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<\/a> 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. How to For\u00adgive Some\u00adone Who Isn\u2019t Sor\u00adry<\/a> (Rus\u00adsell Moore, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cTo for\u00adgive, you must trust that God is at work for your good\u2014mostly in ways that are invis\u00adi\u00adble and incom\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adble to you. That doesn\u2019t min\u00adi\u00admize what was done, but it dethrones it from its pow\u00ader as the cen\u00adtral sto\u00adry of your life.\u2026 The recog\u00adni\u00adtion of a need for grace is itself a grace. The desire to for\u00adgive is itself an essen\u00adtial first step to for\u00adgive\u00adness. Just because you stum\u00adble back into bit\u00adter\u00adness or resent\u00adment does not mean your ini\u00adtial for\u00adgive\u00adness was a sham. Indeed, you will need ongo\u00ading grace to forgive\u2014not just one charge of it.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. New Evi\u00addence at What is Believed to Be Site of Jesus\u2019 Cru\u00adci\u00adfix\u00adion<\/a> (Today Show, YouTube) \u2014 (Today Show, YouTube): five min\u00adutes (there was a gar\u00adden ~2000 years ago at the site of the Church of the Holy Sep\u00adul\u00adcher in Jerusalem, align\u00ading with John\u2019s gospel)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Why Aren\u2019t Mod\u00adernist Bridges Awful?<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cI have a the\u00ado\u00adry, which is that bridge design\u00aders come from engi\u00adneer\u00ading schools rather than schools of archi\u00adtec\u00adture.\u2026 one small but telling piece of evi\u00addence in favor of my the\u00ado\u00adry is that most of the bridges cho\u00adsen by Wall\u00adpa\u00adper mag\u00ada\u00adzine, an archi\u00adtec\u00adture mag\u00ada\u00adzine specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, are in fact ugly (and with no over\u00adlap in the bridges from my first cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry of \u2018pop\u00adu\u00adlar\u2019 beau\u00adti\u00adful bridges).\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Things Not to Pray For<\/a> (Mike Glenn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this long enough to begin to see cer\u00adtain pat\u00adterns of life with God. For one thing, I\u2019ve learned if I pray for Jesus to help me with a prob\u00adlem, He\u2019ll put me right in the mid\u00addle of the prob\u00adlem itself. I want Jesus to grab me, throw me on the oth\u00ader side of the prob\u00adlem and then I want to look back and say, \u2018Whew, that was close.\u2019 That\u2019s not what hap\u00adpens. Jesus takes me right through the prob\u00adlem. For instance, if I start pray\u00ading about a bro\u00adken rela\u00adtion\u00adship, I\u2019ll start run\u00adning into that per\u00adson wher\u00adev\u00ader I go. I\u2019ll see them in line when I\u2019m get\u00adting gas, shop\u00adping for gro\u00adceries \u2013 you get the pic\u00adture. What\u00adev\u00ader I\u2019m pray\u00ading about, Jesus will make sure I\u2019m face to face with it.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. The Sin-Smash\u00aders of Hol\u00adly\u00adwood Boule\u00advard<\/a> (Mark Kendall, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cMany of Min\u2019s con\u00adgre\u00adgants are part of the arts and enter\u00adtain\u00adment indus\u00adtry that put their city on the map\u2014as is Min him\u00adself, albeit inad\u00adver\u00adtent\u00adly. The pastor\u2019s own on-cam\u00adera moment came a few years back when his best friend from col\u00adlege, producer\/director Lee Sung Jin, cast Min\u2019s broth\u00ader Justin to play the inse\u00adcure wor\u00adship leader for a Kore\u00adan Amer\u00adi\u00adcan evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal church in the 2023 first sea\u00adson of Net\u00adflix hit Beef<\/em>. Min was to serve briefly as a con\u00adsul\u00adtant to ensure the authen\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adty of the praise scenes. But the pastor\u2019s role grew when Lee, wor\u00adried that using actors alone would make the Kore\u00adan church\u00adgo\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence into a car\u00adi\u00adca\u00adture, called on Min and his church\u2019s band to sim\u00adply per\u00adform songs as they would on any Sun\u00adday morn\u00ading. Mem\u00adbers of Min\u2019s flock filled the church set as extras.\u2026 per\u00adhaps it shouldn\u2019t be unex\u00adpect\u00aded. After all, the sto\u00adried his\u00adto\u00adry of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism in Los Ange\u00adles is old\u00ader than Hol\u00adly\u00adwood itself. From serv\u00ading as the epi\u00adcen\u00adter of Pentecostalism\u2019s rapid ascent to host\u00ading some of the nation\u2019s first megachurch\u00ades and 20th-cen\u00adtu\u00adry celebri\u00adty pas\u00adtors, the city rose along\u00adside the faith shared by 1 in 4 Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, includ\u00ading me.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. How to Stop a Lab Leak From Start\u00ading the Next Pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Ali\u00adna Chan, New York Times): \u201cRules would not have pre\u00advent\u00aded what hap\u00adpened a month lat\u00ader, when a work\u00ader at a Fort Det\u00adrick lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry in Fred\u00ader\u00adick, Md., found a large hole in an air\u00adtight suit. About an hour\u2019s dri\u00adve from Wash\u00ading\u00adton, Fort Det\u00adrick con\u00adtains some of the country\u2019s max\u00adi\u00admum-con\u00adtain\u00adment lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adries, where sci\u00aden\u00adtists han\u00addle dead\u00adly pathogens, includ\u00ading Ebo\u00adla and han\u00adtavirus. The F.B.I. was brought in, and dozens of staff mem\u00adbers were inter\u00adviewed. Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtors con\u00adclud\u00aded that the dam\u00adage was delib\u00ader\u00adate but were unable to deter\u00admine who was respon\u00adsi\u00adble. The inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion also turned up evi\u00addence of oth\u00ader seri\u00adous vio\u00adla\u00adtions of safe\u00adty pro\u00adto\u00adcols \u2014 fail\u00adures that had noth\u00ading to do with the appar\u00adent sab\u00ado\u00adtage and would prob\u00ada\u00adbly not have come to light with\u00adout it. The lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry was shut down for near\u00adly six months.\u201d\n