{"id":7402,"date":"2024-03-15T16:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T23:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7402"},"modified":"2024-03-15T16:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T23:27:57","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-444","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-444","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 444"},"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 444, which is just the same digit repeated. I like that. Clean. Classy. Elegant.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/firstthoughts\/2010\/08\/rant-worship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rant About Worship Songs<\/a> (Jeremy Pierce, First Things): \u201cHere are some of the things I really hate in a worship song.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is brilliant, from back in&nbsp;2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/top-onlyfans-creator-making-300000-a-month-turns-back-to-christ-walks-away-from-porn-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top OnlyFans creator making $300,000 a month turns to Christ, walks away from porn industry<\/a> (John Knox, Not The Bee): \u201cFrom what I can tell, Nala here isn\u2019t going through a Lil\u2019 Nas X \u2018Christian era\u2019 where she\u2019s aging out of porn and wants to rebrand herself as a good girl again before pivoting to another grift. All I see is genuine joy, like the prostitute who wept and was forgiven at Jesus\u2019 feet.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Includes a video of her sharing her testimony. I love this part: \u201cThe devil can truly give you things in this life. He has a budget, though. He can only go so far.\u2026 The devil has a budget, but God does&nbsp;not.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/latinos-are-flocking-to-evangelical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Latinos Are Flocking to Evangelical Christianity<\/a> (Marie Arana, The Free Press): \u201cIn fact, some researchers project that by 2030, half of the entire population of American Latinos will identify as Protestant evangelicals. Compare that growth with white evangelical Protestants, whose numbers have declined from 23 percent of the American population in 2006 to 14 percent in 2020. With the Hispanic population\u2019s projected growth, in less than a decade, we may see forty million Latinos\u2014a congregation the size of California\u2014heading to American evangelical churches every Sunday.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/is-rome-a-true-church\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is Rome a True Church<\/a>? (Chris Castaldo, Mere Orthodoxy): \u201cProtestants tend to answer the question of Roman Catholicism\u2019s status in one of two ways. Looking through the lens of the early creeds (i.e., Nicene and Apostles\u2019), some understand it to be fundamentally orthodox. The rationale is simple: because the creeds uphold the basic tenets of Christianity, and Rome upholds those creeds, her apostolicity is affirmed. Roman Catholicism is thus regarded as \u2018inside the pale.\u2019 An alternative reading, one that probably informed the Facebook comment, is to view the Roman Catholic Church through the lens of the sixteenth-century Reformation in which the Council of Trent anathematized (pronounced to be cursed) the doctrine of justification by faith alone. Because such faith is recognized as the driving center of the biblical gospel, and Rome forcefully repudiates the doctrine, the Roman Church is therefore considered incompatible with biblical faith.&nbsp; I recognize the logic in these positions, but in my opinion, both are incomplete.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2024\/03\/journalism-has-a-religion-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journalism Has a Religion Problem<\/a> (Andrew T. Walker, National Review): \u201cJournalism has a religion problem. More specifically, journalists are either unaware or unwilling to admit that their own views, presumably untouched by \u2018religion,\u2019 are nonetheless passionately held convictions grounded, well, <em>somewhere<\/em>. What do I mean by that? Well, journalism that touches on religion and politics tends to see religious viewpoints as carrying a special burden. It goes something like this: \u2018Tell me, Mr. Pious, why a diverse population should accept your views on morality, considering they come from religion.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/article\/harvard-tramples-the-truth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvard Tramples the Truth<\/a> (Martin Kulldorff,City Journal): \u201c\u2026as I discovered, truth can get you fired. This is my story\u2014a story of a Harvard biostatistician and infectious-disease epidemiologist, clinging to the truth as the world lost its way during the Covid pandemic.\u2026 Two Harvard colleagues tried to arrange a debate between me and opposing Harvard faculty, but just as with Stanford, there were no takers. The invitation to debate remains open. The public should not trust scientists, even Harvard scientists, unwilling to debate their positions with fellow scientists.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/how-gaza-health-ministry-fakes-casualty-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers<\/a> (Abraham Wyner, Tablet Magazine): \u201cIf Hamas\u2019 numbers are faked or fraudulent in some way, there may be evidence <em>in the numbers themselves<\/em> that can demonstrate it. While there is not much data available, there is a little, and it is enough: From Oct. 26 until Nov. 10, 2023, the Gaza Health Ministry released daily casualty figures that include both a total number and a specific number of women and children.\u201d&nbsp;<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a professor of statistics at the Wharton School, and I find his analysis compelling.<\/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:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/mpierce\/p\/i-cant-wait-until-you-die-so-jesus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Can\u2019t Wait Until You Die, So Jesus Can Tell You that I was Right<\/a> (Matthew Pierce, Substack): \u201cNow, I know what you are thinking: if people who disagree with me will eventually learn the truth in heaven, wouldn\u2019t it be better if they just went ahead and died? This is a good thought, yes. I am always thinking this,&nbsp;too.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2024\/03\/06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Time<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine) \u2014 I feel attacked<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/744255018299015168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI Art<\/a> (Texts from Superheroes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/pastor-confident-that-his-state-of-the-hypostatic-union-sermon-joke-will-finally-get-a-laugh-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pastor Confident That His \u2018State Of The Hypostatic Union\u2019 Sermon Joke Will Finally Get a Laugh This Year<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2904\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Physics vs. Magic<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-024-00690-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meet the real-life versions of Dune\u2019s epic sandworms<\/a> (Julian Nowogrodzki interviewing Luke Parry, Nature): \u201cThere are annelid worms that get up to several metres in length called eunicid worms, a type of bristle worm. They\u2019re pretty gnarly \u2014 they have big jaws, they look a bit like Graboids from the 1990 film <em>Tremors<\/em>. Some of them are ambush predators. They eat octopuses, squid, vertebrates. There are some earthworms that get really big, as well<em>. Megascolides<\/em> reaches up to 2 metres. The biggest ones are from Australia.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 444, which is just the same digit repeated. I like that. Clean. Classy. Elegant. Things Glen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/03\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-444\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 444\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":"Links for the week - more religion-centric than some other weeks.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[170,240,334,148,221,275,136,333,175],"class_list":["post-7402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-devotional","tag-elite-colleges","tag-hispanic","tag-israel","tag-journalism","tag-pandemic","tag-pornography","tag-roman-catholic-church","tag-worship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Vo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7404,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7402\/revisions\/7404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}