{"id":7664,"date":"2025-04-25T17:40:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T00:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7664"},"modified":"2025-04-25T17:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T00:40:36","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-501-college-students-colleges-and-youth-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/04\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-501-college-students-colleges-and-youth-in-general","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 501: college students, colleges, and youth in general"},"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><br><br>    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\">I\u2019ve had a scat\u00adtered week, so a lil\u2019 less con\u00adtent than usu\u00adal here. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/secular-students-find-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sec\u00adu\u00adlar Col\u00adlege Stu\u00addents Find Ordi\u00adnary Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Per\u00adsua\u00adsive<\/a> (Dylan Muss\u00ader, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cI serve as a cam\u00adpus min\u00adis\u00adter at one of the most pres\u00adti\u00adgious and sec\u00adu\u00adlar uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties in the South, and I\u2019ve noticed that many stu\u00addents have become dis\u00aden\u00adchant\u00aded with sec\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adism.\u2026 The vis\u00adi\u00adble beau\u00adty of ordi\u00adnary Chris\u00adt\u00adian liv\u00ading is a per\u00adsua\u00adsive apolo\u00adgetic for today\u2019s stu\u00addents. It may encour\u00adage even skep\u00adti\u00adcal stu\u00addents to recon\u00adsid\u00ader a faith they\u2019ve dis\u00admissed.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author does cam\u00adpus min\u00adistry at Van\u00adder\u00adbilt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2025\/04\/23\/gen-z-media-tiktok-misinformation-00287561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Gen Z Became the Most Gullible Gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion<\/a> (Cather\u00adine Kim, Politi\u00adco): \u201cIt\u2019s a star\u00adtling real\u00adi\u00adty about Gen Z, backed up by mul\u00adti\u00adple stud\u00adies and what we can all see for our\u00adselves: The most online gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion is also the worst at dis\u00adcern\u00ading fact from fic\u00adtion on the inter\u00adnet.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lawliberty.org\/the-road-to-campus-serfdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Road to Cam\u00adpus Serf\u00addom<\/a> (John O. McGin\u00adnis, Law &amp; Lib\u00ader\u00adty): \u201cToday\u2019s cir\u00adcum\u00adstances stark\u00adly illus\u00adtrate how expan\u00adsive fed\u00ader\u00adal con\u00adtrol over civ\u00adil soci\u00adety, orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded by pro\u00adgres\u00adsives, returns to haunt its archi\u00adtects. The left\u2019s out\u00adrage ought to focus not on this par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion but on its own reck\u00adless empow\u00ader\u00adment of the state.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a law pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at North\u00adwest\u00adern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2025\/04\/west-bank-settler-violence-jewish-christian-bedouin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Chris\u00adt\u00adian and Jew\u00adish Israelis Pro\u00adtect\u00ading West Bank Pales\u00adtini\u00adans<\/a> (Jill Nel\u00adson, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cJonathan Pex is con\u00adcerned about his Pales\u00adtin\u00adian Bedouin neigh\u00adbors in the West Bank\u2019s South Hebron Hills. They\u2019re sheep\u00adherders who live in an expan\u00adsive cave out\u00adfit\u00adted with solar elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty, ten min\u00adutes from Pex\u2019s home. The region has seen an uptick in Israeli set\u00adtler vio\u00adlence against Pales\u00adtini\u00adans since the Octo\u00adber 2023 Hamas attacks, and the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian fam\u00adi\u00adly is afraid they may be next on the set\u00adtlers\u2019 hit list, as they\u2019ve had sev\u00ader\u00adal dis\u00adputes with their neigh\u00adbors over graz\u00ading rights.\u2026 \u2018I\u2019m going to do what\u00adev\u00ader I can to sup\u00adport them,\u2019 Pex said. \u2018Jesus would have real\u00adly had a heart for these peo\u00adple.\u2019\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading sto\u00adry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/life-style\/church-christianity-gen-z-young-people-faith-god-easter-b2734957.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Make Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty cool again: Why Gen Z is flock\u00ading to church<\/a> (Helen Cof\u00adfey, The Inde\u00adpen\u00addent): \u201cInter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, a major piece of research on teenage well\u00adbe\u00ading con\u00adduct\u00aded by sci\u00aden\u00adtists at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Oxford and Swansea Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty last year found that just three ele\u00adments strong\u00adly cor\u00adre\u00adlat\u00aded with bet\u00adter ado\u00adles\u00adcent men\u00adtal health: get\u00adting enough sleep, reg\u00adu\u00adlar exer\u00adcise and \u2013 wait for it \u2013 attend\u00ading reli\u00adgious ser\u00advices.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A British per\u00adspec\u00adtive on reli\u00adgious renew\u00adal among young peo\u00adple.<\/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=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2025\/04\/18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOMO<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/god-introduces-new-hydrating-zero-sugar-beverage-with-no-artificial-dyes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">God Intro\u00adduces New Hydrat\u00ading, Zero Sug\u00adar Bev\u00ader\u00adage With No Arti\u00adfi\u00adcial Dyes<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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>. 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. I\u2019ve had a scat\u00adtered week, so a lil\u2019 less con\u00adtent than usu\u00adal here. Enjoy! Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/04\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-501-college-students-colleges-and-youth-in-general\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 501: col\u00adlege stu\u00addents, col\u00adleges, and youth in gen\u00ader\u00adal\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":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[165,240,161,160,148],"class_list":["post-7664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-campus-ministry","tag-elite-colleges","tag-global-christianity","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-israel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1ZC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7664","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=7664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7666,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7664\/revisions\/7666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}