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<\/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. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is volume 316, which is cool because legendary Stanford CS professor Don Knuth wrote a book called 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated<\/a> in which he analyzes every chapter 3 verse 16 in the Bible as a means of bringing his academic expertise to bear upon his faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. The Curse of Ham: Getting It Horribly Wrong<\/a> (Stephen Le Feuvre, The Gospel Coalition Africa): \u201cIn biblical Hebrew, the name \u2018Cush\u2019 seems to mean \u2018Ethiopian\u2019 or \u2018blackness\u2019. Black African nations seemingly developed from the offspring of Cush. But that is exactly where the so-called curse of Ham is misapplied. The curse never fell on Ham or on Cush. For whatever reason, not truly given in the text, it fell on Canaan. In Genesis 9:25 Noah pours out his anger, \u2018Cursed be Canaan!\u2019 There is no record of a biblical curse put on the descendants of Cush or the nations of Africa.\u201d 
    1. A slightly older article that I\u2019m sharing this week for obvious reasons. If you\u2019ve recently heard the phrase \u201cCurse of Canaan\u201d or \u201cCurse of Ham\u201d this article will help you sort out what it means.<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
    2. Why the UN\u2019s Dire Climate Change Report Is Dedicated to an Evangelical Christian<\/a> (Daniel Silliman, Christianity Today): \u201cHoughton, who died of complications related to COVID-19 in 2020 at the age of 88, was the chief editor of the first three IPCC reports and an early, influential leader calling for action on climate change. His concerns about greenhouse gases, rising temperature averages, dying coral reefs, blistering heat waves, and increasingly extreme weather were informed by his training at as atmospheric physicist and his commitment to science. They also come out of his evangelical understanding of God, the biblical accounts of humanity\u2019s relationship to creation, and what it means for a Christian to follow Christ.\u201d<\/li>
    3. A cluster of articles about relationships and sex: