Whiter than snow – Jimmy Clifton and Haddon
Some high-energy Christian folk coming at you.
Kevin DeYoung on why struggling with difficult doctrines is good for us
“One of the reasons that doctrine is in Scripture is to reshape us from an anthropocentric view – a man-centered view of the world that asks, What do I think? How does this make me feel? – to a theocentric view of the world, where God calls the shots and God’s pleasure is ultimate. That is a painful journey for many people, but ultimately it’s good for us and it’s for God’s glory.”
4 ways to squash your child’s imagination (5-minute read)
“In the early 1900s, a classmate described future Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner as ‘the laziest boy I ever saw . . . he would do nothing but write and draw.’ Albert Einstein was such a daydreamer that his teacher declared he would amount to nothing. Over centuries and across the globe, the wonder of a child’s imagination has clashed with the hard, iron-cold realities of a grown-up world.”
Is TikTok the ultimate contraception?
“Recently, Finnish sociologist Anna Rotkirch published an article in the Berlin Review entitled, ‘The TikTok Baby Bust.’ In it, she explains how the introduction of the app coincided with a rise in ‘anti-natalist values [and] memes,’ worsening mental health (especially for girls), and degrading social skills. Specifically, TikTok users became ‘more likely to embrace the idea that “I want to do other interesting things in life besides having a child.”’”
Anal sex linked to incontinence
Not the Bee had an article this week about how a woman, Sarah Stock, gave a pretty solid argument against homosexuality to a homosexual, while the two of them debated on camera.
What struck me was a 2016 article Not the Bee linked to, to back one of her points – it noted that anal sex among men is linked to more than a doubling in incontinence among men. That might strike you as such a predictable result it almost isn’t worth reporting, but it startled the young man who Sarah Stock was debating. What was also notable about the Reuters news service article that reported this finding, was its oh-so-cautious conclusion:
“More research is needed to understand how anal sex might lead to incontinence, though it’s possible that the practice contributes to decreased anal sphincter tone that leads to stool leakage in some people, Whitehead said.”
Just possible? I wonder if Reuters is similarly timid about claims they report concerning global warming, evolution, and gender?
Yes, parents are qualified to teach their children
There is a certain sense in which we are all homeschoolers, whether you send your child to a Christian school or teach them at home. That’s because you are responsible for their education. Teachers are there to help, and a big help they can be, but they didn’t make our parental baptismal vows for us.
