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Some of the best articles I found online this week:
1. Bart Barber at Canon and Culture – The Constitution Anticipates Today. The idea that religious liberty might come into conflict with important government objectives is not a possibility unanticipated by the First Amendment; it is the amendment’s very reason for existence.
2. Mike Cosper – The Banality of Abortion. By manipulating language, we can insulate ourselves from reality.
3. Colleen Gillard in The Atlantic – Why the British Tell Better Children’s Stories. Their history informs fantastical myths and legends, while American tales tends to focus on moral realism.
4. Lindsey Bever in The Washington Post – “I Am Pro-Life!” A Surrogate Mother’s Stand Against “Reducing” Her Triplets. So much to unpack in this one question, posed in the article: “Does a woman carrying someone else’s child waive her rights to her own body?”
5. Christianity Today – The Importance of Gospel-Centered Teaching in Children’s Ministry & The Importance of Teaching Kids the Hard Stuff of Scripture: A number of children’s ministers from prominent churches in multiple denominations explain why kids need to know the Bible’s big story.
6. Tim Keller and Russell Moore discuss (on video) following Jesus in an “age of authenticity.”
7. Jonathan Haidt identifies the “Cross-Partisan Divide” as the most recent scientific news. Here’s what it is and what it means for education and politics.
