For some reason that I find hard to explain it’s been 3 weeks since I last did this. So there are some bumper goodies in this edition to keep you reading until next time. I’ve dropped the twitter links (shout if you miss it and want it back) but added in a link to a podcast I’ve either listened to or am happy to boost.
The 7 top articles
- The Really Bad Jesus Argument. And it really it is a bad one and it’s used a lot.
- Evangelicals are divided over the movement’s support for Donald Trump. The Economist does a good job demonstrating that when it comes to evangelicals and America it’s not a monolithic block.
- Why will the important thinkers of the future be religious ones?
- 4 Reasons Not to Move in with Your Partner . Mostly sensible stuff, although the order would have been better reversed.
- What Can We Learn from the Ravi Zacharias Scandals? This video interview between Glen Scrivener and Sam Allberry is well worth watching.
- First vaccine to fully immunize against malaria builds on pandemic-driven RNA tech. This sounds promising and is something I’ve been advocating for.
- A washing machine for a circular economy. We need more engineering and products based on this kind of thinking for a more sustainable economy and planet.
Some incredible photos
Winners of the 2021 Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest
Something to listen to
My friend Mark Meynell has launched a podcast to help honour and help us not lose the riches that is the legacy of John Stott.
Something to watch
Umberto Eco Looking for a Book in His Massive Library
Last week’s postings
Tuesday: What we expect. What are the standards and principles that might help us think through the companies we do business with.
Related readings
- Big Tech Needs Better Law. The power to decide what you buy, see, listen to and watch does not reside with you. Or your government. It resides with Big Tech. So some regulation seems advisable.
From the archives
Leadership in the early church. What did they do, when did it change and should we follow their example?
I’m of the school of church leadership that, while wanting to learn from the whole of church history, places more weight on the forms and patterns of the first century church. I believe, for a variety of reasons, that close approximation to the patterns, habits and practices of the New Testament church is most helpful for church and mission today. One crucial area is in the area of church government and leadership. So what did the early church do and how did it work?
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