Putin and the Religious Right

Posted on July 14, 2017 by PaulVK

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

Posted on July 14, 2017 by PaulVK

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…”

Posted on July 13, 2017 by PaulVK

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

Posted on July 13, 2017 by PaulVK

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

Posted on July 13, 2017 by PaulVK

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 they practice; that while they tend to remain in monogamous relationships and otherwise make wise life decisions and plan ahead, they don’t emphasize these actions as things to imitate. But then why would they? Lifestyle scolding — as opposed to opinion scolding, as Murray has found out — is considered déclassé, perhaps because the wealthy and better-connected can afford to make mistakes with fewer risks.

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Cloud words from Facebook Statuses

Posted on July 13, 2017 by PaulVK

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

Posted on July 13, 2017 by PaulVK

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Eugene Peterson endorses SSM (or not)

Posted on July 12, 2017 by PaulVK

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

https://spiritualfriendship.org/2016/11/02/on-christians-who-change-their-minds/

https://religionnews.com/2017/07/13/eugene-peterson-backtracks-on-same-sex-marriage/

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2017/07/eugene-petersons-theological-sigh

https://twitter.com/KirstenPowers/status/885649418506162177

Matthew Vines in Time http://time.com/4859620/eugene-peterson-bible-homosexuality-gay-marriage/

https://twitter.com/VinesMatthew/status/885999709730590721

David Gushee https://religionnews.com/2017/07/17/lgbtq-equality-evangelical-rejection/

Owen Stratham http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thoughtlife/2017/07/response-eugene-petersons-affirmation-homosexuality/

To those who assume Peterson flipped on this because of money. 

 

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The CRC needs to talk about justice in a better way

Posted on July 11, 2017 by PaulVK

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

Posted on July 11, 2017 by PaulVK

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

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