{"id":6551,"date":"2014-01-15T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2014\/01\/15\/wednesday-link-list-most-dangerous-places-to-be-christian-w\/"},"modified":"2014-01-15T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T15:44:00","slug":"wednesday-link-list-most-dangerous-places-to-be-christian-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wednesday-link-list-most-dangerous-places-to-be-christian-w\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Link List: Most Dangerous Places to be a Christian, Worst Christian Book Covers of 2013, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"is-style-article-intro\">\n\tI spent a lot of the week listening to Christian radio stations from around the world on DeliCast.com; so the temptation was to make the entire list this week simply links to all the wonderful stations I found. However, reason prevailed &hellip;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>\n\t\tSo as to not keep you in suspense, we&#39;ll kick off with the news that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20140108\/NEWS21\/301080148\/Snake-handling-pastor-won-t-face-charges-possessing-dangerous-wildlife?nclick_check=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">religious liberty lives in East Tennessee for snake handling<\/a> denominations. Church motto: There&#39;s an asp for that.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tShortest. Church. Service. Ever. I hope nobody drove any distance <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=caa_1389575011\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"> to this church<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThis December article at 9Marks also appeared at Gospel Coalition offering some interesting insights into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.9marks.org\/journal\/how-pastor-mark-passes-out-authority\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">sharing of pastoral leadership authority<\/a> in the local church.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tOpen Doors USA has released its latest World Watch list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwatchlist.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">most dangerous places to be a Christian<\/a>, including some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/buzzvine\/10-most-dangerous-places-in-the-world-to-be-a-christian-112290\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">changes from last year&#39;s list<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tExplaining the confiscation of three Bibles from a commercial bookstore, a spokesman for the Agency for Religious Affairs in Kazakhstan said, &quot;The Kazakh state must defend our citizens from harmful materials.&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=1913\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Twelve icons were also seized<\/a>. Asked if they were harmful, he replied, &quot;We have experts to check icons.&quot;<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tCompassion has assembled an infographic which illustrates some rather shocking economics <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.compassion.com\/human-trafficking-awareness-day-what-is-a-childs-life-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">related to human sex-trade trafficking<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tOne observant writer sees Perry Noble&#39;s New Spring College as simply an inversion of their apprenticeship program: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pajamapages.com\/perry-noble-is-an-entrepreneurial-genius\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Instead of paying students, students pay them<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tChanges to the Church of England liturgy for infant baptism now lets parents and godparents <a href=\"http:\/\/theundergroundsite.com\/church-of-englands-alternative-baptism-liturgy-drops-reference-to-devil\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">off the hook for dalliances with the devil<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tJames Dobson says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2014\/01\/james-dobson-well-defy-abortifacient-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">he&#39;ll shut down his current ministry organization<\/a> before he&#39;ll comply with new U.S. health care requirements for employers to cover abortion products. I have no doubt he&#39;s serious.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThe latest volley in the Mark Driscoll plagiarism discussion suggests that in addition to whatever authors were involved, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/warrenthrockmorton\/2014\/01\/09\/writing-recycling-a-new-wrinkle-in-the-mark-driscoll-plagiarism-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Driscoll also plagiarized himself<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tRandy Alcorn is scheduled to preach a Sunday morning service, but moments before it starts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epm.org\/blog\/2014\/Jan\/13\/disregard-truth\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the pastor has other plans<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tProvocative suggestion of the week: &quot;John Piper&#39;s doctrine is not Reformed, not even Protestant, but pre-reformation Roman Catholic!&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/cryingoutforjustice.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/09\/shocking-revelation-concerning-john-pipers-theology\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tI deliberately omitted this article from last week about conservative fundamentalist men who engage in what we might call &quot;wife discipline&quot; encounters of the corporal punishment kind. This week, I decided <a href=\"http:\/\/spiritualsoundingboard.com\/2014\/01\/03\/the-christian-patriarchy-movements-dark-secret-of-wife-spanking\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">it&#39;s something to be aware of<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tUsing an internet example we all can relate to, here&#39;s a refreshing discussion on why <a href=\"http:\/\/abnormalanabaptist.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/11\/google-translate-and-bible-translation-aint-quite-so-easy\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the Bible translation process involves more nuances<\/a> than we might think.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tWhich is a good place to mention that College Park Church in Indianapolis, Indiana&mdash;weekly attendance: 4,000&mdash;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalgazette.net\/article\/20140110\/LOCAL06\/140119989\/1002\/LOCAL\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">raised $1 million in a single pre-Christmas offering<\/a> for Wycliffe Bible Translators.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tMeanwhile, if you&#39;re an average American, I am 90% sure you own a Bible, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiannewswire.com\/news\/2217573477.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">85% sure you don&#39;t read it<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tAt my own blog this week, more details about DeliCast, <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/11\/travel-the-world-by-internet-radio\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the radio portal I mentioned<\/a> in this week&#39;s intro; and my encouragement to megachurch pastors to follow Greg Laurie&#39;s lead and <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/10\/friendly-advice-to-megachurch-pastors-take-the-show-on-the-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">consider crusade-style outreach<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tSo &hellip; that story about the Adventist pastor who wanted to live like an atheist for a year? Well here&#39;s a surprise, he lost his job as a seminary professor. Who better to pick up the story than Hemant Mehta aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2014\/01\/06\/remember-the-pastor-trying-out-atheism-for-a-year-he-just-got-fired-by-his-christian-employers-lets-help-him-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Friendly Atheist<\/a>. And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/62mb6o\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">you won&#39;t believe this twist<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThere are some things about children&#39;s and youth ministry I remember well, and <a href=\"http:\/\/fess2.blogspot.ca\/2014\/01\/14-things-that-youth-ministry-had-up-to.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">others I&#39;d like to forget ever happened<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tJust in case you need it, Todd Rhoades offers pastors seven <a href=\"http:\/\/churchjobs.tv\/pastoral-resignation-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">things to include in your resignation letter<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tOr, if you&#39;re on the receiving end of a resignation letter, <a href=\"http:\/\/joshuareich.org\/2014\/01\/09\/when-a-staff-member-or-volunteer-says-im-done\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">eight tips on how to respond<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tHere we go again: This time seven children were removed from a Texas home over the parents&#39; right to home-school them. At the time of the article <a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2014\/01\/09\/christian-couple-fighting-texas-officials-after-homeschooling-children-forcibly-removed-from-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">four had been returned<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tI didn&#39;t recognize the titles, but someone took the time to assemble a list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/erb.kingdomnow.org\/worst-christian-book-covers-of-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">worst Christian book covers of 2013<\/a>. (You&#39;ll like #1.) (Here&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/erb.kingdomnow.org\/worst-christian-book-covers-of-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">last year&#39;s list<\/a>, too.)<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tParenting Place: One of the challenges of parenting in today&#39;s world is that often <a href=\"http:\/\/orangeparents.org\/5-ways-to-fight-entitlement-in-your-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">kids feel a sense of entitlement<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tQuestion of the Week: If you regularly attend movies and listen to popular music, is what we term as &quot;engaging the culture&quot; just a <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevinwax\/2014\/01\/06\/evangelicals-and-hollywood-muck\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">sophisticated way of justifying worldliness<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tStill in weather recovery? An economics professor used his snow day off to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2014\/01\/08\/building-snowmen-youre-snowed-see-one-professor-built-snow-chapel\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">build a church<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tA devotional thought: Now that &quot;selfie&quot; is in the Oxford Dictionary, <a href=\"http:\/\/manofdepravity.com\/2014\/01\/yes-were-talking-about-selfies\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">what does it say about our culture<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tSomeone tries to prank a Christian TV show, but <a href=\"http:\/\/ragamuffinsoul.com\/2014\/01\/ctvrick\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the host turns it around<\/a>, perhaps unwittingly.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"is-style-article-bio\">\n\tPaul Wilkinson writes from Canada (Motto: Home of the Polar Vortex) and blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinking Out Loud<\/a> and edits <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity201.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity 201<\/a>, a daily devotional.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a lot of the week listening to Christian radio stations from around the world on DeliCast.com; so the temptation was to make the entire list this week simply links to all the wonderful stations I found. 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