Wednesday’s Links To Go

“Make the Economy Scream”: Secret Documents Show Nixon, Kissinger Role Backing 1973 Chile Coup

We continue our coverage of the 40th anniversary of the overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende with a look at the critical U.S. role under President Richard Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger. Peter Kornbluh, who spearheaded the effort to declassify more than 20,000 secret documents that revealed the role of the CIA and the White House in the Chilean coup, discusses how Nixon and Kissinger backed the Chilean military’s ouster of Allende and then offered critical support as it committed atrocities to cement its newfound rule.


Can Christians Ever Use Violence? A Discussion with Preston Sprinkle (Part 1)

But again, we need to back up and develop a robust ethical framework of living Christianly in the public sphere before we can answer specific questions about Christians serving as president or any governmental positions. As I argue in the book, I have not come across a convincing biblical argument that says a Christian can kill if his or her vocation demands it.


How Your Preaching Might Increase Sin in Your Church

We are accustomed to thinking of legalistic preaching as that which is full of “thou shalt not”s, the kind of fundamentalist hellfire and brimstone judgmentalism we’ve nearly all rejected. But “do” is just the flipside to the same coin “don’t” is on. That coin is the law. And a list of “do”‘s divorced from the DONE of the gospel is just as legalistic, even if it’s preached by a guy in jeans with wax in his hair following up the rockin’ set by your worship band.


Yes, God Will Give You More Than You Can Handle

When we are willing to sit in the pain, to walk with one another when life’s path is difficult and to shoulder one another’s burdens when they are too heavy, we become an embodied promise. We become living proof that while life can sometimes be too much, through the goodness of our loving of God displayed within us, we can move forward together.


7 Design Lessons From My First Years in Church Communication

The most memorable and effective messages almost always have the right blend of form and content, regardless of the medium. Every design has a message (content)—either literal or symbolic. Everything about the appearance of the design (form) should help reinforce the message. For example, you wouldn’t design an apple in purple right? Unless using that particular color would help you reinforce a specific message. Communicate with purpose, don’t just make eye candy.


Suspicious? In ‘United States Of Paranoia,’ It’s Not Just You

Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they’re more widely believed than many people think. In The United States of Paranoia, Jesse Walker, a senior editor at Reason magazine, suggests that paranoid political arguments are as American as apple pie.


My 5-Part Process for Writing Books

Over the last 12 years I’ve been privileged to write/co-write 14 books and currently have two more in the pipeline. Over the last several years I’ve been able to develop my own process for writing that works for me.


Art heist trial held up over lawyer’s sneakers

Defense lawyer Catalin Dancu was hit Tuesday with a fine of 5,000 lei ($1,148) — the maximum allowed — for flouting dress regulations and for being late at the trial of five Romanians accused of art theft.
Under his black robe, Dancu wore blue jeans and bright blue sneakers— triple-stripe models that he said cost 200 euros ($264).


Minnesota high school misspells own name on yearbook cover

Some high school yearbook mistakes can be forgotten quickly.
A student gets misidentified in a photo. Hey, it happens. A teacher is credited with teaching the wrong class. OK, yeah, no problem.
But misspelling the name of the school on the cover of the yearbook that also happens to be the name of the town? That’s a mistake that’s going to be talked about in the teacher’s lounge for years to come.


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