{"id":7882,"date":"2025-12-26T16:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7882"},"modified":"2025-12-26T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:08:47","slug":"tgfi-volume-536-christian-nationalism-and-jesus-in-home-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/12\/26\/tgfi-volume-536-christian-nationalism-and-jesus-in-home-alone","title":{"rendered":"TGFI, Volume 536: Christian nationalism and Jesus in Home Alone"},"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\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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>\n<\/p><p>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so if you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the year comes to a close, remem\u00adber that this post is the over\u00adflow of a non\u00adprof\u00adit min\u00adistry. Com\u00adpil\u00ading these links is some\u00adthing I do for the stu\u00addents I min\u00adis\u00adter to at Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, shar\u00ading it here is just me mak\u00ading it avail\u00adable more broad\u00adly. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.ag.org\/donate\/700001-265029\">donate to sup\u00adport the min\u00adistry<\/a> if you are ever so inclined (you can even make gifts <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/giving\/ways-to-give\">via a DAF or with stock<\/a>). Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give to pay for the con\u00adtent \u2014 it only takes me five min\u00adutes a week to take the email I send to the Chi Alpha stu\u00addents and refor\u00admat it for this plat\u00adform. If you choose to give, give because you believe in the mis\u00adsion of reach\u00ading Stan\u00adford stu\u00addents with a thought\u00adful gospel mes\u00adsage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that\u2019s the last time I\u2019ll share about that here until next Decem\u00adber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you choose to give or not, I hope this email bless\u00ades you and helps you think about God and our world more clear\u00adly.<\/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>Gift link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/23\/opinion\/christian-nationalism-charismatic-christianity.html?unlocked_article_code=1._08.i2Rl.ZjmQa_yF8dUr&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What We Get Wrong About Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adism<\/a> (Mol\u00adly Worthen, New York Times): \u201cI got a taste of this vari\u00adety and dis\u00adagree\u00adment when I vis\u00adit\u00aded King\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Park Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Church in Durham, N.C. Chris\u00adtians there look for God to heal the sick, reveal prophet\u00adic mes\u00adsages and per\u00adform oth\u00ader signs and won\u00adders. The stranger thing, per\u00adhaps, is that both Repub\u00adli\u00adcans and Democ\u00adrats attend. The church\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 120 elders, dea\u00adcons and employ\u00adees are split \u2018about half and half, Repub\u00adli\u00adcan and Demo\u00adc\u00adrat,\u2019 Reg\u00adgie Rober\u00adson, the pas\u00adtor, told me. The sev\u00ader\u00adal hun\u00addred peo\u00adple who wor\u00adship at King\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Park on an aver\u00adage Sun\u00adday are a mix of races, nation\u00adal back\u00adgrounds, ages and income lev\u00adels.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Worth a read. Dr. Worthen is, of course, a well-known adult con\u00advert to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. While she writes pos\u00adi\u00adtive\u00adly about charis\u00admat\u00adic Chris\u00adtians here, she her\u00adself is more of a South\u00adern Bap\u00adtist. She\u2019s a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of his\u00adto\u00adry at UNC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gift link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/21\/opinion\/christ-christmas-humility-kingdom-god.html?unlocked_article_code=1._08.9kIT.8rgxCnptBSXb&amp;smid=url-share\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/21\/opinion\/christ-christmas-humility-kingdom-god.html?unlocked_article_code=1._08.9kIT.8rgxCnptBSXb&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Is a Dan\u00adger\u00adous Faith<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201cThere is an unspo\u00adken impli\u00adca\u00adtion that peo\u00adple would actu\u00adal\u00adly like Chris\u00adtians if we behaved more like Christ. But no. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s demon\u00adstra\u00adbly wrong. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true that peo\u00adple want to receive love and com\u00adpas\u00adsion, and that when they encounter Chris\u00adtians who love them and serve them, they tend to like them. Many peo\u00adple do not, how\u00adev\u00ader, appre\u00adci\u00adate it when a Chris\u00adt\u00adian loves and serves their ene\u00admies. They absolute\u00adly do not like it when a Chris\u00adt\u00adian refus\u00ades to join their polit\u00adi\u00adcal cru\u00adsade.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Christ\u00admas sto\u00adries:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/12\/23\/china-christians-zion-church-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Christ\u00admas will be even hard\u00ader for China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chris\u00adtians<\/a> (Chris\u00adt\u00adian Shep\u00adherd and Huiy\u00adee Chiew, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cWhile Zion has faced the most pres\u00adsure, about half a dozen oth\u00ader unreg\u00adis\u00adtered church\u00ades have been sub\u00adject to police raids as well. Last week, hun\u00addreds of police offi\u00adcers in riot gear descend\u00aded on a small town in Zhe\u00adjiang province and arrest\u00aded two local pas\u00adtors and dozens of Chris\u00adtians, accord\u00ading to videos and accounts of the inci\u00addent shared with The Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post.\u2026 \u2018The gov\u00adern\u00adment is inher\u00adent\u00adly sus\u00adpi\u00adcious of reli\u00adgious com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties, espe\u00adcial\u00adly Chris\u00adt\u00adian groups,\u2019 said Kar\u00adrie Koe\u00adsel, an asso\u00adciate pro\u00adfes\u00adsor spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in Chi\u00adnese pol\u00adi\u00adtics and reli\u00adgion at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Notre Dame. Bei\u00adjing views orga\u00adnized reli\u00adgion that pro\u00admotes an alter\u00adna\u00adtive world\u00adview and \u2018answers to a high\u00ader pow\u00ader\u2019 as poten\u00adtial\u00adly an exis\u00adten\u00adtial threat to its grip on pow\u00ader, Koe\u00adsel said. Church\u00ades, mosques and oth\u00ader places of wor\u00adship have faced intense pres\u00adsure to accept strict gov\u00adern\u00adment over\u00adsight. State-approved reli\u00adgious lead\u00aders must sub\u00admit their ser\u00admons and pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions for approval to ensure that they teach the \u2018cor\u00adrect under\u00adstand\u00ading\u2019 of the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-christians-israel-hamas-war-christmas-18d5761c3fd48d0d4a842c28aebc2b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gaza\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tiny Chris\u00adt\u00adian com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty tries to cap\u00adture the hol\u00adi\u00adday spir\u00adit dur\u00ading the cease\u00adfire<\/a> (Mari\u00adam Fam, Asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded Press): \u201cTarazi and much of the rest of Gaza\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tiny Pales\u00adtin\u00adian Chris\u00adt\u00adian com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty are try\u00ading to cap\u00adture some of the season\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spir\u00adit despite the destruc\u00adtion and uncer\u00adtain\u00adty that sur\u00adround them. He clings to hope and the faith that he said has seen him through the war. \u2018I feel like our joy over Christ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birth must sur\u00adpass all the bit\u00adter\u00adness that we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been through,\u2019 he said. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been shel\u00adter\u00ading for more than two years at the Holy Fam\u00adi\u00adly Church com\u00adpound in Gaza.\u2026 He prays for peace and free\u00addom for the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian peo\u00adple. \u2018Our faith and our joy over Christ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s birth are stronger than all cir\u00adcum\u00adstances,\u2019 he said.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/how-the-bible-helped-smash-the-crown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How the Bible Helped Smash the Crown<\/a> (Meir Solove\u00adichik, The Free Press): \u201cOur pol\u00adi\u00adtics is con\u00adsumed by cul\u00adture wars linked to religion\u00e2\u20ac\u201dreligious free\u00addom is a sub\u00adject dom\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading debates in the Supreme Court. But the fact remains that shorn of bib\u00adli\u00adcal faith, no cogent expla\u00adna\u00adtion can be giv\u00aden for the doc\u00adtrine of equal\u00adi\u00adty that lies at the heart of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan creed. Indeed, the oth\u00ader sources of antiq\u00adui\u00adty to which the Founders turned for inspiration\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe philoso\u00adphers of Greece and the states\u00admen of Rome\u00e2\u20ac\u201ddenied human equal\u00adi\u00adty and held a world\u00adview that there were those des\u00adtined to rule and oth\u00aders born to serve.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2025\/1219\/israel-returning-hostages-religious-belief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00ading God in Hamas tun\u00adnels, hostages led a nation\u00adal trend<\/a> (Dina Kraft, Chris\u00adt\u00adian Sci\u00adence Mon\u00adi\u00adtor): \u201cSev\u00ader\u00adal recent stud\u00adies in Israel back up anec\u00addo\u00adtal evi\u00addence of an uptick in reli\u00adgious con\u00adnec\u00adtion in response to Oct. 7 and the war that fol\u00adlowed. In a poll by Hid\u00addush, an orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion that advo\u00adcates for the sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion of reli\u00adgion and state, 25% of respon\u00addents said those sem\u00adi\u00adnal events strength\u00adened their faith in God. Fifty-five per\u00adcent said they had not impact\u00aded their faith, and 7% said they had weak\u00adened it. Researchers at The Hebrew Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty found in a sur\u00advey of stu\u00addents that one-third expe\u00adri\u00adenced an increase in spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty, while 9% said it decreased.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2025\/12\/21\/diversity-hiring-white-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The diver\u00adsi\u00adty over\u00adcor\u00adrec\u00adtion in the work\u00adplace<\/a> (Megan McAr\u00addle, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cFor some mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous rea\u00adson, peo\u00adple con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly over\u00ades\u00adti\u00admate the minor\u00adi\u00adty share of the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, which made the White\u00adness of news\u00adrooms, Hol\u00adly\u00adwood stu\u00addios and aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic depart\u00adments look more unfair than it was.\u2026 even if [there had not been past dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion], news\u00adrooms, writer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rooms and class\u00adrooms would have been very White because most Amer\u00adi\u00adcans born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s were White. I sus\u00adpect peo\u00adple for\u00adgot about these cohort effects because so much of the DEI dis\u00adcourse came up around col\u00adlege admis\u00adsions, where diver\u00adsi\u00adty can be achieved rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly speed\u00adi\u00adly: admit a racial\u00adly bal\u00adanced class four years in a row, and voil\u00c3&nbsp;, you \u2018look like Amer\u00adi\u00adca.\u2019 But a large cor\u00adpo\u00adrate employ\u00ader often has a work\u00adforce span\u00adning 40 years, not four. Rebal\u00adanc\u00ading that through rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive hir\u00ading would take decades. The DEI cham\u00adpi\u00adons didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to wait that long.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>McArdle\u2019s point about the dif\u00adfer\u00adence between cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtions and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties is an impor\u00adtant one. It also explains why under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adate pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions are far more diverse than uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty fac\u00adul\u00adty and admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gift link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/2025\/12\/physics-life-reductionism-complexity\/685257\/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ46iseuVIG9aTScGGlx4RuQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore<\/a> (Adam Frank, The Atlantic): \u201cTo tru\u00adly under\u00adstand liv\u00ading sys\u00adtems as self-orga\u00adnized, autonomous agents, physi\u00adcists need to aban\u00addon their \u2018just the par\u00adti\u00adcles, ma\u00e2\u20ac\u2122am\u2019 men\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty. One of physi\u00adcist\u00ads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 great talents\u00e2\u20ac\u201dstarting with the laws of sim\u00adple parts (such as atoms) and work\u00ading up to a com\u00adplex whole\u00e2\u20ac\u201dcannot ful\u00adly account for cells, ani\u00admals, or peo\u00adple.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is an astro\u00adphysi\u00adcist at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Rochester. <\/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.youtube.com\/shorts\/WFgzbWRlej4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jesus In Home Alone<\/a> (YouTube): three min\u00adutes, shared with me by an alum\u00adnus. Worth pon\u00adder\u00ading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/hundred\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Book Titles<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/i-hate-you-too--oped-by-your-printer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018I Hate You, Too\u2019 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d OpEd By Your Print\u00ader<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/people-culture\/trending-china\/article\/3336723\/china-mall-installs-glass-windows-mens-toilet-doors-turn-transparent-when-users-smoke?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chi\u00adna mall installs glass win\u00addows on men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s toi\u00adlet doors that turn trans\u00adpar\u00adent when users smoke<\/a> (Fran Lu, South Chi\u00adna Morn\u00ading Post): \u201cThe glass uses a spe\u00adcial tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy that is nor\u00admal\u00adly opaque and cuts off the pow\u00ader in a few sec\u00adonds after it detects smoke, mak\u00ading the glass trans\u00adpar\u00adent. The shop\u00adping cen\u00adtres ensure that bath\u00adroom users are aware of the func\u00adtion with a notice on the door that says: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The glass will turn trans\u00adpar\u00adent if you smoke. Hold your urge to smoke if you do not want to become famous online.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. 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