{"id":7205,"date":"2023-05-19T21:27:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T04:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2023-05-19T21:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T04:27:09","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-403","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/05\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-403","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 403"},"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 403, which is one of those numbers that feels like it might be prime but is not \u2014 it is 13 \u00b7 31. I think it\u2019s cool that its prime factors are reversed versions of each&nbsp;other.<\/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:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/podcasts\/gospelbound\/happened-molly-worthen\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Happened to Historian Molly Worthen? <\/a>(Collin Hansen, Gospel Coalition Podcast). This 90 minute podcast episode was recommended to me more than once, and I finally gave it a listen. I highly recommend it. A well-known historian and journalist converted to Christianity and tells her story here. JD Greear and Tim Keller play key roles in the&nbsp;story.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scotmcknight.substack.com\/p\/what-the-church-should-do?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">What the Church Should Do<\/a>\u2026 (Mike Glenn, Substack): \u201cSeveral times a week, every week, somebody will come up to me and say, \u201cYou know what our church should do?\u201d \u2026 I\u2019ll smile and say, \u2018That\u2019s a great idea. Get back to me when you\u2019ve got it worked out.\u2019 Most people are very annoyed by my answer. I don\u2019t know why. God had given them that burden, not me. I learned a long time ago, I can only do so much. I\u2019ve also learned every follower of Christ is uniquely gifted and called to serve the Kingdom\u2019s redemptive mission in the&nbsp;world.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/may\/tim-keller-dead-redeemer-new-york-pastor-cancer.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/may\/tim-keller-dead-redeemer-new-york-pastor-cancer.html\">Died: Tim Keller, New York City Pastor Who Modeled Winsome Witness<\/a> (Daniel Silliman, Christianity Today): \u201cTim Keller, a New York City pastor who ministered to young urban professionals and in the process became a leading example for how a winsome Christian witness could win a hearing for the gospel even in unlikely places, died on Friday at age 72\u2014three years after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/may-web-only\/tim-keller-death-pastor-theologian-church-life-legacy-grace.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Keller Practiced the Grace He Preached<\/a> (Colin Hansen, Christianity Today): \u201cHis steadiness under this growing hostility gave courage and comfort to younger leaders who became disillusioned by the fall of so many of our former heroes. Even I worried about uncovering unflattering secrets when I began writing his biography. Instead, talking to dozens of Keller\u2019s close friends and family members who knew him from childhood only confirmed my personal experience of&nbsp;him.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/he-made-me-want-to-be-more-like-jesus\" target=\"_blank\">He Made Me Want to Be More Like Jesus<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Substack): \u201cYou see, the point about Tim Keller is that he was gracious toward people who couldn\u2019t repay him, because he knew that Jesus had been gracious to him first. Tim really, genuinely, totally believed that he was more sinful than he could ever have imagined, and more loved by God than he could have ever hoped. He believed this. And this belief spilled out in how he interacted with others.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/may-web-only\/tim-keller-death-pastor-theologian-church-life-legacy-grace.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Keller Practiced the Grace He Preached<\/a> (Colin Hansen, Christianity Today): \u201cHis steadiness under this growing hostility gave courage and comfort to younger leaders who became disillusioned by the fall of so many of our former heroes. Even I worried about uncovering unflattering secrets when I began writing his biography. Instead, talking to dozens of Keller\u2019s close friends and family members who knew him from childhood only confirmed my personal experience of&nbsp;him.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We never met, but Keller was extremely influential on me and I mourn his passing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/05\/16\/white-christian-nationalism-definition\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjE4MjM1NzA3IiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY4NDIwOTYwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY4NTUwNTU5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjg0MjA5NjAwLCJqdGkiOiIzOWVlYmNiNC1jOTUwLTQ0ZjAtYmNlZi04ZDNmMmI5ZGZjMGIiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vb3BpbmlvbnMvMjAyMy8wNS8xNi93aGl0ZS1jaHJpc3RpYW4tbmF0aW9uYWxpc20tZGVmaW5pdGlvbi8ifQ.Gnh7Y0yvRrOav2oNPSN43GAbYLqAqzesbj17sT64Uxo\" target=\"_blank\">How I became a \u2018Christian nationalist\u2019<\/a> (Kenneth L. Woodward, Washington Post): \u201cThe fundamental problem with finding Christian nationalists is that no one can agree on what the term&nbsp;means.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vaguely related: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/no-one-participates-in-politics-more\" target=\"_blank\">No One Participates in Politics More than Atheists<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Substack): \u201cThe data is clear and unequivocal on this point \u2014 no one gets involved in the political process to the level of the average atheist.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/why-is-the-academic-job-market-so?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Why Is The Academic Job Market So Weird<\/a>? (Scott Alexander, Astral Codex Ten):&nbsp; \u201c<strong>Colleges want two things from their professors.<\/strong> First, they need them to teach classes. Second, they need them to do good research, raise the college\u2019s reputation, and look prestigious. Colleges want to pretend to students that the same people are doing both these jobs, because students like the idea of being taught by prestigious thought leaders. But they don\u2019t want to <em>actually<\/em> have the same people do both jobs, because the most valuable use of prestigious thought leaders\u2019 time is doing research or promoting their ideas. Every hour Einstein spends in the classroom is an hour he\u2019s not spending in the lab making discoveries that will rain down honors upon himself and his institution. And there\u2019s no guarantee Einstein is even a good teacher. Solution: hire for two different positions, but give them the same job title to make things maximally confusing for students. Have them occasionally do each others\u2019 jobs, so students get even more confused. You very conspicuously hire Einstein, and hold out the carrot of being taught by Einstein. But Einstein actually only teaches one 400-level seminar a year, and every other class is taught by the cheapest person able to teach at&nbsp;all.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Emphasis in original. Recommended especially to anyone who aspires to academia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/17\/opinion\/marijuana-legalization-disaster.html?unlocked_article_code=tfouZARs6U7jXm8Nk_LBidteVKxpWmnJjGc6pjXKkt8WW68qIhtU2Z9uVxPYWZTjCdy19IcQIxcCfrwgCAxxePgxMg3t4XWWtUWTyUWCIXp9UlWm9elxMsFjVERFNPsxISLOOAMo01I-M36isG4rbq-nVnyOpTrQDtUoBSwc4_eHHAaWHbxpIOCTPay9ZJpKrXPavkBDqeAbLiH_RMytqE_wOURUYkvNJhpmbfbxoUh3Y_sfLC9fY5fe4fcv3Kb2ELnUhJ5tO0bpXFai0uY8QAOKHnfxoWZnc3mz9CfdT76sBSZGH5i22MWav6RPhN0vLKjy3SiIHfGSjMV1n7MGWswLPvOb-wMjVA&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">Legalizing Marijuana Is a Big Mistake<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cOf all the ways to win a culture war, the smoothest is to just make the other side seem hopelessly uncool. So it\u2019s been with the march of marijuana legalization: There have been moral arguments about the excesses of the drug war and medical arguments about the potential benefits of pot, but the vibe of the whole debate has pitted the chill against the uptight, the cool against the square, the relaxed future against the Principal Skinners of the&nbsp;past.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked and worth your&nbsp;time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/14\/world\/africa\/kenya-christian-cult-deaths.html?unlocked_article_code=iTHrI-mywAm-aDlCpSiAvKKYqlzWgBXJSuuModpTnVCq-J4gj85EC3ctueUX-SoRWr6ex7IxKFbDLpl4vBFLqss4QYy66I7LdK4R4Oel-CakgqTYqT2nEKkYwPQDwepXqi0vIH-0d4Jape5PX7LfY28LGOOKPvjY47Vsl4FCOlCtIa-7rIpqYzD-yp9VpQZWwfNotqYlkIjrFydWiWuBfWfyp2SzwNFyo0PdFFO6W0FyOug48raFsUCb5sCdv_MXDNOAnwTKAZWKd3Pg5Y6CG3sDXZtWbdq45zOcW9jCZ_U3rG2LcYCuOErdV9HFocWcaF9No-Fj0HGCYe79agvOXnCvecm9g13nsjA&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">He Told Followers to Starve to Meet Jesus. Why Did So Many Do It?<\/a> (Andrew Higgins, New York Times): \u201cAs of this past week, 179 bodies have been exhumed and moved to a hospital mortuary in the coastal town of Malindi, around 100 miles east of Shakahola, for identification and autopsy. The government\u2019s chief pathologists reported last week that while starvation caused many deaths, some of the bodies showed signs of death by asphyxiation, strangulation or bludgeoning. Some had had organs removed, a police affidavit said.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I shared a news article about this before,&nbsp; but this one has more detail. Wild. Unlocked.<\/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:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/midjourney\/comments\/131ebyk\/what_midjourney_thinks_professors_look_like_based\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=ios_app&amp;utm_name=ioscss&amp;utm_content=1&amp;utm_term=10\" target=\"_blank\">What Midjourney thinks professors look like, based on their department<\/a> (Reddit) \u2014 how is it so accurate, tho?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/gifted\" target=\"_blank\">Gifted<\/a> (SMBC)<\/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:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/everything-is-broken\" target=\"_blank\">Everything Is Broken<\/a> (Alana Newhouse, Tablet Magazine): \u201cBeing on a ship nearly 4 million square miles in area along with 330 million other people and realizing the entire hull is pockmarked with holes is terrifying.\u201d Wide-ranging. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-284\" target=\"_blank\">volume 284<\/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 403, which is one of those numbers that feels like it might be prime but is \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/05\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-403\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 403\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":"More inspiring content than most weeks. 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