dailynous.com\/2020\/07\/09\/illusion-agreement-debate-intolerance\/\">Illu\u00adsion and Agree\u00adment in the Debate over Intol\u00ader\u00adance<\/a> (Justin Wein\u00adberg, Dai\u00adly Nous): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In short, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think soci\u00adety has got\u00adten more intol\u00ader\u00adant, but tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy has facil\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded, among oth\u00ader things, the expres\u00adsion of intolerance.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theobjective.substack.com\/p\/14203152-3a83-4068-b6b2-a5007b0e2f5b\">A More Spe\u00adcif\u00adic Let\u00adter on Jus\u00adtice and Open Debate<\/a> (many authors, The Objec\u00adtive): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In truth, Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ peo\u00adple \u00e2\u20ac\u201d par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly Black and trans peo\u00adple \u00e2\u20ac\u201d can now cri\u00adtique elites pub\u00adlicly and hold them account\u00adable social\u00adly; this seems to be the letter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great\u00adest con\u00adcern. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s per\u00adhaps even more grat\u00ading to many of the sig\u00adna\u00adto\u00adries is that a cri\u00adtique of their long held views is persuasive.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unherd.com\/thepost\/liked-tweets-nearly-cost-me-my-university-job\/\">Liked tweets near\u00adly cost me my uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty job<\/a> (Mike McCul\u00adloch, Unherd): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153To think that I could have lost my career to a sin\u00adgle com\u00adplaint about my liked tweets shows just how hys\u00adter\u00adi\u00adcal the present social mood is. Now more than ever, it is vital that we \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties \u00e2\u20ac\u201d stand up for enlight\u00aden\u00adment prin\u00adci\u00adples and replace fear with rea\u00adson and fact.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The author is a math lec\u00adtur\u00ader (sim\u00adi\u00adlar to an assis\u00adtant pro\u00adfes\u00adsor in the US) at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Ply\u00admouth.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/07\/08\/a-declaration-of-independence-by-a-princeton-professor\/\">A Dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion of Inde\u00adpen\u00addence by a Prince\u00adton Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor<\/a> (Joshua T. Katz, Quil\u00adlette): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am friends with many peo\u00adple who signed the Prince\u00adton let\u00adter, which requests and in some places demands a dizzy\u00ading array of changes, and I sup\u00adport their right to speak as they see fit. But I am embar\u00adrassed for them.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/attempted-putsch-at-princeton\/\">Attempt\u00aded Putsch At Prince\u00adton<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am a Prince\u00adton pro\u00adfes\u00adsor who signed the let\u00adter that you wrote about today. I am also a devout Chris\u00adt\u00adian and a dai\u00adly read\u00ader of your blog.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Con\u00adtains a let\u00adter from a Prince\u00adton prof with a dif\u00adfer\u00adent view than the one above, worth con\u00adtrast\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2020\/08\/my-time-in-prison\">My Time in Prison<\/a> (George Car\u00addi\u00adnal Pell, First Things): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is a lot of good\u00adness in pris\u00adons. At times, I am sure, pris\u00adons may be hell on earth. I was for\u00adtu\u00adnate to be kept safe and treat\u00aded well. I was impressed by the pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adism of the warders, the faith of the pris\u00adon\u00aders, and the exis\u00adtence of a moral sense even in the dark\u00adest places.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<ul>\n<li>Did you know that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cardinal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as a title is often used as a mid\u00addle name? <a href=\"https:\/\/aleteia.org\/2019\/07\/26\/why-do-cardinals-put-their-title-in-the-middle-of-their-name\/\">Why do car\u00addi\u00adnals put their title in the mid\u00addle of their name?<\/a> (Philip Koslos\u00adki, Ale\u00adtia)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-07-13\">Boss Is White Suprema\u00adcist<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-07-14%5C\">Boss Fol\u00adlows Racists On Twit\u00adter<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-07-15?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\">Boss Fired For Being White Suprema\u00adcist<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/JJg7IqN\">Bride gives her soon to be hus\u00adband the gift of col\u00ador for their wed\u00adding<\/a> (Imgur) \u2014 this is one of the most uplift\u00ading things you will see today<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2333\/\">COVID Risk Chart<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/the-arrow-of-time\">The Arrow of Time<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/07\/17\">Local Papers<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/pvuBvlW\">In Hon\u00ador of Fred Wease\u00adly<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/fCeIE01\">On Vot\u00ading<\/a> (Imgur) \u2014 actu\u00adal\u00adly seri\u00adous, but so brief I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to put it up above<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/article\/how-the-state-serves-both-salvation-and-religious-freedom\/?utm_source=eml-article&amp;utm_medium=eml-article&amp;utm_campaign=eml-article\">How the State Serves Both Sal\u00adva\u00adtion and Reli\u00adgious Free\u00addom<\/a> (Jonathan Lee\u00adman, 9 Marks): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Two basic kinds of gov\u00adern\u00adments, then, show up in the Bible: those that shel\u00adter God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s peo\u00adple, and those that destroy them. Abim\u00adelech shel\u00adtered; Pharoah destroyed. The Assyr\u00adi\u00adans destroyed; the Baby\u00adlo\u00adni\u00adans and Per\u00adsians, ulti\u00admate\u00adly, shel\u00adtered. Pilate destroyed; Fes\u00adtus shel\u00adtered. And depend\u00ading on how you read Rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion, the his\u00adto\u00adry of gov\u00adern\u00adment will cul\u00admi\u00adnate in a beast\u00adly slaugh\u00adter of saint\u00adly blood. Romans 13 calls gov\u00adern\u00adments ser\u00advants; Psalm 2 calls them imposters. Most gov\u00adern\u00adments con\u00adtain both. But some are bet\u00adter than others.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/08\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-165\">vol\u00adume 165<\/a>.\u00c2&nbsp;<\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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>. 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