Five Things I Read This Week

A lot of interesting articles came up in my reading this week, and a lot of them actually echoed themes that I have been writing about on this website for the past few months. Some of this might be repetitious if you are a regular reader of the website, but I think that it has tons of applications for our world in 2018.

1. Mizzou Removes Margaret Sanger Poster From Its Library by Grace Carr from The Stream

2. Dying for the Truth: Hans and Sophie Scholl by Marie Meaney from Crisis Magazine

3. A Great Stream of Truth: Reading Great Texts by John Mark N Reynolds from Eidos

4. A New Generation Redefines What It Means to Be a Missionary by Saba Imtiaz from The Atlantic

5. ‘Be Yourself’ Is Not a Governing Philosophy by Jon Miltimore from Intellectual Takeout

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I don't know why, but I have been thinking a lot about my future dissertation this week, and as a result, you'll notice that many of the articles I have chosen to relate to careers, self-awareness or (often times self-labeled) intellectuals. Thanks for coming along for another episode!

1. Why So Many People Struggle to Find Their Dream Job by Ryan Ferguson from the Foundation for Economic Education

2. YouTube Quietly Relies on Far-Left Organization to Help Police Content by Jarret Stepman from The Daily Signal

3. People Don't Actually Know Themselves Very Well by Adam Grant from The Atlantic

4. Do Not Get a PhD in the Liberal Arts, Unless… by Daniel Lattier from Intellectual Takeout

5. The Arrogant Ignorance of the "Well-Educated" by Joseph Pearce from The Imaginative Conservative

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I can't believe we have made it a quarter of the way to 100 episodes! If you have been on this journey with me from the beginning, thank you so much. Today is a bit more of a mishmash episode, but there are some hot button issues in general that I really haven't written or spoken about before, so you might be interested in that.

1. Work: Pushing Back Against the Curse by Josh Herring from Intersect

2. The Rise of Anti-Liberalism by Shadi Hamid from The Atlantic

3. Why Wardrobes Are for Grown-Ups Too by Joseph Pearce from The Imaginative Conservative

4. If You’re Sick of Thoughts and Prayers Because Shootings Still Happen, You Don’t Understand Christianity by Natasha Crain from Christian Mom Thoughts

5. Moral Outrage Is Self-Serving, Say Psychologists by Elizabeth Nolan Brown from Reason

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I apologize for slightly late release on this podcast, but I doubt many of you listen to it when it normally comes out at midnight anyway on Saturday morning. We have a lot to talk about!

1. Hillbilly Elegy and the Primacy of Personal Responsibility by Walter Donway from the Foundation for Economic Education

2. Humanities As a Way of Knowing by Robert M Woods from The Imaginative Conservative

3. Chesterton on the Dangers of 'Cloudy Political Cowardice' by Chuck Chalberg from Intellectual Takeout

4. The Emerging Pro-Life Majority by Rob Scharzwalder from The Stream

5. North Korea Fanboying Is Why We Can't Trust the Left by Robert Tracinski from The Federalist

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This has been a pretty good week for me. As a Philadelphia Eagles fan, you might have heard that the Super Bowl went pretty well for me. Now, as an Olympics fans, we just had the Opening Ceremonies last night, so my prime time TV watching is pretty much set for the next two weeks. However, we're not just talking about sports today. Partially, yes, but we also touching on education and, of all things, comedy. Enjoy!

1. The Philadelphia Eagles: A Band of Bible-Believing Brothers Whose Faith is Inspiring Millions by Bri Lamm from Faith It

2. Sports Writers Lashed Out at Tony Dungy for Celebrating Christianity. Bad Move by Joshua Gill from The Stream

3. Why Senior Faculty Should Teach First-Year Students by Randall Smith from Public Discourse

4. Are You an ‘Educable’ Person? by Annie Holmquist from Intellectual Takeout

5. P.G. Wodehouse: Balm for the Modern Soul by Dean Abbott from The Imaginative Conservative

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21st-century America is an interesting place. They are in the middle of serious change, and I am not convinced that these changes are what is best for our culture. Today, I'm going to talk about five trends that are damaging. The bright side of the show is that there are going to be some solutions proposed as well by some of these articles.

1. 'What’s Wrong with the World?' by Chuck Chalberg from Intellectual Takeout

2. Emphasis on Thinking Skills over Facts in Schools Contributes to Truth Decay by Chester E Finn Jr From EducationNext

3. Return of the MOOCs by Mene Ukueberuwa from City Journal

4. Should 20-Somethings Be Considered Adolescents? by Annie Holmquist from the Foundation for Economic Education

5. The Libraries Bringing Small-Town News Back to Life by David Beard from The Atlantic

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I have kind of a random podcast episode for you this week. I can't say that all of these articles necessarily have a common theme, but I think that there are relevant for those of us who share a Christian worldview, and I did try to bear out these implications specifically and directly in the podcast today. Enjoy!

1. The Problem of Too Many Books by Daniel Lattier from The Imaginative Conservative

2. Massive Study Finds Link Between High Screen Time and Unhappiness by Jean Twenge from Intellectual Takeout

3. Big Brother Facebook Is Watching You by K.V. Turley from Crisis Magazine

4. The 10 Habits of Logical People by Daniel Lattier from the Foundation for Economic Education

5. Why Can't People Hear What Jordan Peterson Is Saying? by Conor Friedersdorf from The Atlantic

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Our world is a crazy place. There's a lot of obviously major issues I could talk about on this podcast that are in the news every day. However, I decided to take a little different direction this week. I think these are still highly significant cultural issues especially for Christians, but you don't hear about very often. They impact your life every day, but no one thinks about them.

1. 6 Cracks in a Secular Worldview by Rebecca McLaughlin from The Gospel Coalition

2. Raising a Social Media Star by Taylor Lorenz from The Atlantic

3. Aliens in America! by Bradley J Birzer from The Imaginative Conservative

4. Friends of a Certain Age by Alex Williams from the New York Times

5. The Loneliness of the Christian Thinker by Tom Gilson from The Stream

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This is an interesting week on the podcast as some diverse articles fit together into a giant theme. Were talking about the trustworthiness of Christians, the danger of theocracy and how we deal with Facebook. It should be a fun ride.

1. Nurses Keep Healthy Lead as Most Honest, Ethical Profession by Megan Brennan from Gallup News

2. What Would Happen if the Church Tithed? by Mike Holmes from Relevant Magazine

3. Why Theocracy Is Terrible by Russell Moore from RussellMoore.com

4. Facebook Can't Be Fixed. by John Battelle from NewCo Shift

5. Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Focus on What Friends and Family Share by Mike Isaac from the New York Times

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It's a new year! The podcast is not really going to change very much as far as I can tell in 2018, but I hope you keep coming along for the ride! We have some literary articles today along with some discussion on the value of work, troubling trends in education and the impact of gratitude. Enjoy!

1. Sherlock Homeless by Joseph Pierce from The Imaginative Conservative

2. J.R.R. Tolkien: The Missionary's Ideal Companion by Jaclyn S. Parrish from the International Mission Board

3. The Dystopian Prospects of a World without Work by Joseph Sunde from the Acton Institute Powerblog

4. Whose School Is It? by Tom Jay from Crisis Magazine

5. Does "Counting Your Blessings" Work? by Sonya Huber from The Atlantic

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