{"id":7325,"date":"2023-11-17T20:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T04:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7325"},"modified":"2023-11-17T20:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T04:16:27","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-429","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/11\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-429","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 429"},"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 429, a <a href=\"https:\/\/oeis.org\/A007304\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/oeis.org\/A007304\">sphenic num\u00adber<\/a> (i.e, a num\u00adber with exact\u00adly three dis\u00adtinct prime fac\u00adtors). <\/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:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2023\/11\/religious-classical-liberals.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=religious-classical-liberals\" target=\"_blank\">Clas\u00adsi\u00adcal lib\u00ader\u00adals are increas\u00ading\u00adly reli\u00adgious<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cNot too long ago, I was telling Ezra Klein that I had noticed a rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly new devel\u00adop\u00adment in clas\u00adsi\u00adcal lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism. If a meet an intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal non-Left\u00adist, increas\u00ading\u00adly they are Niet\u00adzschean, com\u00adpared to days of yore. But if they are clas\u00adsi\u00adcal lib\u00ader\u00adal instead, typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly they are reli\u00adgious as well. That could be Catholic or Jew\u00adish or LDS or East\u00adern Ortho\u00addox, with some Protes\u00adtant thrown into the mix, but Protes\u00adtants com\u00ading in last. The per\u00adson being reli\u00adgious is now a pre\u00addic\u00adtor of that same per\u00adson hav\u00ading non-crazy polit\u00adi\u00adcal views. Clas\u00adsi\u00adcal lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism thus, whether you like it or not, has become an essen\u00adtial\u00adly reli\u00adgious move\u00adment.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaronrenn.com\/p\/tyler-cowen-protestants\" target=\"_blank\">Why Tyler Cowen Does\u00adn\u2019t Meet Protes\u00adtant Intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adals<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cYou would think that after decades of bemoan\u00ading the \u2018scan\u00addal of the evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal mind,\u2019 we would be heav\u00adi\u00adly pro\u00admot\u00ading the world class sci\u00aden\u00adtists and oth\u00ader intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal fig\u00adures we have. But that isn\u2019t the case. I\u2019m not a sci\u00aden\u00adtist but I\u2019m not chopped liv\u00ader either. I was a part\u00adner in a con\u00adsult\u00ading firm, a senior fel\u00adlow in a major think tank, and have writ\u00adten for and been cit\u00aded in most of the major pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions in the coun\u00adtry (NYT, WSJ, Guardian, Atlantic, etc). But the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion that\u2019s done the most to pro\u00admote my work is the Catholic-cen\u00adtric First Things mag\u00ada\u00adzine. Undoubt\u00aded\u00adly the best career move I could make as a writer on cul\u00adture, men\u2019s issues, and pub\u00adlic pol\u00adi\u00adcy would be to con\u00advert to Catholi\u00adcism. That would prob\u00ada\u00adbly open doors to oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties I will not oth\u00ader\u00adwise get.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Renn left out some impor\u00adtant pieces of the puz\u00adzle. It also has to do with the way that decen\u00adtral\u00adized church author\u00adi\u00adty oper\u00adates in the Protes\u00adtant world and the lack of inter\u00adsec\u00adtion between some\u00adone like me and some\u00adone like Andy Stan\u00adley. We just move in com\u00adplete\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent cir\u00adcles. I\u2019m not say\u00ading I\u2019m the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal in this equa\u00adtion, by the way. I am say\u00ading I know a bunch. I have bap\u00adtized peo\u00adple who are now pro\u00adfes\u00adsors at Stan\u00adford, but pick-your-favorite megachurch preach\u00ader has no idea that they exist. And that lack of inter\u00adsec\u00adtion extends to groups like Ver\u00adi\u00adtas and the Trin\u00adi\u00adty Forum which are doing the kind of work Renn describes, but inde\u00adpen\u00addent\u00adly of Sad\u00addle\u00adback Church or any oth\u00ader evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal cen\u00adter of influ\u00adence. Most influ\u00aden\u00adtial preach\u00aders are niche celebri\u00adties who are also pop\u00adulist intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adals, and that is a very dif\u00adfer\u00adent thing from an aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic or insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal. There real\u00adly isn\u2019t any straight\u00adfor\u00adward way to bring the two togeth\u00ader. And I haven\u2019t even talked about the role of Chris\u00adt\u00adian uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties in this sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, their rela\u00adtion\u00adship to evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal influ\u00adencers, and their joint rela\u00adtion\u00adship to sec\u00adu\u00adlar schol\u00adars. It would take a whole essay to bring all the pieces togeth\u00ader, and I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s a good use of my time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/07\/02\/1184875650\/faith-religion-judaism-sarah-hurwitz\" target=\"_blank\">She found mean\u00ading where she least expect\u00aded it \u2014 her child\u00adhood faith<\/a> (Rachel Mar\u00adtin, NPR): \u201c<strong>Hur\u00adwitz<\/strong>: But I think what makes me ner\u00advous about the spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal buf\u00adfet is that what you\u2019re say\u00ading is, \u2018I\u2019m going to take this thing from Bud\u00addhism that\u2019s so me and this thing from Judaism that\u2019s so me and this from Catholi\u00adcism.\u2019&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Mar\u00adtin:<\/strong> One-hun\u00addred per\u00adcent. That\u2019s what I\u2019m doing. <strong>Hur\u00adwitz:<\/strong> This is what so many of us do, and at the end of the day you\u2019re rein\u00adforc\u00ading your\u00adself. You\u2019re kind of deify\u00ading your\u00adself. <strong>Mar\u00adtin: <\/strong>Wow. <strong>Hur\u00adwitz: <\/strong>You\u2019re say\u00ading, \u2018What rein\u00adforces my pre\u00adex\u00adist\u00ading beliefs?\u2019 This is how we con\u00adsume social media, right? But it\u2019s not the pur\u00adpose of these great spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal tra\u00addi\u00adtions.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/15\/opinion\/religion-christianity-belief.html\" target=\"_blank\">Where Does Reli\u00adgion Come From?<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cSome sort of reli\u00adgious atti\u00adtude is essen\u00adtial\u00adly demand\u00aded, in my view, by what we know about the uni\u00adverse and the human place with\u00adin it, but every sin\u00adcere searcher is like\u00adly to fol\u00adlow their own idio\u00adsyn\u00adcrat\u00adic path.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading essay that wan\u00adders into weird places.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2023\/10\/24\/1081478\/manuel-blum-theoretical-computer-science-turing-award-academic-advisor\/\" target=\"_blank\">How this Tur\u00ading Award\u2013winning researcher became a leg\u00adendary aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic advi\u00adsor<\/a> (Sheon Han, MIT Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Review): \u201cFor\u00admer stu\u00addents describe Blum as unwa\u00adver\u00ading\u00adly pos\u00adi\u00adtive, say\u00ading he had oth\u00ader ways besides crit\u00adi\u00adcism to steer them away from dead ends. \u2018He is always smil\u00ading, but you can see he smiles wider when he likes some\u00adthing. And oh, we want\u00aded that big smile,\u2019 says Ronitt Rubin\u00adfeld, a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of elec\u00adtri\u00adcal engi\u00adneer\u00ading and com\u00adput\u00ader sci\u00adence at MIT. Behind the gen\u00ader\u00adal pos\u00adi\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty, Rubin\u00adfeld says, is a fine taste for inter\u00adest\u00ading ideas. Stu\u00addents could trust they were being guid\u00aded in the right direc\u00adtion. Come up with a bor\u00ading idea? Blum, who is known for his ter\u00adri\u00adble mem\u00ado\u00adry, would have most\u00adly for\u00adgot\u00adten it by your next meet\u00ading.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I quite liked this one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/11\/13\/us\/social-gospel-movement-uaw-strike-blake-cec\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">There\u2019s anoth\u00ader Chris\u00adt\u00adian move\u00adment that\u2019s chang\u00ading our pol\u00adi\u00adtics. It has noth\u00ading to do with white\u00adness or nation\u00adal\u00adism<\/a> (John Blake, CNN): \u201cThe Social Gospel was a Chris\u00adt\u00adian move\u00adment that emerged in late 19th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry Amer\u00adi\u00adca as a response to the obscene lev\u00adels of inequal\u00adi\u00adty in a rapid\u00adly indus\u00adtri\u00adal\u00adiz\u00ading coun\u00adtry.\u2026 The Social Gospel turned reli\u00adgion into a weapon for eco\u00adnom\u00adic and polit\u00adi\u00adcal reform. Its mes\u00adsage: sav\u00ading peo\u00adple from slums was just as impor\u00adtant as sav\u00ading them from hell. At its peak, the movement\u2019s lead\u00aders sup\u00adport\u00aded cam\u00adpaigns for eight-hour work\u00addays, the break\u00ading up of cor\u00adpo\u00adrate monop\u00ado\u00adlies and the abo\u00adli\u00adtion of child labor. They spoke from pul\u00adpits, lec\u00adtured across the coun\u00adtry and wrote best-sell\u00ading books.\u2026 The Social Gospel move\u00adment is mak\u00ading a come\u00adback. Some may argue it nev\u00ader left.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/you-are-the-last-line-of-defense\" target=\"_blank\">You Are the Last Line of Defense<\/a> (Bari Weiss, The Free Press): \u201cI am here because I know that in the fight for the West, I know who my allies are. And my allies are not the peo\u00adple who, look\u00ading at facile, exter\u00adnal mark\u00aders of my iden\u00adti\u00adty, one might imag\u00adine them to be. My allies are peo\u00adple who believe that Amer\u00adi\u00adca is good. That the West is good. That human beings\u2014not cultures\u2014are cre\u00adat\u00aded equal and that say\u00ading so is essen\u00adtial to know\u00ading what we are fight\u00ading for. Amer\u00adi\u00adca and our val\u00adues are worth fight\u00ading for\u2014and that is the pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adty of the day.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Quite a remark\u00adable speech she deliv\u00adered to the Fed\u00ader\u00adal\u00adist Soci\u00adety. Also avail\u00adable as a video: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a6i9VPrj170\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a6i9VPrj170<\/a> (38 min\u00adutes long, it is far quick\u00ader to read)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/uk-infant-baptized-forced-life-support-father-devil-courtroom\" target=\"_blank\">UK infant bap\u00adtized before being forced off life sup\u00adport, father says \u2018the dev\u00adil\u2019 was in the court\u00adroom<\/a> (Tim\u00ado\u00adthy H.J. Nerozzi, Fox News): \u201cDean Gre\u00adgo\u00adry, Indi\u2019s father, said before her death that he was inspired to bap\u00adtize his daugh\u00adter by Chris\u00adt\u00adian legal vol\u00adun\u00adteers who fought to keep her alive. Dean said he became con\u00advinced of the exis\u00adtence of the dev\u00adil by his fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s treat\u00adment in the court\u00adroom. \u2018I am not reli\u00adgious and I am not bap\u00adtized. But when I was in court, it felt like I had been dragged to hell,\u2019 Dean Gre\u00adgo\u00adry said in a Nov. 6 inter\u00adview with New Dai\u00adly Com\u00adpass. \u2018I thought, if hell exists then heav\u00aden must exist. It was like the dev\u00adil was there. I thought if there\u2019s a dev\u00adil then God must exist.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Heart\u00adbreak\u00ading. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some Israel\/Hamas per\u00adspec\u00adtives:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/16\/opinion\/hamas-public-pressure-israel-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">There Should Be More Pub\u00adlic Pres\u00adsure on Hamas<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201cI\u2019m not na\u00efve. I don\u2019t for a moment believe that defeat\u00ading Hamas and remov\u00ading it from pow\u00ader solves the Israeli-Pales\u00adtin\u00adian con\u00adflict. Israel can\u00adnot live up to its own demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic promise or its own lib\u00ader\u00adal ideals if, for exam\u00adple, it indulges its own dan\u00adger\u00adous rad\u00adi\u00adcals. But I do know that plac\u00ading more pres\u00adsure on Israel than Hamas to end the con\u00adflict and save civil\u00adian lives is exact\u00adly back\u00adward. The inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal sys\u00adtem depends on oppos\u00ading the aggres\u00adsor and pun\u00adish\u00ading crimes. Protests that aim their demands more at Israel than Hamas impede jus\u00adtice, erode the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal order and under\u00admine the quest for a real and last\u00ading peace.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/14\/opinion\/israel-gaza-war-history.html\" target=\"_blank\">This War Did Not Start a Month Ago<\/a> (Dalia Hatuqa, New York Times): \u201cTo many inside and out\u00adside this war, the bru\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty of Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 attacks was unthink\u00adable, as have been the scale and feroc\u00adi\u00adty of Israel\u2019s reprisal. But Pales\u00adtini\u00adans have been sub\u00adject to a steady stream of unfath\u00adomable vio\u00adlence \u2014 as well as the creep\u00ading annex\u00ada\u00adtion of their land by Israel and Israeli set\u00adtlers \u2014 for gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions. If peo\u00adple are going to under\u00adstand this lat\u00adest con\u00adflict and see a path for\u00adward for every\u00adone, we need to be more hon\u00adest, nuanced and com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive about the recent decades of his\u00adto\u00adry in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly the impact of occu\u00adpa\u00adtion and vio\u00adlence on the Pales\u00adtini\u00adans.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A fair\u00adly straight\u00adfor\u00adward pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion of the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/israel-is-nothing-like-apartheid-jim-crow\" target=\"_blank\">The Strug\u00adgle for Black Free\u00addom Has Noth\u00ading to Do with Israel<\/a> (Cole\u00adman Hugh\u00ades, The Free Press): \u201cThere is yet anoth\u00ader incon\u00adve\u00adnient fact for those who want to reduce the Israeli-Arab con\u00adflict to a com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion between Euro\u00adpean set\u00adtlers and peo\u00adple of col\u00ador: the major\u00adi\u00adty of Israeli Jews are not Euro\u00adpean. They are Mizrahi Jews\u2014hailing from the Mid\u00addle East and North Africa. What\u2019s more, it is not the Euro\u00adpean Jews but the Mizrahi Jews\u2014who are dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to visu\u00adal\u00adly dis\u00adtin\u00adguish from Palestinians\u2014that form most of the vot\u00ading base of the right-wing par\u00adties that Israel\u2019s crit\u00adics con\u00adsid\u00ader to be the tru\u00adly racist ones.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three arti\u00adcles from The Gospel Coali\u00adtion about the var\u00adi\u00adous ways Chris\u00adtians think about the promis\u00ades to Israel in the Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment. It\u2019s worth sort\u00ading through your own per\u00adspec\u00adtive. These three essays are from well-respect\u00aded Chris\u00adt\u00adian aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics who present their posi\u00adtions con\u00adcise\u00adly and well. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/israel-land-promise-mcdermott\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why the Land Promis\u00ades Belong to Eth\u00adnic Israel <\/a>(Ger\u00adald McDer\u00admott, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cFirst, if the land promise was end\u00aded with the com\u00ading of Jesus, then God is not trust\u00adwor\u00adthy. For he promised to Abra\u00adham and his seed that the land would be theirs for an ever\u00adlast\u00ading pos\u00adses\u00adsion (Gen. 17:8). Sec\u00adond, if the land promise to Israel is bro\u00adken, then so might be God\u2019s promise to renew and restore the heav\u00adens and the earth. The land promise\u2019s par\u00adtial fulfillment\u2014by bring\u00ading Jews from the four cor\u00adners of the earth back to the land start\u00ading in the eigh\u00adteenth century\u2014is down pay\u00adment on the promise of a new heav\u00aden and a new earth. Third, it is a deep the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal rea\u00adson why we should sup\u00adport Israel in this new war against the new Nazism.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/israel-land-promise-beale\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Expect\u00aded Uni\u00adver\u00adsal\u00adiza\u00adtion of the Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment Land Promis\u00ades<\/a> (G. K. Beale, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cThe land promis\u00ades will be ful\u00adfilled in a phys\u00adi\u00adcal form when all believ\u00aders inher\u00adit the earth, but the inau\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtion of this ful\u00adfill\u00adment is main\u00adly spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal until the final con\u00adsum\u00adma\u00adtion in a ful\u00adly phys\u00adi\u00adcal new heav\u00aden and earth. The phys\u00adi\u00adcal way these land promis\u00ades have begun ful\u00adfill\u00adment is that Christ him\u00adself intro\u00adduced the new cre\u00adation by his phys\u00adi\u00adcal res\u00adur\u00adrec\u00adtion.\u2026 There\u00adfore, none of the ref\u00ader\u00adences to the promise of Israel\u2019s land in the Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment appears to be relat\u00aded to the promis\u00ades of eth\u00adnic Israel\u2019s return to the promised land on this present earth.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/israel-land-promise-bock\/\" target=\"_blank\">Israel\u2019s Role in the Land Promise<\/a> (Dar\u00adrell Bock, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cIt\u2019s often claimed the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment moves the land promise from being about Israel as a peo\u00adple in the land to being about God\u2019s peo\u00adple in the world. That\u2019s an over\u00adsim\u00adpli\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion. The ques\u00adtion is whether that uni\u00adver\u00adsal expan\u00adsion neuters the spe\u00adcif\u00adic promise made to Israel of a peo\u00adple in a land.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/november-web-only\/imprudence-of-dump-them-social-media-pop-psychology.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Impru\u00addence of \u2018Dump Them\u2019<\/a> (Clare Cof\u00adfey, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cAs pru\u00addence has fall\u00aden out of favor as an aspi\u00adra\u00adtion, it\u2019s hard not to see the hole it has left. On social media, we try to fill that hole with an end\u00adless pro\u00adlif\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of abstract rules to gov\u00adern human deci\u00adsions. We try to out\u00adsource the basis of indi\u00advid\u00adual judg\u00adment to over\u00adly sim\u00adplis\u00adtic moral equa\u00adtions, and more often than not, we find the math works out to \u2018dump them.\u2019&nbsp;\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\/11\/04\" target=\"_blank\">Read\u00ading The Bible<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/sicky\" target=\"_blank\">The Book of Rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion in a Kid Bible<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/11\/13\" target=\"_blank\">Char\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/google-maps-now-offering-achievements-for-beating-estimated-travel-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Maps Now Offer\u00ading Achieve\u00adments For Beat\u00ading Esti\u00admat\u00aded Trav\u00adel Time<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/11\/15\" target=\"_blank\">Hell<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/astronauts-international-space-station-tool-bag-visible\" target=\"_blank\">Astro\u00adnauts dropped a tool bag dur\u00ading an ISS space\u00adwalk, and you can see it with binoc\u00adu\u00adlars<\/a> (Robert Lea, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/Space.com\" target=\"_blank\">Space.com<\/a>): \u201cThe bag of tools gave NASA astro\u00adnauts Jas\u00admin Mogh\u00adbe\u00adli and Loral O\u2019Hara the slip on Nov. 2, 2023, as they were con\u00adduct\u00ading a space\u00adwalk out\u00adside of the Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Space Sta\u00adtion (ISS).&nbsp; The tool bag is now orbit\u00ading our plan\u00adet just ahead of the ISS with a visu\u00adal mag\u00adni\u00adtude of around 6, accord\u00ading to Earth\u00adSky. That means it is slight\u00adly less bright than the ice giant Uranus, the sev\u00adenth plan\u00adet from the sun. As a result, the bag\u200a \u2014 \u200aoffi\u00adcial\u00adly known as a crew lock bag\u200a \u2014 \u200ais slight\u00adly too dim to be vis\u00adi\u00adble to the unaid\u00aded eye, but sky\u00adwatch\u00aders should be able to pick it up with binoc\u00adu\u00adlars.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>. 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