{"id":7234,"date":"2023-07-14T19:41:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T02:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7234"},"modified":"2023-07-14T19:41:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T02:41:34","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/07\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-411","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 411"},"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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is vol\u00adume 411, which is the num\u00adber you used to dial to get direc\u00adto\u00adry assis\u00adtance from the phone com\u00adpa\u00adny. It\u2019s now slang for infor\u00adma\u00adtion, so an emi\u00adnent\u00adly appro\u00adpri\u00adate num\u00adber for today\u2019s com\u00adpi\u00adla\u00adtion.<\/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>This roundup has more spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly enrich\u00ading con\u00adtent than usu\u00adal.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/july-august\/shepherd-boy-david-goliath-other-giant.html?share=2etJhB9eIZW%2bZ2Gcq%2f4tJiBNn4Z6MSCy\" target=\"_blank\">The Shep\u00adherd Boy Who Wasn\u2019t<\/a> (Jor\u00addan K. Mon\u00adson, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIf we stick only to the \u2018God can use any\u00adone\u2019 read\u00ading of David\u2019s ori\u00adgin sto\u00adry, we cel\u00ade\u00adbrate God\u2019s ele\u00adva\u00adtion of the over\u00adlooked and risk miss\u00ading God\u2019s clear warn\u00ading to the ele\u00advat\u00aded: It can hap\u00adpen to you. But if we see David for who he real\u00adly was, we real\u00adize that every great man or woman who ris\u00ades to pow\u00ader in the church is only one rooftop stroll away from a David-sized crash.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I have unlocked this arti\u00adcle. It\u2019s longer than it needs to be, but good. The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment at Hunt\u00ading\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dbts.edu\/2023\/07\/10\/fearing-god-as-sons-not-slaves\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fear\u00ading God as Sons, Not Slaves<\/a> (Ben Edwards, Detroit Bap\u00adtist The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sem\u00adi\u00adnary): \u201cThis dis\u00adtinc\u00adtion is per\u00adhaps most clear\u00adly seen in Exo\u00addus 20: \u2018And all the peo\u00adple were watch\u00ading <em>and hear\u00ading<\/em> the thun\u00adder and the light\u00adning flash\u00ades, and the sound of the trum\u00adpet, and the moun\u00adtain smok\u00ading; and when the peo\u00adple saw <em>it all<\/em>, <strong>they trem\u00adbled and stood at a dis\u00adtance<\/strong>. <strong>19 <\/strong>Then they said to Moses, \u2018Speak to us your\u00adself and we will lis\u00adten; but do not have God speak to us, or we will die!\u2019 How\u00adev\u00ader, Moses said to the peo\u00adple, \u2018<strong>Do not be afraid<\/strong>; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that <strong>the fear of Him may remain with you<\/strong>, so that you will not sin.\u2019\u2019 Moses tells Israel: \u2018Don\u2019t be afraid, but fear.\u2019 The Israelites were tempt\u00aded to cow\u00ader in ter\u00adror as they beheld God\u2019s majesty. But the fear they tru\u00adly need\u00aded was one that would lead them to avoid sin.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/relevantmagazine.com\/life5\/why-i-gave-up-alcohol\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why I Gave Up Drink\u00ading<\/a> (Sarah Bessey, Rel\u00ade\u00advant Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cI think that con\u00advic\u00adtion has got\u00adten a bit of a bad rap in the Church over the past lit\u00adtle while. It\u2019s under\u00adstand\u00adable. We have an over\u00adcor\u00adrec\u00adtion to a lot of the legal\u00adism and bound\u00adary-mark\u00ader Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty that dam\u00adaged so many, the behav\u00adiour mod\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and rule-mak\u00ading and impo\u00adsi\u00adtion of oth\u00ader people\u2019s con\u00advic\u00adtions onto our own souls. But in our steer\u00ading away from legal\u00adism, I won\u00adder if we left the road to holi\u00adness or began to for\u00adget that God also cares about what we do and how we do it and why.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From last year, but was just rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded to me by a friend. It\u2019s good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scotmcknight.substack.com\/p\/why-do-we-go-to-church?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Why Do We Go to Church<\/a>? (Mike Glenn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhy do so many of us who claim to be Chris\u00adtians nev\u00ader attend church? I know every\u00adone has their rea\u00adsons, but here\u2019s the hard truth: Jesus loves the church. He gave His life for the church. Jesus con\u00adsid\u00aders the church to be His bride. I don\u2019t care how close you are to Jesus, you can\u2019t tell Him His wife is ugly. If we love Jesus, then we love His church. If you don\u2019t love the church, then there\u2019s rea\u00adson to ques\u00adtion if you love Jesus.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.preceptaustin.org\/revelation-topics-rapture#4.14\" target=\"_blank\">Rap\u00adture<\/a> (Pre\u00adcept Austin): \u201cIn our day, the Rap\u00adture has come under attack by many. Some think it rep\u00adre\u00adsents the nov\u00adel teach\u00adings of \u2018defeatist Chris\u00adtians.\u2019 Oth\u00aders think it is pure fan\u00adta\u00adsy. Still oth\u00aders seem to savor the idea of the Church going through the events of the Tribu\u00adla\u00adtion in order to \u2018prove her met\u00adal\u2019 or refine her. We find it dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to under\u00adstand why there is such oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion <em>by Chris\u00adtians<\/em> to the idea that the bride\u00adgroom would come for His bride pri\u00ador to pour\u00ading forth His wrath (John 14:1\u20133)?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent and I quite liked this one. I\u2019m pret\u00adty famil\u00adiar with the argu\u00adments in favor of a pret\u00adribu\u00adla\u00adtion\u00adal rap\u00adture (a posi\u00adtion I myself hold), but there was stuff in here that was new to me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/why-match-school-and-student-rank\" target=\"_blank\">Why Match School And Stu\u00addent Rank<\/a>? (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201c\u2026elite col\u00adleges are machines for laun\u00adder\u00ading priv\u00adi\u00adlege. That is: Har\u00advard accepts (let\u2019s say) 75% smart\/talented peo\u00adple, and 25% rich\/powerful peo\u00adple. This is a good deal for both sides. The smart peo\u00adple get to net\u00adwork with elites, which is the first step to becom\u00ading elite them\u00adselves. And the rich peo\u00adple get mixed in so thor\u00adough\u00adly with a pool of smart\/talented peo\u00adple that every\u00adone assumes they must be smart\/talented them\u00adselves. After all, they have a degree from Har\u00advard!\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/community\/articles\/pentecostal-search-enchantment-hillsong\" target=\"_blank\">A Church\u2019s Quest for Enchant\u00adment<\/a> (Mag\u00adgie Phllips, Tablet): \u201c[Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal\u00adism] began in the 19th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, with the par\u00adal\u00adlel devel\u00adop\u00adment through\u00adout the Anglos\u00adphere of a grass\u00adroots spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm ground\u00aded in per\u00adson\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence. Its the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy is root\u00aded in his\u00adto\u00adry both ancient and more con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary: a key event in the Chris\u00adt\u00adian Bible\u2019s Book of the Acts of the Apos\u00adtles, as well as the the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy of John Wes\u00adley, who is rec\u00adog\u00adnized as the father of Method\u00adism. In the U.S., its cat\u00ada\u00adlyst is usu\u00adal\u00adly iden\u00adti\u00adfied as a reli\u00adgious revival move\u00adment that began in Los Ange\u00adles in 1906; over a cen\u00adtu\u00adry lat\u00ader, it still enjoys a wide\u00adspread pres\u00adence in the U.S., and is a rapid\u00adly grow\u00ading glob\u00adal phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnon.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is actu\u00adal\u00adly a pret\u00adty good overview of Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty for a sec\u00adu\u00adlar audi\u00adence. She gets a few details wrong, but over\u00adall this is sol\u00adid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalliturgies.net\/p\/the-church-in-a-time-of-gender-war?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">The Church in a Time of Gen\u00adder War<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhat I am say\u00ading is that I now believe most evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal church\u00ades should look at their sin\u00adgle mem\u00adbers with both eyes open: an appre\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion for the won\u00adder\u00adful poten\u00adtial of their sea\u00adson of life, but also a desire and strat\u00ade\u00adgy, as the Lord per\u00admits, to find ways to get these peo\u00adple Chris\u00adt\u00adian spous\u00ades. In oth\u00ader words, I don\u2019t think we should fear admit\u00adting that mar\u00adriage is, in the major\u00adi\u00adty of sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions we will come across, prefer\u00adable to sin\u00adgle\u00adness.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some peo\u00adple think I empha\u00adsize romance too much. I actu\u00adal\u00adly won\u00adder if I empha\u00adsize it too lit\u00adtle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also, not reflect\u00aded in the excerpt but very much at the heart of the piece is the author\u2019s con\u00adcern that men and women in our cul\u00adture are col\u00adlec\u00adtive\u00adly believ\u00ading the worst of each oth\u00ader and assum\u00ading the answer is for the oth\u00ader gen\u00adder to become more like them. He\u2019s get\u00adting at some\u00adthing real here. I think Chi Alpha has a health\u00adi\u00ader dat\u00ading cul\u00adture than oth\u00ader places at Stan\u00adford, and I still see the ten\u00adden\u00adcies James cri\u00adtiques in this piece in mem\u00adbers of our com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Men are awe\u00adsome. Women are awe\u00adsome. You should prob\u00ada\u00adbly want to get mar\u00adried. Which means you should prob\u00ada\u00adbly go on dates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/46Jgu6p\" target=\"_blank\">Men are lost. Here\u2019s a map out of the wilder\u00adness.<\/a> (Chris\u00adtine Emba, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cTo the extent that any vision of \u2018non\u00adtox\u00adic\u2019 mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty is pro\u00adposed, it ends up sound\u00ading more like stereo\u00adtyp\u00adi\u00adcal fem\u00adi\u00adnin\u00adi\u00adty than any\u00adthing else: Guys should learn to be more sen\u00adsi\u00adtive, qui\u00adet and social\u00adly apt, seem\u00ading\u00adly overnight.\u2026 I\u2019m con\u00advinced that men are in a cri\u00adsis. And I strong\u00adly sus\u00adpect that end\u00ading it will require a pos\u00adi\u00adtive vision of what mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty entails that is <em>par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar \u2014 <\/em>that is, nei\u00adther neu\u00adtral nor inter\u00adchange\u00adable with fem\u00adi\u00adnin\u00adi\u00adty. Still, I find myself reluc\u00adtant to ful\u00adly artic\u00adu\u00adlate one. There\u2019s a rea\u00adson a lot of the writ\u00ading on the cri\u00adsis in mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty ends at the diag\u00adno\u00adsis stage.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked. Sol\u00adid over\u00adall but amus\u00ading\u00adly clue\u00adless at a few points.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded, although the author dis\u00adclaims it: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pmarca.substack.com\/p\/fighting?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Fight\u00ading<\/a> (Marc Andreesen, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cAt a pri\u00advate con\u00adfer\u00adence this week, I was asked what I think of Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s recent Mixed Mar\u00adtial Arts (MMA) train\u00ading, Elon Musk\u2019s chal\u00adlenge to a cage fight, and pub\u00adlic reports that a Zuckerberg\/Musk MMA fight may well hap\u00adpen lat\u00ader this year, per\u00adhaps in the <em>actu\u00adal Roman Colos\u00adse\u00adum<\/em>. I said, \u2018I think that\u2019s all <em>great<\/em>.\u2019 And in this post I explain why.\u2026 I was also asked whether I con\u00adsid\u00ader Mark and Elon to be role mod\u00adels to chil\u00addren in their embrace of fight\u00ading, and I said, enthu\u00adsi\u00adas\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly, <em>yes<\/em>. And I fur\u00adther rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded to the audi\u00adence that they have their chil\u00addren trained in MMA, as my wife and I are.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palladiummag.com\/2023\/07\/06\/the-triumph-of-the-good-samaritan\" target=\"_blank\">The Tri\u00adumph of the Good Samar\u00adi\u00adtan<\/a> (Ash Mil\u00adton, Pal\u00adla\u00addi\u00adum Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cThe activist defend\u00aders of the tent cities had seized on a moral lan\u00adguage deeply ingrained in West\u00adern soci\u00adeties. The notion of duty to neigh\u00adbors, espe\u00adcial\u00adly those who are poor and vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble, is a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly strong inher\u00adi\u00adtance from Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. But they were using con\u00adcepts they did not care to under\u00adstand. For the activists, the home\u00adless weren\u2019t neigh\u00adbors in any rec\u00adi\u00adp\u00adro\u00adcal sense, just a bat\u00adter\u00ading ram to use in their own con\u00adflicts with soci\u00adety. By rhetor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly re-premis\u00ading neigh\u00adbor\u00adly duties as a one-way rela\u00adtion\u00adship of trib\u00adute and def\u00ader\u00adence paid to the wretched by soci\u00adety, they ren\u00addered the very moral con\u00adcepts they invoked use\u00adless. They demand\u00aded neigh\u00adbor\u00adly duties from strangers but pro\u00advid\u00aded no pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of those involved ever becom\u00ading any\u00adthing like real neigh\u00adbors to each oth\u00ader.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A bit longer than nec\u00ades\u00adsary, but quite good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/whos-afraid-of-moms-for-liberty?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Who\u2019s Afraid of Moms for Lib\u00ader\u00adty?<\/a> (Robert Pondis\u00adcio, The Free Press): \u201cMoms for Lib\u00ader\u00adty is the beat\u00ading heart of this country\u2019s move\u00adment of angry parents\u2014and Amer\u00adi\u00adcan edu\u00adca\u00adtion has nev\u00ader seen any\u00adthing quite like it.\u2026 The basic thrust of Moms for Liberty\u2019s advocacy\u2014that par\u00adents, not the gov\u00adern\u00adment, should have the ulti\u00admate say in what chil\u00addren are taught in pub\u00adlic schools\u2014has legs. Not one sub\u00adgroup in McLaughlin\u2019s crosstabs\u2014Trump or Biden vot\u00aders; pro-life or pro-choice; black, white, or His\u00adpan\u00adic; urban, rur\u00adal, or suburban\u2014disagrees.\u201d<\/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.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/07\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Cast The First Stone<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OylsuNV7d7I\" target=\"_blank\">Every Chris\u00adt\u00adian Music Video<\/a> (John Crist, YouTube): four min\u00adutes. Not great, but amus\u00ading at times. My favorite line was \u201cits main\u00adly soc\u00adcer moms lis\u00adten\u00ading to us so we had to make it clear that its the man who messed things up\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2801\/\" target=\"_blank\">Con\u00adtact Merge<\/a> (xkcd) \u2014 the hov\u00ader\u00adtext is gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/07\/13\" target=\"_blank\">Mod\u00adern Dat\u00ading<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourCalvinist\/status\/1679941950957338626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions Order Cof\u00adfee<\/a> (Twit\u00adter video)<\/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:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/book-review-the-cult-of-smart?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjY1NzAzNCwiXyI6IjVzWDJwIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEzNjMyMzA3LCJleHAiOjE2MTM2MzU5MDcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.LpIlIee6Fbvn_fBrDwH1pl_YZjQBe3aU4UDme0OxcDk\" target=\"_blank\">Book Review: The Cult Of Smart<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cDeBoer recalls hear\u00ading an immi\u00adgrant moth\u00ader proud\u00adly describe her old\u00ader kid\u2019s achieve\u00adments in math, sci\u00adence, etc, \u201cand then her younger son ran by, and she said, off\u00adhand, \u2018This one, he is maybe not so smart.\u2019 \u201d DeBoer was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly shocked to hear some\u00adone describe her own son that way, then real\u00adized that he wouldn\u2019t have thought twice if she\u2019d dis\u00admissed him as unath\u00adlet\u00adic, or bad at music. Intel\u00adli\u00adgence is con\u00adsid\u00adered such a basic mea\u00adsure of human worth that to dis\u00admiss some\u00adone as unin\u00adtel\u00adli\u00adgent seems like con\u00adsign\u00ading them into the out\u00ader dark\u00adness.\u201d Nor\u00admal\u00adly the best thing about Alexander\u2019s blog is his book reviews. This one was just okay (smart and well-writ\u00adten but not astound\u00ading) and then all of a sud\u00adden he turned his rant up to 11. Hang in until you reach the phrase \u201cchild prison.\u201d If you\u2019re not sold at that point, stop read\u00ading. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/02\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-289\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 289<\/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 411, which is the num\u00adber you used to dial to get direc\u00adto\u00adry assis\u00adtance from the \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/07\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-411\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 411\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":"More spiritually-enriching content than usual. Also, it's volume 411. 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