{"id":7896,"date":"2026-01-23T18:26:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7896"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T02:26:50","slug":"tgfi-volume-539-a-free-book-plus-schrodingers-cat-draws-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2026\/01\/23\/tgfi-volume-539-a-free-book-plus-schrodingers-cat-draws-closer","title":{"rendered":"TGFI, Volume 539: a free book plus Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s cat draws closer"},"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<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\/reviews\/josephus-jesus-new-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Might Owe My Stu\u00addents an Apol\u00ado\u00adgy About Jose\u00adphus<\/a> (John Dick\u00adson, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cFlav\u00adius Jose\u00adphus was a Jew\u00adish aris\u00adto\u00adcrat (AD 37\u2013100) who wit\u00adnessed first\u00adhand the great Jew\u00adish war with Rome.\u2026 I\u2019ve taught about Josephus\u2019s life and works for more than 20 years\u2014first in sec\u00adu\u00adlar set\u00adtings like Mac\u00adquar\u00adie Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty and the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Syd\u00adney, and now at Wheaton Col\u00adlege. But <em>Jose\u00adphus and Jesus: New Evi\u00addence for the One Called Christ<\/em> by T. C. Schmidt, asso\u00adciate pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of reli\u00adgious stud\u00adies at Fair\u00adfield Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, has forced me to rewrite my lectures\u2014and it might just have changed my mind. It seems that a con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial pas\u00adsage about Jesus\u2019s res\u00adur\u00adrec\u00adtion might be orig\u00adi\u00adnal after all.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A donor has spon\u00adsored free PDF down\u00adloads of the book the above review is about. You can get your copy at <a href=\"https:\/\/josephusandjesus.com\/purchase-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/josephusandjesus.com\/purchase-page\/<\/a> (fol\u00adlow the link on the page to a free down\u00adload, it will take you to the OUP book web\u00adsite where you\u2019ll need to click the PDF link above the abstract and save it to your com\u00adput\u00ader after it opens in your brows\u00ader tab). This is a great deal \u2014 the book retails for $130!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My hope for all is that the schol\u00adar\u00adship in the book gives you even greater con\u00adfi\u00addence that your hope in Christ is firm\u00adly ground\u00aded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaronrenn.com\/p\/dying-to-give\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dying to Give<\/a> (Justin Pow\u00adell, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cMon\u00adey doesn\u2019t car\u00adry the same pow\u00ader in every decade. Most fam\u00adi\u00adlies give it at the stage of life when it accom\u00adplish\u00ades the least. A dol\u00adlar at 25 can change a des\u00adtiny. A dol\u00adlar at 55 bare\u00adly moves the nee\u00addle.\u2026 The fam\u00adi\u00adlies who stew\u00adard wealth well think longer, plan ear\u00adli\u00ader, and talk more open\u00adly. They treat resources as some\u00adthing to be shep\u00adherd\u00aded across gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, not hid\u00adden behind emo\u00adtion\u00adal walls or released only after the funer\u00adal. And because of that clar\u00adi\u00adty, their chil\u00addren make wis\u00ader deci\u00adsions, ear\u00adli\u00ader, with bet\u00adter out\u00adcomes.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stephstiner.substack.com\/p\/a-gen-z-guide-to-fixing-your-doom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a gen z guide to fix\u00ading your doom-pilled brain<\/a> (Steph Stin\u00ader, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cwhen\u00adev\u00ader i hear a young per\u00adson con\u00adfi\u00addent\u00adly assert that human\u00adi\u00adty is cooked, my first instinct is to ask for their screen time report. because, yes, if you spend more time scrolling than you do par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00ading in real life, it\u2019s actu\u00adal\u00adly quite rea\u00adson\u00adable to con\u00adclude that we\u2019re hang\u00ading on by a thread.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lack of cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adiza\u00adtion in orig\u00adi\u00adnal. The author appears to be 0% Chris\u00adt\u00adian, but offers some very prac\u00adti\u00adcal wis\u00addom.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I appre\u00adci\u00adate the above arti\u00adcle so much that I looked for some of her oth\u00ader con\u00adtent and this one was also sol\u00adid. <a href=\"https:\/\/stephstiner.substack.com\/p\/a-gen-z-guide-to-enjoying-dating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a gen z guide to enjoy\u00ading dat\u00ading<\/a> (Steph Stin\u00ader, Sub\u00adstack): \u201ca wise woman once said nev\u00ader to go gro\u00adcery shop\u00adping while you\u2019re hun\u00adgry, or you\u2019ll end up with a cart full of junk food. or maybe i made that up? who\u2019s to say. regard\u00adless, the prin\u00adci\u00adple still stands: don\u2019t date while you\u2019re des\u00adper\u00adate for some\u00adone else to ful\u00adfill you, or you\u2019ll end up with noth\u00ading but high cor\u00adti\u00adsol.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2026\/01\/morally-judging-famous-and-semi-famous-people.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=morally-judging-famous-and-semi-famous-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moral\u00adly judg\u00ading famous and semi-famous peo\u00adple<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cI know some rea\u00adson\u00adable num\u00adber of famous peo\u00adple, and I just do not trust the media accounts of their fail\u00adings and flaws. I trust even less the barbs I read on the inter\u00adnet. I am not claim\u00ading to know the truth about them (most of them, at least), but I can tell when the peo\u00adple writ\u00ading about them know even less.\u2026 If by any chance you are won\u00adder\u00ading how to make your\u00adself smarter, learn how to appre\u00adci\u00adate almost every\u00adbody, and keep on cul\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading that skill.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/wikipedia-editors-are-helping-iran-rewrite-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia Edi\u00adtors Are Help\u00ading Iran Rewrite His\u00adto\u00adry<\/a> (Ash\u00adley Rinds\u00adberg, The Free Press): \u201cAn inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion into Wikipedia edit\u00ading pat\u00adterns reveals a years\u00adlong, coor\u00addi\u00adnat\u00aded cam\u00adpaign to san\u00adi\u00adtize the Islam\u00adic Republic\u2019s human rights record. Accord\u00ading to a 2024 <em>Times<\/em> inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion, entries have been sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly edit\u00aded to down\u00adgrade Iran\u00adian atroc\u00adi\u00adties.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wikipedia is a case study in nerd naivete, and I speak as one of the pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly-naive nerds. If you cre\u00adate some\u00adthing influ\u00aden\u00adtial, peo\u00adple will seek to co-opt that influ\u00adence. That means that what\u00adev\u00ader rules you cre\u00adate will be gamed. Wikipedia is still use\u00adful, but you have to know that it is rife with agen\u00adda-dri\u00adven edi\u00adtors. Vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly every\u00adthing reli\u00adgious\u00adly, polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, or moral\u00adly charged is being edit\u00aded so as to give you a biased per\u00adspec\u00adtive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-026-00177-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s cat just got big\u00adger: quan\u00adtum physi\u00adcists cre\u00adate largest ever \u2018super\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion\u2019<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Gib\u00adney, Nature): \u201cA team based at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Vien\u00adna put indi\u00advid\u00adual clus\u00adters of around 7,000 atoms of sodi\u00adum met\u00adal some 8 nanome\u00adtres wide into a super\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion of dif\u00adfer\u00adent loca\u00adtions, each spaced 133 nanome\u00adtres apart. Rather than shoot through the exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal set up like a bil\u00adliard ball, each chunky clus\u00adter behaved like a wave, spread\u00ading out into a super\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion of spa\u00adtial\u00adly dis\u00adtinct paths and then inter\u00adfer\u00ading to form a pat\u00adtern researchers could detect.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/articles\/the-lure-of-rome-1767834305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The lure of Rome<\/a> (Emma Freire, World): \u201cWhen young Protes\u00adtants move to Wash\u00ading\u00adton, it\u2019s usu\u00adal\u00adly not long before they start meet\u00ading smart, influ\u00aden\u00adtial con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives who believe Rome is the one true church. Like many of her peers, Smith began to ask her\u00adself: Should I swim the Tiber? Roman Catholics exit\u00ading their church are dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly dri\u00adving declin\u00ading rates of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty in Amer\u00adi\u00adca. And far more Catholics con\u00advert to Protes\u00adtant denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions than vice ver\u00adsa. But you wouldn\u2019t know it if you looked only at places like Wash\u00ading\u00adton and some influ\u00aden\u00adtial uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty cam\u00adpus\u00ades. A small but vocal group of Protes\u00adtants is con\u00advert\u00ading to Catholicism\u2014and in even small\u00ader num\u00adbers to East\u00adern Ortho\u00addoxy. They tend to be ambi\u00adtious, high\u00adly edu\u00adcat\u00aded, and well con\u00adnect\u00aded.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I believe I have men\u00adtioned this before, but I intend to write a defense of low-church Protes\u00adtantism for XA some\u00adtime. It may wait until I fin\u00adish my doc\u00adtor\u00adal stud\u00adies, though.<\/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.christianitytoday.com\/2026\/01\/kpop-demon-hunters-christian-gospel-evangelism-korean-pop-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 Helped a Mis\u00adsion\u00adary Talk About Jesus<\/a> (Jen\u00adnifer Park, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe Kore\u00adan and Kore\u00adan Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtians CT inter\u00adviewed appre\u00adci\u00adate how <em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>\u2019 wide\u00adspread acclaim has enabled them to share the gospel more effec\u00adtive\u00adly.\u2026 Intro\u00adduc\u00ading Christ to peo\u00adple in the Mus\u00adlim-major\u00adi\u00adty South\u00adeast Asian coun\u00adtry has also felt eas\u00adi\u00ader thanks to increas\u00ading inter\u00adest in Kore\u00adan cul\u00adture, Park said. Once, his church held a sum\u00admer event in its court\u00adyard where a short-term mis\u00adsions team from South Korea taught local youth sim\u00adple K\u2011pop dance moves and how to cook Kore\u00adan dish\u00ades.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordflipside.com\/2026\/01\/lorem-ipsum-finally-translated-and-it-is-shockingly-problematic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lorem Ipsum Final\u00adly Trans\u00adlat\u00aded, And It Is Shock\u00ading\u00adly Prob\u00adlem\u00adat\u00adic<\/a> (Stan\u00adford Flip\u00adside)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/pentecostal-church-doesnt-notice-riot-is-occurring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal Church Does\u00adn\u2019t Notice Riot Is Occur\u00adring<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): \u201cChurch mem\u00adber\u00adship at Gol\u00adgo\u00adtha Holy Fire Vic\u00adto\u00adry Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal was report\u00aded\u00adly over\u00adjoyed at the influx of vis\u00adi\u00adtors who joined them to speak in strange tongues, shove each oth\u00ader, and roll all over the floor. Church lead\u00ader\u00adship called it the most suc\u00adcess\u00adful ser\u00advice they\u2019d ever had.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As a Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal this made me laugh. Nor\u00admal\u00adly with the Bee I just read the head\u00adlines. The text of this one has got some zing as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/20\/arts\/design\/christian-speed-painter-vanessa-horabuena.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pres\u00adi\u00addent Trump\u2019s Cho\u00adsen Artist? A Chris\u00adt\u00adian Speed Painter.<\/a> (Zachary Small, New York Times): \u201cThe painter, Vanes\u00adsa Horabue\u00adna, spent the next 10 min\u00adutes mak\u00ading an image inspired by the Shroud of Turin, con\u00adtour\u00ading Jesus\u2019s eye\u00adbrows and nose from a yel\u00adlow cross that she ini\u00adtial\u00adly paint\u00aded at the cen\u00adter of her black can\u00advas. The pres\u00adi\u00addent returned to the stage, promised to sign the art\u00adwork him\u00adself, and the paint\u00ading was quick\u00adly auc\u00adtioned for $2.75 mil\u00adlion to a cou\u00adple who promised to split their dona\u00adtion between St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal and the local sheriff\u2019s depart\u00adment. The artwork\u2019s sale eas\u00adi\u00adly set a new bench\u00admark for speed paint\u00ading, a once-obscure com\u00adpet\u00adi\u00adtive art form that has gained pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty over the last decade in South\u00adern beau\u00adty pageants, Mid\u00adwest cor\u00adpo\u00adrate events, bas\u00adket\u00adball half\u00adtime shows and church gath\u00ader\u00adings.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you\u2019ve nev\u00ader seen some\u00adone do this live, it\u2019s actu\u00adal\u00adly quite stun\u00adning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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>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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