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Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

Putin and the Religious Right

https://thinkprogress.org/religious-right-russia-3e80e2ea2e4a https://cruxnow.com/ap/2016/12/17/church-state-seeing-eye-eye-putins-orthodox-russia/

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Dreher is Wrong, Christians need to be more disruptive

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/june-web-only/turning-world-upside-down-down-under.html

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“I am done pretending men are safe, even my sons…”

They f– you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. https://t.co/LQ5h7iFBVR — Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) July 13, 2017 http://www.rolereboot.org/culture-and-politics/details/2017-07-im-done-pretending-men-safe-even-sons/

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CS Lewis on how the questions of the Protestant Reformation should have been handled

http://blog.ayjay.org/the-most-incisive-commentary-on-todays-disputes-about-whether-muslims-and-christians-worship-the-same-god/ 

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David Brooks on Privilege in class and sandwich meats

College-educated Americans are devastatingly good at making sure children of other classes can't join their ranks https://t.co/polBOGyups — David Brooks (@nytdavidbrooks) July 11, 2017 https://theweek.com/articles/711518/course-language-essential-class-take-from-englishman This also comes down to Charles Murray’s criticism that the upper class don’t preach what … Continue reading →

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Cloud words from Facebook Statuses

Neuroticism / emotional stability word clouds from Facebook statuses. (From https://t.co/T7UOB9fmRr) pic.twitter.com/uy5K0v6ARG — Andy Crouch (@ahc) July 13, 2017 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0073791

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Jordan Peterson on what annoyed him growing up in the church

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Eugene Peterson endorses SSM (or not)

https://religionnews.com/2017/07/12/eugene-peterson-on-changing-his-mind-about-same-sex-issues-and-marriage/ https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/should-we-still-read-eugene-peterson http://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/july/eugene-peterson-actually-does-not-support-gay-marriage.html Actually, never mind. Eugene Peterson is still opposed to same-sex marriage. LGBTQ sisters & brothers, we are so sorry again for this pain. https://t.co/rT5DdGbUTW — Amy Sullivan (@sullivanamy) July 13, 2017 https://spiritualfriendship.org/2016/11/02/on-christians-who-change-their-minds/ LGBTQ friends: find a church … Continue reading →

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The CRC needs to talk about justice in a better way

https://thebanner.org/departments/2017/07/we-need-to-talk-about-justice

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People lie to each other but not to Google

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/09/everybody-lies-how-google-reveals-darkest-secrets-seth-stephens-davidowitz

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