{"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><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 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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things I\u2019m looking for good articles about: the Armenian\/Aberbaijani conflict, what is happening in Hong Kong, and Trump\u2019s COVID diagonosis. 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 wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2020\/10\/01\/political-violence-424157\">Americans Increasingly Believe Violence is Justified if the Other Side Wins<\/a> (Larry Diamond, Lee Drutman, Tod Lindberg, Nathan P. Kalmoe and Lilliana Mason, Politico): \u201cAt the presidential debate this week, the Republican candidate voiced his concern about political violence\u2014left-wing political violence. And the Democratic candidate likewise voiced concern about political violence\u2014right-wing political violence. They were both right.\u201d The authors are all academics.&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/30\/opinion\/anarchists-protests-black-lives-matter.html\">The Truth About Today\u2019s Anarchists<\/a> (Farah Stockman, New York Times): \u201cMr. Quinn discovered a thorny truth about the mayhem that unfolded in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man in Minneapolis. It wasn\u2019t mayhem at all. While talking heads on television routinely described it as a spontaneous eruption of anger at racial injustice, it was strategically planned, facilitated and advertised on social media by anarchists who believed that their actions advanced the cause of racial justice.\u201d \ud83d\udc40 \ud83d\udc40 \ud83d\udc40. The author is on the NYT editorial board, so take these claims seriously.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/justin-giboneys-both-and-politics\/\">Justin Giboney\u2019s Both\/AND Politics<\/a> (Sarah Zylstra, The Gospel Coalition): \u201cIn 2015, Giboney, Baraka, and Angel Maldonado started the AND Campaign, which aims to connect conviction <em>and<\/em> compassion. The organization sets out a platform you won\u2019t find at either political convention\u2014anti-abortion, pro-social safety nets, pro-family, pro-criminal justice reform. The point isn\u2019t to endorse legislation or candidates or judicial decisions\u2014AND doesn\u2019t do that\u2014but to \u2018bring Christians of both parties together on those issues.\u2019 The AND Campaign leans left, but has increasingly become a space for Christians dissatisfied with both political parties.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>I have been following this movement with interest for some time and this is a good introduction.<\/li>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/september\/white-evangelical-biden-voter-trump-friends-church-election.html\">Evangelical Biden Voters Straddle Partisan Divides<\/a>(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today): \u201cThe Pew Research Center recently found few Americans, Republicans or Democrats, have many close friends who support a different presidential candidate in the 2020 race. In religious breakouts provided to <em>Christianity Today<\/em>, evangelical Biden supporters emerged as the exception. Just under half say their close friends disagree with them over the upcoming election.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/september\/evangelical-white-black-ethnic-vote-trump-biden-lifeway-sur.html\">Evangelical Vote Once Again Split on Ethnic Lines<\/a> (Aaron Earls, Christianity Today): \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s advantage among evangelicals, however, comes primarily from white evangelicals, among whom he leads Biden 73 percent to 18 percent. African Americans with evangelical beliefs overwhelmingly plan to vote for Biden (69% to 19%). Among American evangelicals of other ethnicities, however, Trump has a 58 percent to 32 percent lead.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ag.org\/Features\/What-is-Pentecostalism\">What is Pentecostalism?<\/a> (Doug Clay, Assemblies of God): \u201cThe modern Pentecostal movement took its name from the moment of the Church\u2019s birth on the Day of Pentecost, as recorded in Acts 2. Pentecostals and charismatics believe that the gifts of the Spirit as described in the Bible are active today as the Holy Spirit empowers Christ\u2019s followers. Researchers estimate this movement to now include 669 million people \u2014 or one in four Christians globally \u2014 making it the fastest-growing movement in the history of Christianity.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>The author is the General Superintendent (top leader) in the American branch of the Assemblies of God, the denomination with which I am ordained. We had lunch once in a cafeteria. Nice&nbsp;guy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/28\/us\/amy-coney-barrett-christian-women.html\">For Conservative Christian Women, Amy Coney Barrett\u2019s Success Is Personal<\/a> (Ruth Graham, New York Times): \u201cJudge Barrett, for them, is a new kind of icon \u2014 one they have not seen before in American cultural and political life: a woman who is both unabashedly ambitious and deeply religious, who has excelled at the heights of a demanding profession even as she speaks openly about prioritizing her conservative Catholic faith and family. Judge Barrett has seven children, including two children adopted from Haiti and a young son with Down syndrome.\u201d&nbsp;<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 Barrett: A New Feminist Icon<\/a> (Erika Bachiochi, Politico): \u201cBarrett embodies a new kind of feminism, a feminism that builds upon the praiseworthy antidiscrimination work of Ginsburg but then goes further. It insists not just on the equal rights of men and women, but also on their common responsibilities, particularly in the realm of family life. In this new feminism, sexual equality is found not in imitating men\u2019s capacity to walk away from an unexpected pregnancy through abortion, but rather in asking men to meet women at a high standard of mutual responsibility, reciprocity and&nbsp;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 Barrett Deserves to Be on the Supreme Court<\/a> (Noah Feldman, Bloomberg): \u201cI got to know Barrett more than 20 years ago when we clerked at the Supreme Court during the 1998\u201399 term. Of the thirty-some clerks that year, all of whom had graduated at the top of their law school classes and done prestigious appellate clerkships before coming to work at the court, Barrett stood out. Measured subjectively and unscientifically by pure legal acumen, she was one of the two strongest lawyers. The other was Jenny Martinez, now dean of the Stanford Law School.\u201d The author is a professor at Harvard Law.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/edstetzer\/2020\/september\/who-are-people-of-praise.html\">The People of Praise, Charismatic Catholics, and Fringe Religious Groups<\/a> (Ed Stetzer, Christianity Today): \u201cFor people on the outside, the charismatic and Pentecostal movements may seem odd. But globally, some 600 million people are affiliated with the charismatic and Pentecostal movement worldwide. This is not \u2018remarkably out of the mainstream\u2019 as one commentator indicated. There are 80 million Anglicans in the world, compared to 600 million Pentecostal \/ charismatic \/ third wave Christians (and, yes, that includes many Anglicans).\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/amy-coney-barrett-new-feminism-interdependence-opinion-1534703\">Amy Coney Barrett and the New Feminism of Interdependence<\/a> (Serena Sigillito, Newsweek): \u201cIt\u2019s time for a new kind of feminism to emerge\u2014and for GOP lawmakers to demonstrate that their commitment to family values is more than just lip service. That will require two significant shifts. The first is a philosophical one, defining a new feminism of interdependence rather than radical autonomy. The second is a political one, pursuing a pro-family economic agenda.\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 Religious Liberty Drives Human Flourishing \u2013 And Why This Matters Now More Than Ever<\/a> (Christos Makridis, Real Clear Religion): \u201c\u2026religious liberty is an integral prerequisite for democratic governance, aiding the process for civic engagement and women\u2019s empowerment and reducing the potential for public and political corruption.\u201d Christos is an alumnus of our ministry.&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 Magazine): \u201cIn the 1950s, the sociologist Will Herberg famously described America as divided into three religious camps: Protestant, Catholic, and Jew. These divisions were a matter of belonging rather than belief. Even an unbeliever would count as belonging to one of the three categories on the basis of his background and milieu. If a similar study were conducted today, the picture would be radically different\u2026 Woke, Trad, and&nbsp;None.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/letter.wiki\/conversation\/930\">Is the Culture War Lost?<\/a> (Sarah Haider, Letter): \u201cNearly all our educational, media, and non-profit institutions (including major grant-making organizations) are advancing in <em>one <\/em>direction. Meanwhile, the hearts and minds of the global elite are almost uniformly supportive of this new secular 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 Pessimistic Enough<\/a> (Perry L. Glanzer, The Gospel Coalition): \u201cWe will increasingly be tempted to deny bits of Christian theology and ethics to keep our level of comfort. God save us and help us stand against that spreading evil.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>This is a review of Rod Dreher\u2019s book <em>Live Not By Lies <\/em>(which was, incidentally, the number one seller on Amazon when it was released). Dreher is one of the columnists 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\/\">Broadcast Signal Accidentally Picks Up Two Old Men Yelling At Each Other Instead Of Presidential Debate<\/a> (Babylon 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 minutes of presidential debate humor<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/09\/27\/stanford-student-creates-tiktok-clone-called-spyware\/\">Stanford student creates TikTok clone called \u2018Spyware\u2019<\/a> (Stanford Daily)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=inx3AeJyiSg\">If Juice had a meeting<\/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 minutes of near-perfection<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/09\/29\">Why Are We Stupider?<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2020\/10\/01\/3\">Steel Wool<\/a> (The Far&nbsp;Side)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2020\/10\/01\/4\">Prehistoric Plumbers<\/a> (The Far&nbsp;Side)<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/04\/david-frum-how-much-immigration-is-too-much\/583252\/\">If Liberals Won\u2019t Enforce Borders, Fascists Will<\/a> (David Frum, The Atlantic): \u201cDemagogues don\u2019t rise by talking about irrelevant issues. Demagogues rise by talking about issues that matter to people, and that more conventional leaders appear unwilling or unable to address: unemployment in the 1930s, crime in the 1960s, mass immigration now. Voters get to decide what the country\u2019s problems are. Political elites have to devise solutions to those problems. If difficult issues go unaddressed by responsible leaders, they will be exploited by irresponsible ones.\u201d I highlighted a piece by Frum with a similar 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 thoughtful article. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/03\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-194\">volume 194<\/a>.<\/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>. 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