{"id":7208,"date":"2023-05-26T17:16:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T00:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7208"},"modified":"2023-05-26T17:16:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T00:16:14","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-404","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/05\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-404","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 404"},"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\" 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 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.<br><br>This is vol\u00adume 404, which makes me hap\u00adpy that I\u2019ve final\u00adly found it. If you know, you know.<\/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>Two arti\u00adcles for spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal growth, both rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/roast-what-you-kill\" target=\"_blank\">Roast What You Kill: Becom\u00ading a Man Who Fol\u00adlows Through<\/a> (Greg Morse, Desir\u00ading God):  \u201cWhat a strange pic\u00adture. The man woke up ear\u00adly. He pre\u00adpared his tools. He lay in wait. He act\u00aded delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly, force\u00adful\u00adly. He took the prize, brought home the meat \u2014 <em>but nev\u00ader cooked it<\/em>. Per\u00adhaps he decid\u00aded he had worked hard enough for one day. Per\u00adhaps he real\u00adized just how tired he felt. His enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm died before the meal was pre\u00adpared. He labored promis\u00ading\u00adly, for a time. He remained focused, for a while. His was hard but unfin\u00adished work. In the end, his plate is just as emp\u00adty as that of the oth\u00ader slug\u00adgard, wak\u00ading at his return.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent who notes: \u201cThe author focus\u00ades on men, but I think a lot of his points apply to women too.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/3-reasons-avoid-evangelism\/\" target=\"_blank\">3 Rea\u00adsons We Avoid Evan\u00adge\u00adlism<\/a> (Matt Smethurst, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cIn a post-Chris\u00adt\u00adian age, we can\u2019t pre\u00adsume any basic assump\u00adtions in those we\u2019re try\u00ading to reach with the gospel. So we must take care to lean in and lis\u00adten well, to climb into our neighbor\u2019s way of see\u00ading and inhab\u00adit\u00ading the world. Oth\u00ader\u00adwise, we\u2019ll be speak\u00ading about terms\u2014even bib\u00adli\u00adcal ones\u2014that\u2019ll be sim\u00adply mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstood or reject\u00aded out\u00adright. \u2018God loves you\u2019 is great news, but mean\u00ading\u00adless if you don\u2019t under\u00adstand the nature of God (or for that mat\u00adter, love).\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by the very same stu\u00addent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.timesofisrael.com\/why-this-jew-is-binge-watching-the-chosen-and-maybe-you-should-too\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why this Jew is binge-watch\u00ading The Cho\u00adsen (and maybe you should too)<\/a> (Fay\u00addra Shapiro. The Times of Israel): \u201cI wish that Jews could under\u00adstand that the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment is thor\u00adough\u00adly Jew\u00adish \u2013 replete with Jew\u00adish cat\u00ade\u00adgories and Jew\u00adish prac\u00adtices, Jew\u00adish con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsies, Jew\u00adish scrip\u00adture, and brim\u00adming with Jews \u2013 I think we could reclaim some of our own his\u00adto\u00adry. Because let\u2019s face it, if we want to under\u00adstand some\u00adthing about the Judaism of our ances\u00adtors in this spe\u00adcif\u00adic peri\u00adod, the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment has some real val\u00adue. And if Jews could feel more com\u00adfort\u00adable with the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment as com\u00adpris\u00ading an impor\u00adtant piece of Jew\u00adish cul\u00adtur\u00adal lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture, we might be able to engage more deeply togeth\u00ader as Jews and Chris\u00adtians.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I\u2019ve met Fay\u00addra twice and will prob\u00ada\u00adbly meet her again this sum\u00admer on the Pas\u00adsages trip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/21\/opinion\/wyoming-republicans-christian-nationalism.html?unlocked_article_code=d6CnfP3QnA58O-7j2JUCBpKZpBP71fcO6-k3becYBrj2kC9TVZJNkNmXCz9C9zA23fjX9Tui-aVd1pu7RX3dTdFofjz86Ez4QRZxaj-AS9wTjNz2dRAXWN5fHpnJf9erLjwJyQz04jF8ox0nTjfnjwycSMfFEdPLFhAx8bjWAeQtAdan6fge24XiPGe2B32d8VMgAIqlYpyoTpJZMKmX7tiPVdKDGIOndkZHX9GXsbO3xp4ztaUE6IEEQoo27mJXaUR0lVahqCpVRoDJPDYrD7dliUrb7HMl1YuhiaPn0Am630Lea3KcAlC22uqJcTrZ7S0VJ0JISfvJF7eNHbyduoedf-ju5KaZ09hefKaR1nP8DA0&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">What Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adism Has Done to My State and My Faith Is a Sin<\/a> (Susan Stub\u00adson, New York Times): \u201cI am adrift in this unnamed sea, unteth\u00adered from both my faith com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty and my polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adty as I try to rec\u00adon\u00adcile evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals\u2019 repeat\u00aded endorse\u00adments of can\u00addi\u00addates who thumb their noses at the least of us. Chris\u00adtians are called to serve God, not a polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adty, to put our faith in a high\u00ader pow\u00ader, not in human beings. We\u2019re taught not to bow to false idols. Yet idol\u00ada\u00adtry is increas\u00ading\u00adly promi\u00adnent and our foun\u00adda\u00adtion\u00adal prin\u00adci\u00adples \u2014 humil\u00adi\u00adty, kind\u00adness and com\u00adpas\u00adsion \u2014 in short sup\u00adply.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A good read. Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/lamentations-therapeutic-god\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">When the Ther\u00ada\u00adpeu\u00adtic God Isn\u2019t Suf\u00adfi\u00adcient<\/a> (John Car\u00adpen\u00adter, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): \u201cGod\u2019s peo\u00adple have to endure the cat\u00ada\u00adstro\u00adphes of the world. We can protest \u2018it\u2019s not fair, why should we taste the worm\u00adwood and the gall when we didn\u2019t do what brought about the judg\u00adment?\u2019 But it hap\u00adpens. Peo\u00adple live mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly, tak\u00ading loans they can\u2019t pay, get\u00adting hous\u00ades too expen\u00adsive for them. It\u2019s greed; it\u2019s mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adism. Then the econ\u00ado\u00admy crash\u00ades, like it did in 2008. Is it only the greedy and mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic who suf\u00adfer? No. Many are swept along into unem\u00adploy\u00adment and bank\u00adrupt\u00adcy. Ethiopia made some hor\u00adri\u00adble eco\u00adnom\u00adic and polit\u00adi\u00adcal choic\u00ades in the twen\u00adti\u00adeth cen\u00adtu\u00adry. One result was that our daugh\u00adter died and there was blood every\u00adwhere.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is quite good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/the-price-of-pot\" target=\"_blank\">The Price of Pot<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Insti\u00adtute for Fam\u00adi\u00adly Stud\u00adies): \u201cAccord\u00ading to a new study from Colum\u00adbia Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty researchers, recre\u00adation\u00adal pot use in teens is asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with increased depres\u00adsion and increased sui\u00adci\u00addal thoughts. It\u2019s also asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with high\u00ader lev\u00adels of tru\u00adan\u00adcy and fight\u00ading, as well as low\u00ader grade point aver\u00adages. It\u2019s impor\u00adtant to note that this study zeroed in on non-abu\u00adsive recre\u00adation\u00adal use, exclud\u00ading peo\u00adple that researchers iden\u00adti\u00adfied as hav\u00ading a drug prob\u00adlem.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/san-francisco-teacher-crime-drugs-school-free-speech-1801714?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\">I taught in San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco. Chil\u00addren are trained to be offend\u00aded<\/a> (James Vescovi, Newsweek): \u201cThe city\u2019s trou\u00adbles are in large part due to a mind\u00adset that seems to per\u00advade life and that I encoun\u00adtered in schools, where I was a high school teacher. In a nut\u00adshell, adults are afraid to offend, while chil\u00addren seem trained to be offend\u00aded.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. A dif\u00adfer\u00adent stu\u00addent, for those keep\u00ading track at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yet more praise for Tim Keller\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/katelynbeaty.substack.com\/p\/5-ways-tim-keller-was-the-anti-celebrity\" target=\"_blank\">5 ways Tim Keller was the anti-celebri\u00adty celebri\u00adty pas\u00adtor<\/a> (Kate\u00adlyn Beaty, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThis might sound insult\u00ading, but I mean it in the best way: Tim Keller didn\u2019t lead with his looks. His appear\u00adance and dress were pleas\u00adant, and pleas\u00adant\u00adly unre\u00admark\u00adable. I loved this anec\u00addote from Tyler Huck\u00adabee, that Keller declined doing a pho\u00adto\u00adshoot for a mag\u00ada\u00adzine pro\u00adfile. (Free makeover and glossy images? Sign me up!) Huck\u00adabee said Keller just didn\u2019t seem inter\u00adest\u00aded. Anoth\u00ader way of say\u00ading this: Keller val\u00adued sub\u00adstance over style. He didn\u2019t need to be dressed in lux\u00adu\u00adry cloth\u00ading for New York\u00aders to find his mes\u00adsage com\u00adpelling.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/may-web-only\/carl-lentz-scandal-hillsong-tim-keller-two-nyc-pastors.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Tale of Two New York City Pas\u00adtors<\/a> (Kara Bet\u00adtis Car\u00adval\u00adho, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201c[In col\u00adlege I attend\u00aded both Redeemer and Hill\u00adsong and] it was hard to miss the stark dif\u00adfer\u00adences between both church\u00ades and their lead\u00aders: One formed me. The oth\u00ader enter\u00adtained me.\u2026 The nefar\u00adi\u00adous truth is that <em>we<\/em>, too, are often respon\u00adsi\u00adble for cre\u00adat\u00ading celebri\u00adty pas\u00adtors. In col\u00adlege, was I hun\u00adgry for Scrip\u00adture and gospel-cen\u00adtered com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty? Yes. Was I also will\u00ading to be emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly tit\u00adil\u00adlat\u00aded, spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly dis\u00adtract\u00aded and even enter\u00adtained, and look\u00ading for a place to belong? Also, yes.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/postscript\/the-far-seeing-faith-of-tim-keller\" target=\"_blank\">The Far-See\u00ading Faith of Tim Keller<\/a> (Michael Luo, New York\u00ader): \u201cHis lim\u00adit\u00aded preach\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence, in a small-town church in the Bible Belt, made him an unlike\u00adly fit for New York City. With\u00adin three years of its found\u00ading, how\u00adev\u00ader, Redeemer had swelled from fifty peo\u00adple to a thou\u00adsand. By the mid-aughts, it had become a bea\u00adcon, around the world, for pas\u00adtors inter\u00adest\u00aded in min\u00adis\u00adter\u00ading to cos\u00admopoli\u00adtan audi\u00adences. Unlike many sub\u00adur\u00adban megachurch\u00ades, with their soft-rock praise bands and user-friend\u00adly ser\u00admons, Redeemer\u2019s ser\u00advices were almost defi\u00adant\u00adly staid, fea\u00adtur\u00ading tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal hymns and litur\u00adgy. But the ser\u00admons were wry and eru\u00addite, filled with lit\u00ader\u00adary allu\u00adsions and philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal ref\u00ader\u00adences, and Keller was shrewd about urg\u00ading his con\u00adgre\u00adgants to exam\u00adine their \u2018coun\u00adter\u00adfeit gods\u2019\u2014their pur\u00adsuit of totems like pow\u00ader, sta\u00adtus, and wealth, which the city encour\u00adaged.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rlo.acton.org\/archives\/124509-tim-keller-lives.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Keller Lives<\/a> (Mar\u00advin Olasky, Reli\u00adgion and Lib\u00ader\u00adty Online): \u201cI had one-to-one talks with Keller only three times, so I hope you\u2019ll read else\u00adwhere about his influ\u00adence via friend\u00adships. My wife and I did lis\u00adten in per\u00adson to his ser\u00admons from 2008 to 2011, and at first we did so anx\u00adious\u00adly. Lis\u00adten\u00ading to how he han\u00addled dif\u00adfi\u00adcult Bible pas\u00adsages was like watch\u00ading a short\u00adstop rang\u00ading far to his right on a hard-hit ball: Will he be able to reach it? <em>He has<\/em>. He\u2019s on the out\u00adfield grass: How can he pos\u00adsi\u00adbly throw out the run\u00adner at first? <em>He just did<\/em>.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As a preach\u00ader, I want to high\u00adlight this. Keller\u2019s preach\u00ading was extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary. Lis\u00adten\u00ading to him preach was like watch\u00ading a gold medal\u00adist com\u00adpete. No. That\u2019s not right, because lis\u00adten\u00ading to preach\u00ading isn\u2019t pas\u00adsive. Lis\u00adten\u00ading to him preach was like being in the ring with a cham\u00adpi\u00adon \u2014 when you weren\u2019t busy get\u00adting pum\u00admeled you were in awe of his skill. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/24\/opinion\/tim-keller-donald-trump-election-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Has Trump Cost Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty<\/a>? (Ross Douhat, New York Times): \u201cWhen reli\u00adgious con\u00adser\u00advatism made its peace with Don\u00adald Trump in 2016, the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtion was that the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of polit\u00adi\u00adcal pow\u00ader \u2014 or, alter\u00adna\u00adtive\u00adly, of keep\u00ading cul\u00adtur\u00adal lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism <em>out<\/em> of full polit\u00adi\u00adcal pow\u00ader \u2014 out\u00adweighed the costs to Chris\u00adt\u00adian cred\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty inher\u00adent in accept\u00ading a hea\u00adthen fig\u00adure as a polit\u00adi\u00adcal cham\u00adpi\u00adon and leader. The con\u00adtrary cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtion, made by the Chris\u00adt\u00adian wing of Nev\u00ader Trump, was that accept\u00ading Trump required moral com\u00adpro\u00admis\u00ades that Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty would ulti\u00admate\u00adly suf\u00adfer for, what\u00adev\u00ader Supreme Court seats or pol\u00adi\u00adcy vic\u00adto\u00adries reli\u00adgious con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives might gain.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Does not go where you expect \u2014 this is actu\u00adal\u00adly an inter\u00adest\u00ading reflec\u00adtion on Tim Keller. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boazbaraktcs\/status\/1660076917226192902\">My 10 year-old kid is liar-para\u00addox\u00ading Chat\u00adG\u00adPT<\/a> (Twit\u00adter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaylaReporting\/status\/1660701571749904388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ever won\u00adder what chil\u00addren and the #Indianapolis500 have in com\u00admon?<\/a> (Twit\u00adter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/jordan-peterson-considers-every-possible-meaning-of-bible-story-except-that-it-might-mean-exactly-what-it-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jor\u00addan Peter\u00adson Con\u00adsid\u00aders Every Pos\u00adsi\u00adble Mean\u00ading Of Bible Sto\u00adry Except That It Might Mean Exact\u00adly What It Says<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is pret\u00adty fun\u00adny: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heyhoku.com\/roast-my-meal\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.heyhoku.com\/roast-my-meal<\/a> \u2014 upload a pho\u00adto of your food and get insult\u00aded for it.<\/li>\n<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/the-great-unraveling\" target=\"_blank\">The Great Unrav\u00adel\u00ading<\/a> (Bari Weiss, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI don\u2019t know the answer. But I know that you have to be sort of strange to stand apart and refuse to join Team Red or Team Blue. These strange ones are the ones who think that polit\u00adi\u00adcal vio\u00adlence is wrong, that mob jus\u00adtice is nev\u00ader just and the pre\u00adsump\u00adtion of inno\u00adcence is always right. These are the ones who are skep\u00adti\u00adcal of state and cor\u00adpo\u00adrate pow\u00ader, even when it is clamp\u00ading down on peo\u00adple they despise.\u201d From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-284\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 284<\/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:\/\/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 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. This is vol\u00adume 404, which makes me hap\u00adpy that I\u2019ve final\u00adly found it. If you know, you know. \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/05\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-404\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 404\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_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":"The content skews to the uplifting side this week. 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