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You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Stop Being Anx\u00adious About Your Anx\u00adi\u00adety<\/a> (Rus\u00adsell Moore, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe lis\u00adten\u00ader is wor\u00adried because she doesn\u2019t want to dis\u00adobey Jesus, and she knows that he said, \u2018Do not be anx\u00adious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on\u2019 (Matt. 6:25, ESV through\u00adout). And she\u2019s inter\u00adpret\u00ading this the way she would if she were refus\u00ading a moral com\u00admand from the Lord, like to for\u00adgive her ene\u00admies. The irony is that because of that, she can\u2019t see that these pas\u00adsages are not warn\u00adings but reas\u00adsur\u00adances.\u2026. Anx\u00adi\u00adety tells you that you have to secure your future. Anx\u00adi\u00adety about anx\u00adi\u00adety tells you that you have to secure even your inner life. Anx\u00adi\u00adety about anx\u00adi\u00adety wants you to hear the voice of Jesus as irri\u00adtat\u00aded and angry: Stop it!<\/em> But the voice of Jesus is real\u00adly say\u00ading, You can rest. I\u2019m here<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. These sci\u00adence-based argu\u00adments destroyed my athe\u00adism<\/a> (Sarah Sal\u00advian\u00adder, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhen I was an under\u00adgrad study\u00ading data for the Big Bang, every\u00adthing I need\u00aded to answer my spe\u00adcif\u00adic question\u2014what was the chem\u00adistry of the very ear\u00adly uni\u00adverse before stars start\u00aded cook\u00ading up heav\u00adier elements?\u2014was con\u00adve\u00adnient\u00adly in place. Too<\/em> con\u00adve\u00adnient\u00adly. A fool\u00adproof way to fin\u00adger\u00adprint every ele\u00adment and com\u00adpound? Check. A smooth, pow\u00ader\u00adful light source to back\u00adlight the most dis\u00adtant reach\u00ades? Check. An expand\u00ading uni\u00adverse that lets us rewind cos\u00admic his\u00adto\u00adry just by look\u00ading at dif\u00adfer\u00adent wave\u00adlengths? Check. A trans\u00adpar\u00adent atmos\u00adphere so we can actu\u00adal\u00adly do the obser\u00adva\u00adtions from the ground? Check. Laws of nature that don\u2019t ran\u00addom\u00adly change with time or place? Check. The list goes on. I lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly could not have done the work unless dozens of these para\u00adme\u00adters lined up just right. It felt less like luck and more like an engraved invi\u00adta\u00adtion to explore the care\u00adful work of a tran\u00adscen\u00addent Intel\u00adli\u00adgence.\u201d\n