{"id":6331,"date":"2020-10-02T14:58:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T22:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6331"},"modified":"2020-10-02T14:58:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T22:58:23","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-270","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/10\/02\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-270","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 270"},"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\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 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>     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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things I\u2019m look\u00ading for good arti\u00adcles about: the Armenian\/Aberbaijani con\u00adflict, what is hap\u00adpen\u00ading in Hong Kong, and Trump\u2019s COVID diagono\u00adsis. 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.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2020\/10\/01\/political-violence-424157\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Increas\u00ading\u00adly Believe Vio\u00adlence is Jus\u00adti\u00adfied if the Oth\u00ader Side Wins<\/a> (Lar\u00adry Dia\u00admond, Lee Drut\u00adman, Tod Lind\u00adberg, Nathan P. Kalmoe and Lil\u00adliana Mason, Politi\u00adco): \u201cAt the pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial debate this week, the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan can\u00addi\u00addate voiced his con\u00adcern about polit\u00adi\u00adcal violence\u2014left-wing polit\u00adi\u00adcal vio\u00adlence. And the Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic can\u00addi\u00addate like\u00adwise voiced con\u00adcern about polit\u00adi\u00adcal violence\u2014right-wing polit\u00adi\u00adcal vio\u00adlence. They were both right.\u201d The authors are all aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics.\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/30\/opinion\/anarchists-protests-black-lives-matter.html\">The Truth About Today\u2019s Anar\u00adchists<\/a> (Farah Stock\u00adman, New York Times): \u201cMr. Quinn dis\u00adcov\u00adered a thorny truth about the may\u00adhem that unfold\u00aded in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Min\u00adneapo\u00adlis. It wasn\u2019t may\u00adhem at all. While talk\u00ading heads on tele\u00advi\u00adsion rou\u00adtine\u00adly described it as a spon\u00adta\u00adneous erup\u00adtion of anger at racial injus\u00adtice, it was strate\u00adgi\u00adcal\u00adly planned, facil\u00adi\u00adtat\u00aded and adver\u00adtised on social media by anar\u00adchists who believed that their actions advanced the cause of racial jus\u00adtice.\u201d \u00f0\u0178\u2018\u20ac \u00f0\u0178\u2018\u20ac \u00f0\u0178\u2018\u20ac. The author is on the NYT edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal board, so take these claims seri\u00adous\u00adly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/justin-giboneys-both-and-politics\/\">Justin Giboney\u2019s Both\/AND Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/a> (Sarah Zyl\u00adstra, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cIn 2015, Giboney, Bara\u00adka, and Angel Mal\u00addon\u00ada\u00addo start\u00aded the AND Cam\u00adpaign, which aims to con\u00adnect con\u00advic\u00adtion <em>and<\/em> com\u00adpas\u00adsion. The orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion sets out a plat\u00adform you won\u2019t find at either polit\u00adi\u00adcal convention\u2014anti-abortion, pro-social safe\u00adty nets, pro-fam\u00adi\u00adly, pro-crim\u00adi\u00adnal jus\u00adtice reform. The point isn\u2019t to endorse leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion or can\u00addi\u00addates or judi\u00adcial decisions\u2014AND doesn\u2019t do that\u2014but to \u2018bring Chris\u00adtians of both par\u00adties togeth\u00ader on those issues.\u2019 The AND Cam\u00adpaign leans left, but has increas\u00ading\u00adly become a space for Chris\u00adtians dis\u00adsat\u00adis\u00adfied with both polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>I have been fol\u00adlow\u00ading this move\u00adment with inter\u00adest for some time and this is a good intro\u00adduc\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/september\/white-evangelical-biden-voter-trump-friends-church-election.html\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Biden Vot\u00aders Strad\u00addle Par\u00adti\u00adsan Divides<\/a>(Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe Pew Research Cen\u00adter recent\u00adly found few Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, Repub\u00adli\u00adcans or Democ\u00adrats, have many close friends who sup\u00adport a dif\u00adfer\u00adent pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial can\u00addi\u00addate in the 2020 race. In reli\u00adgious break\u00adouts pro\u00advid\u00aded to <em>Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today<\/em>, evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Biden sup\u00adport\u00aders emerged as the excep\u00adtion. Just under half say their close friends dis\u00adagree with them over the upcom\u00ading elec\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/september\/evangelical-white-black-ethnic-vote-trump-biden-lifeway-sur.html\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Vote Once Again Split on Eth\u00adnic Lines<\/a> (Aaron Earls, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cPres\u00adi\u00addent Trump\u2019s advan\u00adtage among evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals, how\u00adev\u00ader, comes pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly from white evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals, among whom he leads Biden 73 per\u00adcent to 18 per\u00adcent. African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans with evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal beliefs over\u00adwhelm\u00ading\u00adly plan to vote for Biden (69% to 19%). Among Amer\u00adi\u00adcan evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals of oth\u00ader eth\u00adnic\u00adi\u00adties, how\u00adev\u00ader, Trump has a 58 per\u00adcent to 32 per\u00adcent lead.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ag.org\/Features\/What-is-Pentecostalism\">What is Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal\u00adism?<\/a> (Doug Clay, Assem\u00adblies of God): \u201cThe mod\u00adern Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal move\u00adment took its name from the moment of the Church\u2019s birth on the Day of Pen\u00adte\u00adcost, as record\u00aded in Acts 2. Pen\u00adte\u00adcostals and charis\u00admat\u00adics believe that the gifts of the Spir\u00adit as described in the Bible are active today as the Holy Spir\u00adit empow\u00aders Christ\u2019s fol\u00adlow\u00aders. Researchers esti\u00admate this move\u00adment to now include 669 mil\u00adlion peo\u00adple \u2014 or one in four Chris\u00adtians glob\u00adal\u00adly \u2014 mak\u00ading it the fastest-grow\u00ading move\u00adment in the his\u00adto\u00adry of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>The author is the Gen\u00ader\u00adal Super\u00adin\u00adten\u00addent (top leader) in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan branch of the Assem\u00adblies of God, the denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion with which I am ordained. We had lunch once in a cafe\u00adte\u00adria. Nice guy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/28\/us\/amy-coney-barrett-christian-women.html\">For Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adt\u00adian Women, Amy Coney Barrett\u2019s Suc\u00adcess Is Per\u00adson\u00adal<\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, New York Times): \u201cJudge Bar\u00adrett, for them, is a new kind of icon \u2014 one they have not seen before in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cul\u00adtur\u00adal and polit\u00adi\u00adcal life: a woman who is both unabashed\u00adly ambi\u00adtious and deeply reli\u00adgious, who has excelled at the heights of a demand\u00ading pro\u00adfes\u00adsion even as she speaks open\u00adly about pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adtiz\u00ading her con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Catholic faith and fam\u00adi\u00adly. Judge Bar\u00adrett has sev\u00aden chil\u00addren, includ\u00ading two chil\u00addren adopt\u00aded from Haiti and a young son with Down syn\u00addrome.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2020\/09\/27\/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-nominee-feminist-icon-422059\">Amy Coney Bar\u00adrett: A New Fem\u00adi\u00adnist Icon<\/a> (Eri\u00adka Bachiochi, Politi\u00adco): \u201cBar\u00adrett embod\u00adies a new kind of fem\u00adi\u00adnism, a fem\u00adi\u00adnism that builds upon the praise\u00adwor\u00adthy antidis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion work of Gins\u00adburg but then goes fur\u00adther. It insists not just on the equal rights of men and women, but also on their com\u00admon respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly in the realm of fam\u00adi\u00adly life. In this new fem\u00adi\u00adnism, sex\u00adu\u00adal equal\u00adi\u00adty is found not in imi\u00adtat\u00ading men\u2019s capac\u00adi\u00adty to walk away from an unex\u00adpect\u00aded preg\u00adnan\u00adcy through abor\u00adtion, but rather in ask\u00ading men to meet women at a high stan\u00addard of mutu\u00adal respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, reci\u00adprocity and care.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2020-09-26\/amy-coney-barrett-deserves-to-be-on-the-supreme-court\">Amy Coney Bar\u00adrett Deserves to Be on the Supreme Court<\/a> (Noah Feld\u00adman, Bloomberg): \u201cI got to know Bar\u00adrett more than 20 years ago when we clerked at the Supreme Court dur\u00ading the 1998\u201399 term. Of the thir\u00adty-some clerks that year, all of whom had grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded at the top of their law school class\u00ades and done pres\u00adti\u00adgious appel\u00adlate clerk\u00adships before com\u00ading to work at the court, Bar\u00adrett stood out. Mea\u00adsured sub\u00adjec\u00adtive\u00adly and unsci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly by pure legal acu\u00admen, she was one of the two strongest lawyers. The oth\u00ader was Jen\u00adny Mar\u00adtinez, now dean of the Stan\u00adford Law School.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Har\u00advard Law.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/edstetzer\/2020\/september\/who-are-people-of-praise.html\">The Peo\u00adple of Praise, Charis\u00admat\u00adic Catholics, and Fringe Reli\u00adgious Groups<\/a> (Ed Stet\u00adzer, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cFor peo\u00adple on the out\u00adside, the charis\u00admat\u00adic and Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal move\u00adments may seem odd. But glob\u00adal\u00adly, some 600 mil\u00adlion peo\u00adple are affil\u00adi\u00adat\u00aded with the charis\u00admat\u00adic and Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal move\u00adment world\u00adwide. This is not \u2018remark\u00adably out of the main\u00adstream\u2019 as one com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtor indi\u00adcat\u00aded. There are 80 mil\u00adlion Angli\u00adcans in the world, com\u00adpared to 600 mil\u00adlion Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal \/ charis\u00admat\u00adic \/ third wave Chris\u00adtians (and, yes, that includes many Angli\u00adcans).\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/amy-coney-barrett-new-feminism-interdependence-opinion-1534703\">Amy Coney Bar\u00adrett and the New Fem\u00adi\u00adnism of Inter\u00adde\u00adpen\u00addence<\/a> (Ser\u00ade\u00adna Sig\u00adilli\u00adto, Newsweek): \u201cIt\u2019s time for a new kind of fem\u00adi\u00adnism to emerge\u2014and for GOP law\u00admak\u00aders to demon\u00adstrate that their com\u00admit\u00adment to fam\u00adi\u00adly val\u00adues is more than just lip ser\u00advice. That will require two sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant shifts. The first is a philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal one, defin\u00ading a new fem\u00adi\u00adnism of inter\u00adde\u00adpen\u00addence rather than rad\u00adi\u00adcal auton\u00ado\u00admy. The sec\u00adond is a polit\u00adi\u00adcal one, pur\u00adsu\u00ading a pro-fam\u00adi\u00adly eco\u00adnom\u00adic agen\u00adda.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearreligion.org\/articles\/2020\/10\/02\/new_research_shows_religious_liberty_drives_human_flourishing__and_why_this_matters_now_more_than_ever_579378.html\">New Research Shows Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty Dri\u00adves Human Flour\u00adish\u00ading \u2013 And Why This Mat\u00adters Now More Than Ever<\/a> (Chris\u00adtos Makridis, Real Clear Reli\u00adgion): \u201c\u2026reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty is an inte\u00adgral pre\u00adreq\u00adui\u00adsite for demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic gov\u00ader\u00adnance, aid\u00ading the process for civic engage\u00adment and women\u2019s empow\u00ader\u00adment and reduc\u00ading the poten\u00adtial for pub\u00adlic and polit\u00adi\u00adcal cor\u00adrup\u00adtion.\u201d Chris\u00adtos is an alum\u00adnus of our min\u00adistry.&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/woke-religion-america\">The Woke and the Un-Woke<\/a> (Matthew Schmitz, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cIn the 1950s, the soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist Will Her\u00adberg famous\u00adly described Amer\u00adi\u00adca as divid\u00aded into three reli\u00adgious camps: Protes\u00adtant, Catholic, and Jew. These divi\u00adsions were a mat\u00adter of belong\u00ading rather than belief. Even an unbe\u00adliev\u00ader would count as belong\u00ading to one of the three cat\u00ade\u00adgories on the basis of his back\u00adground and milieu. If a sim\u00adi\u00adlar study were con\u00adduct\u00aded today, the pic\u00adture would be rad\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u2026 Woke, Trad, and None.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/letter.wiki\/conversation\/930\">Is the Cul\u00adture War Lost?<\/a> (Sarah Haider, Let\u00adter): \u201cNear\u00adly all our edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal, media, and non-prof\u00adit insti\u00adtu\u00adtions (includ\u00ading major grant-mak\u00ading orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions) are advanc\u00ading in <em>one <\/em>direc\u00adtion. Mean\u00adwhile, the hearts and minds of the glob\u00adal elite are almost uni\u00adform\u00adly sup\u00adport\u00adive of this new sec\u00adu\u00adlar faith.\u201d The author<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/evangelical-history\/rod-dreher-is-not-pessimistic-enough\/\">Rod Dreher Is Not Pes\u00adsimistic Enough<\/a> (Per\u00adry L. Glanz\u00ader, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cWe will increas\u00ading\u00adly be tempt\u00aded to deny bits of Chris\u00adt\u00adian the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy and ethics to keep our lev\u00adel of com\u00adfort. God save us and help us stand against that spread\u00ading evil.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>This is a review of Rod Dreher\u2019s book <em>Live Not By Lies <\/em>(which was, inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, the num\u00adber one sell\u00ader on Ama\u00adzon when it was released). Dreher is one of the colum\u00adnists who is often found in these emails.&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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/broadcast-signal-accidentally-picks-up-two-old-men-yelling-at-each-other-instead-of-presidential-debate\/\">Broad\u00adcast Sig\u00adnal Acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly Picks Up Two Old Men Yelling At Each Oth\u00ader Instead Of Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial Debate<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=un9x-DjTMT0&amp;feature=youtu.be\">We\u2019re All Doomed<\/a> (Weird Al, YouTube): five min\u00adutes of pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial debate humor<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/09\/27\/stanford-student-creates-tiktok-clone-called-spyware\/\">Stan\u00adford stu\u00addent cre\u00adates Tik\u00adTok clone called \u2018Spy\u00adware\u2019<\/a> (Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=inx3AeJyiSg\">If Juice had a meet\u00ading<\/a> (YouTube): under one minute.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o7A-MLVEeMA\">The Left vs Right in 2020<\/a> (YouTube): four min\u00adutes of near-per\u00adfec\u00adtion<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/09\/29\">Why Are We Stu\u00adpid\u00ader?<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2020\/10\/01\/3\">Steel Wool<\/a> (The Far Side)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2020\/10\/01\/4\">Pre\u00adhis\u00adtoric Plumbers<\/a> (The Far Side)<\/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.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/04\/david-frum-how-much-immigration-is-too-much\/583252\/\">If Lib\u00ader\u00adals Won\u2019t Enforce Bor\u00adders, Fas\u00adcists Will<\/a> (David Frum, The Atlantic): \u201cDem\u00ada\u00adgogues don\u2019t rise by talk\u00ading about irrel\u00ade\u00advant issues. Dem\u00ada\u00adgogues rise by talk\u00ading about issues that mat\u00adter to peo\u00adple, and that more con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal lead\u00aders appear unwill\u00ading or unable to address: unem\u00adploy\u00adment in the 1930s, crime in the 1960s, mass immi\u00adgra\u00adtion now. Vot\u00aders get to decide what the country\u2019s prob\u00adlems are. Polit\u00adi\u00adcal elites have to devise solu\u00adtions to those prob\u00adlems. If dif\u00adfi\u00adcult issues go unad\u00addressed by respon\u00adsi\u00adble lead\u00aders, they will be exploit\u00aded by irre\u00adspon\u00adsi\u00adble ones.\u201d I high\u00adlight\u00aded a piece by Frum with a sim\u00adi\u00adlar theme back in<a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/10\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-175\"> issue 175<\/a>. This is a very thought\u00adful arti\u00adcle. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/03\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-194\">vol\u00adume 194<\/a>.<\/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>. 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