{"id":6400,"date":"2020-11-20T19:16:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T03:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6400"},"modified":"2020-11-20T19:16:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T03:16:25","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-277","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/11\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-277","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 277"},"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:\/\/themasculinist.com\/how-to-get-out-of-friend-zone\/\">How To Get Out Of The Friend Zone<\/a> (Aaron Renn, The Mas\u00adculin\u00adist): \u201cFriend\u00adships between men and women have the char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic that they often evolve into asym\u00adme\u00adtry of intent, which is exploita\u00adtive if it per\u00adsists\u2026. remem\u00adber, just as no woman is under any oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to go out on a date with a man such as you, you are under no oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to be a friend to women.\u201d<ul><li>Every once in a while I like to toss out some\u00adthing sure to rile peo\u00adple up, just to make sure you\u2019re all pay\u00ading atten\u00adtion.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onezero.medium.com\/god-mode-activated-meet-the-gamers-bringing-jesus-to-twitch-3fb68227f57e\">God Mode Acti\u00advat\u00aded: Meet the Gamers Bring\u00ading Jesus to Twitch<\/a> (Christo\u00adpher Hut\u00adton, Medi\u00adum): \u201cDustin Phillips is a blond-haired, beard\u00aded children\u2019s pas\u00adtor in Texas who also serves as GMA\u2019s CEO. On Twitch, he goes by the han\u00addle Pas\u00adtor\u00adDoost\u00adyn and is known as the \u201cdemon-slay\u00ading pas\u00adtor.\u201d He preach\u00ades the gospel to his 1,400 fol\u00adlow\u00aders while stream\u00ading games like Doom and Poke\u00admon.\u201c Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent who was no doubt pro\u00adcras\u00adti\u00adnat\u00ading on finals.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ministrywatch.com\/boy-scouts-face-at-least-82000-sex-abuse-claims\/\">Boy Scouts Face At Least 82,000 Sex Abuse Claims<\/a> (Min\u00adistry Watch): \u201cToday is the dead\u00adline set by a bank\u00adrupt\u00adcy court for fil\u00ading a sex-abuse claim against the Boy Scouts of Amer\u00adi\u00adca (BSA). The num\u00adber of claims so far filed now exceed 82,000, far more than the 9,000 claims filed in Catholic Church cas\u00ades.\u201d<ul>\n<li>Some of you have heard me say this before: the sex\u00adu\u00adal abuse scan\u00addal in the church is hor\u00adrif\u00adic, yet it will be dwarfed by what we uncov\u00ader about sex\u00adu\u00adal abuse in pub\u00adlic schools and in youth orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions. The church\u00ades deserve rebuke for their han\u00addling of the wicked\u00adness in their ranks; sad\u00adly, I doubt that you will hear near\u00adly as much about the far more mas\u00adsive scan\u00addals lurk\u00ading in non\u00adre\u00adli\u00adgious insti\u00adtu\u00adtions.<\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2020\/11\/andy-stanley-evangelicals-trump\/617103\/\">Andy Stan\u00adley on Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals After Trump<\/a> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u201cIn the Gospels, Jesus calls on his fol\u00adlow\u00aders to go out, teach his mes\u00adsage, and bap\u00adtize peo\u00adple. Stan\u00adley has orga\u00adnized his life around this imper\u00ada\u00adtive, called \u2018the Great Com\u00admis\u00adsion.\u2019 The ques\u00adtion for evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals, now, is whether the unde\u00adni\u00adable asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion between Trump and their ver\u00adsion of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty will make that work hard\u00ader. \u2018Has this group of peo\u00adple who have some\u00adhow become \u201cevan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal lead\u00aders\u201d\u2019 aligned with Trump \u2018hurt the Church\u2019s abil\u00adi\u00adty to reach peo\u00adple out\u00adside the Church? Absolute\u00adly,\u2019 Stan\u00adley said. But he\u2019s not over\u00adly wor\u00adried: A year or two from now, he said, \u2018all that goes away.\u2019 New lead\u00aders will rise up. The Trump era of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal his\u00adto\u00adry will fade. Stan\u00adley chuck\u00adled. \u2018And this will just be, for a lot of peo\u00adple, a bad dream.\u2019\u201d<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/the-cultural-consequences-of-very\">The Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Con\u00adse\u00adquences of Very, Very Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cWhat\u2019s the cul\u00adtur\u00adal effect of a very, very Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty? It\u2019s way too sim\u00adple to say that it impairs the abil\u00adi\u00adty of Chris\u00adtians to reach their friends and neigh\u00adbors. In some places it enhances the church\u2019s appeal and inte\u00adgrates Chris\u00adtians with\u00adin their com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. In oth\u00ader places it cre\u00adates a host of chal\u00adlenges and need\u00adless\u00adly alien\u00adates Chris\u00adtians from their fel\u00adlow cit\u00adi\u00adzens.\u201d Insight\u00adful.<\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/11\/19\/victimhood-or-development\/\">Vic\u00adtim\u00adhood or Devel\u00adop\u00adment?<\/a> (Glenn Loury, John McWhort\u00ader, Shel\u00adby Steele and Eli Steele, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cAgain, the biggest mis\u00adtake we made is to buy into the idea that our vic\u00adtim\u00adiza\u00adtion by racism was our source of pow\u00ader rather than our self, our skills, our tal\u00adents, our devel\u00adop\u00adment. As vic\u00adtims, we had won a great civ\u00adil rights move\u00adment. The down\u00adside is it seduced us.\u201d A fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion to eaves\u00addrop on. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/bloggingheads.tv\/videos\/60369?in=2:47\">watch it on video<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2020\/11\/madison-cawthorn-arrives-washington\/\">Madi\u00adson Cawthorn, the GOP\u2019s young star, arrives in Wash\u00ading\u00adton<\/a> (Matthew Kas\u00adsel, Jew\u00adish Insid\u00ader): \u201cHe\u2026 seemed to believe that evan\u00adge\u00adlism was a call\u00ading on par with pub\u00adlic ser\u00advice. \u2018If all you are is friends with oth\u00ader Chris\u00adtians, then how are you ever going to lead some\u00adbody to Christ?\u2019 Cawthorn mused. \u2018If you\u2019re not want\u00adi\u00adng to lead some\u00adbody to Christ, then you\u2019re prob\u00ada\u00adbly not real\u00adly a Chris\u00adt\u00adian.\u2019\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>I share that arti\u00adcle to pro\u00advide con\u00adtext for this arti\u00adcle: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/newly-elected-gop-congressman-madison-cawthorn-has-tried-to-convert-jews-to-christianity\">New\u00adly Elect\u00aded GOP Con\u00adgress\u00adman Madi\u00adson Cawthorn Has Tried to Con\u00advert Jews to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Pilar Melen\u00addez, The Dai\u00adly Beast): \u201cMadi\u00adson Cawthorn, the North Car\u00adoli\u00adna Repub\u00adli\u00adcan who will become the youngest mem\u00adber of Con\u00adgress in his\u00adto\u00adry, has admit\u00adted he tried to con\u00advert Jews and Mus\u00adlims to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d The jour\u00adnal\u00adist seems gen\u00aduine\u00adly shocked.<\/li>\n<li>Con\u00adtrast that with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/11\/convert-me-if-you-can\/\">Con\u00advert Me If You Can<\/a> (David Harsyani, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cTo be hon\u00adest, I\u2019m often sur\u00adprised at how shy Chris\u00adtians are at [evan\u00adge\u00adlism]. As a hea\u00adthen, though, I am flat\u00adtered by the atten\u00adtion. And as a per\u00adson in pos\u00adses\u00adsion of free will, I am also uncon\u00adcerned.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2020\/11\/16\/john-macarthur-and-california-church-closings-so-many-stories-so-few-reporters\">Pas\u00adtor John MacArthur and Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia church clos\u00adings: Why isn\u2019t this a nation\u00adal sto\u00adry?<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cIndoor wor\u00adship ser\u00advices are banned in Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia, a state of megachurch\u00ades. You don\u2019t have to be a reli\u00adgion expert to know that restric\u00adtion wasn\u2019t going to fly, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when stores and oth\u00ader busi\u00adness\u00ades had no sim\u00adi\u00adlar restric\u00adtions\u2026. Again, reli\u00adgious folks see a chasm between how they\u2019re treat\u00aded and how oth\u00ader pro\u00adtes\u00adtors are treat\u00aded. And in-per\u00adson nude danc\u00ading is a form of pro\u00adtect\u00aded cul\u00adtur\u00adal expres\u00adsion, as opposed to pub\u00adlic wor\u00adship?\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/joshuaschoenaker.com\/lockdowns-for-thee-but-not-for-me\/\">Lock\u00addowns For Thee, But Not For Me<\/a> (Joshua Schoe\u00adnaker, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): a study in hypocrisy, dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to excerpt.<\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/rational-2\">Ratio\u00adnal<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/we-must-cancel-thanksgiving-says-cdc-scientist-who-looks-suspiciously-like-a-turkey-in-a-lab-coat\/\">\u2018We Must Can\u00adcel Thanks\u00adgiv\u00ading,\u2019 Says CDC Sci\u00aden\u00adtist Who Looks Sus\u00adpi\u00adcious\u00adly Like A Turkey In A Lab Coat<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/study-finds-people-who-screamed-about-russia-for-last-4-years-have-100-chance-of-now-believing-elections-are-foolproof\/\">Study Finds Con\u00adnec\u00adtion Between Believ\u00ading Rus\u00adsia Rigged 2016 Elec\u00adtion And Believ\u00ading 2020 Elec\u00adtion Was Fool\u00adproof<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/FGYti0B\">I Am Also Dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00aded<\/a> (Imgur)<\/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:\/\/theoutline.com\/post\/7670\/wedding-rings-for-men-manly-bands\">Man\u00adly wed\u00adding rings for tough guys who are dudes<\/a> (Dan Brooks, The Out\u00adline): \u201cI don\u2019t hunt, but I briefly con\u00adsid\u00adered buy\u00ading a cam\u00adou\u00adflage ring, part\u00adly to sig\u00adnal my deep com\u00admit\u00adment to irony and part\u00adly to get bet\u00adter ser\u00advice at the auto parts store.\u201d I real\u00adly enjoyed this essay, and I hope that many of you have need of wed\u00adding bands in the not-too-distant future. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/07\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-210\">vol\u00adume 210<\/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>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After assem\u00adbling them, I real\u00adized the first link is about the friend zone and the final link is about man\u00adly wed\u00adding rings. <\/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":"After assembling them, I realized the first link is about the friend zone and the final link is about manly wedding rings. 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