In case you missed it:
8 of the Absolute Worst Times to Take a Selfie
Kathryn Gin Lum of Aeon does a pretty good job with her overview of the concept of hell—and why it’s not going away any time soon.
I bet you didn’t know some Southerners moved to Brazil after the Civil War instead of endure Yankee occupation. Enclaves of descendents still exist.
Is man-made climate change “settled science”? And who benefits from overblown climate change forecasts? An interview with Lord Christopher Monckton.
OZY reports on Swiss “Carriers of the Secret” or “Fire-Cutters” who have been healing burns for centuries with prayers they don’t charge for. Doctors are baffled.
“Millennial politics is simple, really. Young people support big government, unless it costs any more money. They're for smaller government, unless budget cuts scratch a program they've heard of. They'd like Washington to fix everything, just so long as it doesn't run anything. That's all from a new Reason Foundation poll surveying 2,000 young adults between the ages of 18 and 29. Millennials' political views are, at best, in a stage of constant metamorphosis and, at worst, "totally incoherent," as Dylan Matthews puts it.” The Atlantic
“If a brother or sister has cancer, diabetes, or a stroke, we pray that God will give the doctors and nurses wisdom and skill to relieve their suffering. We realize there is an important place for caring for their bodies and souls, for their medical needs—which are beyond the church's competence—and for their relationship with God. And yet, when it comes to mental illness, we still don't really believe that it is a medical problem.” Michael Horton explains how ignorance about mental illness is based in poor theology.
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