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My Weekly Reading List

* November 5-11 , 2017
* October 22-28, 2017
* October 15-21, 2017
* October 8-14, 2017
* October 1-7, 2017
* September 24-30, 2017
* September 17-23, 2017
* September 10-16, 2017
* September 3-9, 2017
* August 27-September 2, 2017
* August 13-19, 2017
* August 6-12, 2017
* July 30 - August 5, 2017
* July 23-29, 2017
* July 16-22, 2017
* July 9-15, 2017
* July 2-8, 2017
* June 11-17, 2017
* June 4-10, 2017
* May 28-June 3, 2017
* May 21-27, 2017
* May 14-20, 2017
* May 7-13, 2017
* April 23 - 29, 2017
* April 9 - 15, 2017
* April 2 - 8, 2017
* March 26 - April 1, 2017
* March 19-25, 2017
* March 12-18, 2017
* March 5-11, 2017
* February 19-25, 2017
* February 12-18, 2017
* February 5-11, 2017
* January 29 - February 4, 2017
* January 22-28, 2017
* January 15-21, 2017
* January 8-14, 2017
* January 1-7, 2017
* December 25-31, 2016
* December 18-24, 2016
* December 10-17, 2016
* December 4-9, 2016
* November 20-26
* November 13 - 19
* November 6 - 12
* October 30 - November 5
* October 23-29, 2016
* October 16-23, 2016
* October 9-15, 2016
* September 18-24, 2016
* September 11-17, 2016
* September 4-10, 2016
* August 28 - September 3, 2016
* August 21-27, 2016
* August 14-20, 2016
* August 7-13, 2016
* July 31 - August 6, 2016
* July 24-30, 2016
* July 17-23, 2016
* July 10-16, 2016
* July 3-9, 2016
* June 26 - July 2, 2016
* June 19-25, 2016
* June 12-18, 2016
* June 5-11, 2016
* May 29-June 4, 2016
* May 22-29, 2016
* May 15-21, 2016
* May 8-14, 2016
May 1-7, 2016
* April 24-30, 2016
* April 17-23, 2016
* April 10-16, 2016
* April 3-9, 2016
* March 27 - April 2, 2016
* March 20-26, 2016
* March 13-19, 2016
* March 6-12, 2016
* February 28 - March 5, 2016
* February 21-27, 2016
* February 14-20, 2016
* February 7-13, 2016
* January 31 - February 6, 2016
* Janurary 24-30, 2016
* January 17-23, 2016

by J. Christian Andrews

I cull the internet so you don't have to (ha). Here is my reading list for November 5-11, 2017. Posting these links does not necessarily constitute an endorsement. On the other hand these are not all the blog post I read but only those I thought worth a continued conversation.


APOLOGETICS and WITNESS
* Andrew Richard: Optative Semi-Universalism
* Gene Veith: Dear Next Mass Church Murderer,
* Paul Steinbrueck: Do Google Posts impact search rankings? New case study!
* Mark Steinbrueck: Don't let your website end up like this
* Leah Baugh: Why Sharing Your Faith Is So Hard
* Naomi Andrews: How to Make Guests Feel Welcome in Your Home
* Nancy Flory: Nepal Outlaws Conversion, Evangelism

ENGAGING CULTURE
* Rob Schwarzwalder: Human Trafficking - Worldwide and at Your Local Hotel
* Dorothy Cummings McLean: OfficeMax refuses to print poster for event exposing homosexual agenda
* Tony Perkins: When the NFL's Saints Go Marching out...
* Joe Carter: 5 Facts about orphans
* The Resurgent: We Lost the "Gay Wars" Culturally...But Now We Win Spiritually
* Christy Britton: When God opened my eyes: The grace of exposure and the need for orphan care
* David Robertson: Welcome to the Sexual Counter-Reformation
* Annie Holmquist: An English Teacher Explains 5 Reasons Today's Students Can't Write
* Intellectual Takeout: Scholar: 'Human Dignity' Rare Before Christianity
* Jonathan Van Maren: Liberals now claim Christian parents are dangerous. This is an existential threat we can't ignore

GOVERNMENT
* Jarrett Stepman: Millennials Are Clueless About Communism. Here's Why That's a Problem.
* Dan Mitchell: 100 Years of Communism, 100 Million Deaths, and Far Too Many Dupes and Apologists
* Robert Moffit: The Ugly Consequences of Single-Payer Health Care
* Ed Feulner: As Communism Turns 100, a Brief Look at the Death and Destruction It Has Wrought

HUMAN INTEREST
* Sensible Survival: Other Set-Ups for the Plow Point Tarp
* Vittoria Traverso: Found: A Rare Carved Stone That Could Rewrite Art History
* Anika Burgess: The World's Tiniest Wonders, Revealed Through Photomicrography
* Philip Mould: Removing 200 Years of Varnish from a Painting Looks Deeply Satisfying
* Lars Walker: The Joys of Home Ownership
* Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

PASTORAL MINISTRY
* Denny Burk: Pastors, be ready for questions about abortion and homosexuality

REFORMATION 500
* Gene Veith: Lutheran Satire
* Steve Mundfrom: Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World by Eric Metaxas (a review)
* Craig Benson: Martin Luther: The Great Reformer by J A Morrison (a review)
* Andrew Preus: What's So Special About the Reformation? Grace Alone.
* Andrew Preus: What's So Special About the Reformation? Christ Alone.
* Mark Birkholz: Luther's Baptismal Rites

SANCTITY OF LIFE
* Jeff Christie: My wife became pregnant after rape. Surprisingly, the baby helped us both heal
* Jennifer Christie: After a brutal rape, I became pregnant. Doctors told me to abort. My husband and I did this instead.
* Patrick Lee / Melissa Moschella: Embryology and Science Denial
* Crace Carr: Here's Why an Unborn Baby Was Counted as a Person in the Texas Massacre

SECOND AMENDMENT
* Amy Swearer: Current Gun Laws Should Have Made It Impossible for Texas Shooter to Buy Gun

VETERANS' DAY
* Tyler O'Neil: Vietnam Veterans Set the Record Straight After PBS TV Series Whitewashes Communism
* Vietnam Veterans for Factual History: Vietnam Veterans for Factual History
* Erick Erickson: At The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, We Remember
* Wilfred Owen: "Disabled"

WORD
* Lutheran Ladies Connection: Back to the Garden
* Sam Wellumson: 1 John 3:1-3 -- So You Are
* Jon Alan Schmidt: The Lutheran Catechism: Law, Gospel, Discipleship
* Kent Sperry: Not An Entitlement, But An Honor
* Brett Boe / Jason Gudim / Brian Ricke: Being Lutheran Episode #49 -- Review of the Law, Part 2: Sanctification
* Tom Parrish: Why Is the Biblical Jesus Such a Pain in the Neck
* Mark Surburg: It's just that simple
* Joshua Charles: The Weird Attack on 'Thoughts and Prayers'

WORLD WAR "P" (fighting pornography)
* Claire Chretien: New documentary finds porn's newest addicts are kids, and it's devastating them
* Dan Wilson: Protecting Your Home from Porn - Part 1
* Melinda Tankard Reist: Sex Before Kissing: How 15-Year-Old Girls Are Dealing With Porn-Obsessed Boys

WORLD WAR "T" (fighting transgenderism)
* Ivan Snively: What These 3 Doctors Think Should Be Done for Children Who Think They Are Transgender
* Jenny Graves: Not just about sex: throughout our bodies, thousands of genes act differently in men and women
* Noor: It's not conversion therapy to learn to love your body: A teen desister tells her story
* Rod Dreher: Leaving The Trans Cult
* Jeffrey Walton: GracePointe and the Elusive LGBT-affirming Megachurch