{"id":7192,"date":"2023-05-05T22:03:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T05:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7192"},"modified":"2023-05-05T22:03:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T05:03:42","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-401","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/05\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-401","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 401"},"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. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is volume 401, the 79<sup>th<\/sup> prime number.<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scotmcknight.substack.com\/p\/the-other-half-of-discipleship?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">The Other Half of Discipleship<\/a> (Mike Glenn, Scot McKnight\u2019s Substack): \u201cThe test of every great recipe is, does the dish taste good when it\u2019s prepared? The test of truth for every disciple is, did the teaching of Jesus prove true when it was lived out? Paul was confident of Jesus\u2019 faithfulness because he had lived out the teachings of Jesus in the most trying of circumstances. That\u2019s why he was able to write, \u2018I know in whom I have believed.\u2019 Most of us lack this kind of true life confidence in God\u2019s Word because we\u2019ve never tried to live out what we know. A memorized discipleship is only half&nbsp;known.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/28\/us\/bend-oregon-mayor-homeless.html?unlocked_article_code=s6xAq325bRxAo0o4fS063YAZfun9tXR4ZDxPV-tY9cymcaT0YjGlj03BHuiE5xerIbQuQXDgcErTGw_a15BkgLTszAmy_6X0ZXItspw8flV59cbDa-zGMTcBvr8nQ4vj3iP69vQaDTME7Lz1rbKvnjLG5gHB-Jt8jErlDV6Wk3KPQC1FlUYusOF9zT_YOs_bNY0_14Yo9xSt8jV5gng4_PfyU5MV1Mx7ZLN8bDOKYjQN0JMiSOUwfcklDrvwzqCAwokYfcpJlTJgM-vOBiTIhP2aBxgWpZcdXtsxSvdHDoaeqIiVms3eAEtMYl6CGaznSML5VCEuTyWa2XUi-dxX&amp;smid=url-share\">Homeless in the City Where He Was Once Mayor<\/a> (Mike Baker, New York Times): \u201cThe words jolted Mr. Martin with a mix of recognition and disbelief. He had known Craig Coyner for more than 50 years, watching with admiration as the man from one of the most prominent families in Bend, Ore., rose through an acclaimed career \u2014 as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer and then a mayor who helped turn the town into one of the nation\u2019s fastest-growing cities. Now, at age 75, Mr. Coyner was occupying a bed at the shelter on Second Street, his house lost to foreclosure, his toes gnarled by frostbite, his belongings limited to a tub of tattered clothing and books on the floor next to his&nbsp;bed.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recommended by a student, this is a wild and heartbreaking story. I have unlocked the paywall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2023\/05\/03\/the_long_road_to_confronting_chinas_war_on_religion_part_i_149176.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Long Road to Confronting China\u2019s War on Religion: Part I<\/a> (Carl M. Cannon &amp; Susan Crabtree, Real Clear Politics): \u201cThe impulse [to restrict religion is rooted in the truth] that the major faiths observed in China are not indigenous to the world\u2019s oldest civilization. Buddhism was imported from India and Tibet. Islam arrived in overland trading routes and human migration from the Middle East, while Christianity, another Abrahamic faith, came across the ocean from Europe and America. To Communist leaders, and many Han Chinese civilians, these traditions represent potentially destabilizing foreign influence.&nbsp; The paradox, of course, is that Marxism was also a foreign import, one imposed on Chinese society \u2013 in Mao Zedong\u2019s own words \u2013 from \u2018the barrel of a gun.\u2019 It not only destabilized China\u2019s existing social structures and spiritual traditions, but as Marxist-Leninism morphed into Maoism, also became a kind of national religion itself \u2013 with Mao Zedong in the role of savior.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/there-is-no-christian-argument-for?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">There is No Christian Argument for Protecting Pornography<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Substack): \u201cThis chart reveals that at the exact same time there\u2019s been a significant decline in overall sexual activity, there\u2019s been a significant <em>increase<\/em> in young adults who\u2019ve had a same-sex encounter. Now let\u2019s ask a question: What could be true of a generation that would cause it both to 1) have a lot fewer sexual encounters than generations before it, but also 2) be much more willing than previous generations to experiment? I think I have one plausible answer.\u2026 Could it be that a sex recession and a blurring of the lines between male and female are consistent consequences of young people who have experienced a pornographic staging of the human body since before puberty? Given all this porn, why have sex, and why <em>not<\/em> have it with whomever?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2023\/05\/from-the-comments-37.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=from-the-comments-37\" target=\"_blank\">From the Comments<\/a> (Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution): \u201cProfessional medical ethics are bogus. There is no consistency and the entire profession serves to pander to the prejudices of the educated.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brief but brutal perspective on the medical resistance to human challenge trials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/raise-your-threshold-for-accusing?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Raise Your Threshold For Accusing People Of Faking Bisexuality<\/a> (Scott Alexander, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cSuppose someone (let\u2019s say a woman) has exactly equal sexual attraction to both men and women. Their male dating pool is all heterosexual and bisexual men (95%+ of men), and their female dating pool is all lesbian and bisexual women (about 5\u201310% of women). So their potential dating pool is about 90% male. So this \u2018perfectly\u2019 bisexual woman could be expected to date about 10x as many men as women, just by numbers alone. The average person dates about seven people before marriage (yes, this seems low to me too). So if our bisexual woman samples exactly evenly from her male vs. female dating pool, we would expect about a 50\u201350 chance (0.90^7 = 0.478) that all seven of her relationships would be with&nbsp;men.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A fascinating breakdown of some things I had rarely considered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/danieldrezner.substack.com\/p\/the-cost-disease-of-the-populist?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">The Cost Disease of the Populist Sector<\/a> (Daniel W. Drezner, Substack): \u201cThe commingling of the rich and the powerful is a story as old as civilization, but in the current era of capitalism the dynamic has become even more problematic. David Brooks warned about \u2018status-income disequilibrium\u2019 in <em>Bobos in Paradise<\/em>: those who possess status but not wealth live first-class lives during the day but middle-class lives in the evening. Over time, these folks start to resent the middle-class aspects of their existence.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is a different perspective on political corruption scandals than I had considered before.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/noah-starting-to-think-the-woodpeckers-were-a-bad-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Starting To Think The Woodpeckers Were A Bad Idea<\/a> (Babylon Bee)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/05\/02\" target=\"_blank\">Sunrise<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is like an AI-driven Canva. Definitely worth playing around with: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/designer.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/designer.microsoft.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/05\/03\" target=\"_blank\">Compliments<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/12\/07\/my-white-privilege-didnt-save-me-but-god-did\/\" target=\"_blank\">My White Privilege Didn\u2019t Save Me. But God Did<\/a> (Edie Wyatt, Quillette): \u201cNot long after, I walked into a suburban Baptist church, full of strange, unfashionably dressed, conservative Christians. I was a Marxist, a feminist, foul-mouthed, a chain-smoker, and desperate. The love I received in that place is the reason that I will defend the rights of fundamentalist Christians to my dying breath.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is amazing. Reminder: titles are rarely chosen by the author and often do not reflect the essence of an article. From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/12\/11\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-279\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">volume 279<\/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:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&nbsp;way. This is volume 401, the 79th prime number. Things Glen Found Interesting Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/05\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-401\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 401\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Something here will catch your attention: discipleship, homelessness, China's hypocritical religious intolerance, porn, bogus medical ethics, and bisexuality. 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