{"id":6620,"date":"2013-12-28T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2013\/12\/28\/wednesday-link-list-nativity-factor-gagnam-style-revisited\/"},"modified":"2013-12-28T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T13:45:00","slug":"wednesday-link-list-nativity-factor-gagnam-style-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wednesday-link-list-nativity-factor-gagnam-style-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Link List: The Nativity Factor, Gagnam Style Revisited, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"is-style-article-intro\">With both Christmas and New Year&#39;s Day falling on a Wednesday, we offer this mid-point link list today, with the regular schedule returning January 8th. (Actually, I think that&#39;s supposed to say, &quot;returning, <em class=\"citation\">Lord willing<\/em> on January 8th &hellip; &quot;)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>\n\t\tIf you don&#39;t like the translation choice on your boxed Christmas cards, you have to do some minor editing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stufffundieslike.com\/2013\/12\/corrected-christmas-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">like this person did<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>One Christmas song making the rounds this year&mdash;and showing the liabilities in the &quot;songwriting by committee&quot; approach&mdash;was this 11-minute video presented December 22nd at <a href=\"http:\/\/northpoint.org\/bevelton\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">North Point Community Church<\/a> &hellip; <\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li> &hellip; But nothing was funny about a theft a few miles away where Christian radicals in greater Atlanta deliberately stole nearly 200 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/news\/local\/anarchists-take-credit-mall-georgia-calendar-theft\/ncMXh\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">wall calendars considered morally inappropriate<\/a> from a mall kiosk.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>In Canada, a Christian bookstore owner spread good cheer by placing a clamping &quot;boot&quot; device on cars using spaces assigned to her store. It <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalpost.com\/2013\/12\/19\/shell-shocked-christian-bookstore-owner-faces-drivers-wrath-for-aggressively-protecting-parking-spaces-from-non-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">cost drivers $85 to free their vehicles<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>In England, a Muslim worker was placed on cash register duty at the checkouts at Marks &amp; Spencer, but then <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/faithworld\/2013\/12\/24\/uks-marks-and-spencer-apologises-after-muslim-worker-refused-to-sell-alcohol\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">refused to process sales of holiday champagne<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>World hotspots don&#39;t disappear, they just get bumped off the news cycle by more recent skirmishes. On Christmas Eve, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/gleanings\/2013\/december\/killed-in-south-sudan-kiir-un-dinka.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the focus shifted to South Sudan<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Essay of the Week: A London writer takes Lilac, his six-year-old daughter, on a tour of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/religion\/10525914\/What-does-religion-look-like-through-the-eyes-of-a-six-year-old.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">houses of worship of other faiths<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Bonus Essay: A Canadian Catholic writer with 14 children&mdash;12 boys, 2 girls&mdash;ponders <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/when-i-found-out-my-wife-was-pregnant-with-our-9th-i-wasnt-happy-then-somet\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the gift from God that each child is<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Double Bonus Essay: A year after PSY&#39;s song Gangnam Style rocked the YouTube video charts, a Reformed seminary student and former resident of Gangnam considers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christandpopculture\/2013\/12\/dances-with-horses-one-year-after-gangnam-style-a-former-resident-of-gangnam-reflects\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">God&#39;s purpose and plan for music<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>For this one, I think the title says it best: <a href=\"http:\/\/mengalings.blogspot.ca\/2013\/12\/my-kids-are-now-public-school-kids-i.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">My kids are now the &quot;Public School Kids&quot; I used to judge<\/a>. (Sourced at <a href=\"http:\/\/homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/19\/my-kids-are-now-the-public-school-kids-i-used-to-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Homeschoolers Anonymous<\/a>!)<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>While coverage of the death of Harold Camping focused on the May 21, 2011 &quot;Judgment Day&quot; date-setting by the radio pastor, other dates are significant: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.christianpost.com\/time-for-everything\/email-harold-camping-has-died-19232\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">He and his wife were married 71 years<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>The Washington Post recently re-ran a 2010 study with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/govbeat\/wp\/2013\/12\/12\/religion-in-americas-states-and-counties-in-6-maps\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">six maps showing religious concentration <\/a>and diversity in the United States &hellip;<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li> &hellip; but we found these <a href=\"http:\/\/memolition.com\/2013\/12\/12\/maps-of-seven-deadly-sins-in-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. maps charting the Seven Deadly Sins<\/a> far more interesting.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Elsewhere, spiritually it&#39;s a different world. In Turkmenistan, a house church raid can get your electricity cut off, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forum18.org\/archive.php?article_id=1911\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">fellowship operating as a choir practice<\/a> is shut down because &quot;singing about God here is banned.&quot;<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Get reading! Jon Acuff invites his blog community to take <a href=\"http:\/\/acuff.me\/2013\/12\/empty-shelf-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Empty Shelf Challenge<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Video of the Week: Watch it now, bookmark it for next year &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7xe7hbv3kIY\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">This Christmas by the band 7eventh Time Down<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>An article on <em>logos<\/em> could be about the Greek word for &quot;word,&quot; or it could be about church brand identification. In this case, it&#39;s the latter;<a href=\"http:\/\/churchrelevance.com\/resources\/top-church-logos\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"> the Top 100 (or so) church logos<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>In counseling pornography addiction, sometimes it&#39;s helpful to identify the motivation. Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/biblicalcounselingcoalition.org\/blogs\/2013\/12\/04\/why-does-he-look-at-pornography\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">six reasons people watch<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Vocational Ministry Department: <a href=\"http:\/\/thomrainer.com\/2013\/12\/16\/seven-of-the-greatest-stressors-on-pastors\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Seven things that stress pastors out<\/a>. (Don&#39;t miss the comments.)<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>The United Methodist minister asked to surrender his credentials for performing a gay wedding&mdash;his son&#39;s&mdash;is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/religion\/pa-pastor-appeals-defrocking-over-gay-wedding\/2013\/12\/20\/2ea98e50-6946-11e3-997b-9213b17dac97_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">appealing the decision<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>In 1887, the founder of Hollywood, California &quot;envisioned the land as the perfect site for a utopian-like community for devout Christians, where they could live a highly moral life free of vices &hellip; &quot; Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/official-registration-of-hollywood\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">that didn&#39;t exactly work out<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>At Mark Driscoll&#39;s blog, a musician explores the benefits of <a href=\"http:\/\/theresurgence.com\/2013\/12\/26\/rewriting-old-hymns-for-a-new-generation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">reworking old hymns with new arrangements<\/a> &hellip; <\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li> &hellip; and long after the Mars Hill Seattle pastor is forgotten, this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/gleanings\/2013\/december\/publisher-john-howard-yoder-books-abuse-women-mennonite.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">publishing industry issue may still be discussed<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Unfinished Christmas business: So when the Good King Wenceslas looked out and the snow lay &#39;round about, what exactly were they commemorating on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St._Stephen%27s_Day\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Feast of Stephen<\/a>? (Okay, it&#39;s <em>that<\/em> Stephen, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts%207&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the one in Acts 7<\/a>.)<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Looking ahead to Christmas 2014? If you want ideas you can&#39;t do better than the winners in the UK&#39;s The Nativity Factor, but I warn you, <a href=\"http:\/\/nativityfactor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">there are about 50 videos here<\/a>. (I liked the Jerry Springer-esque <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dRaWFgGs35I\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Joseph and Mary<\/a>.)<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>CNN reports <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/12\/24\/cnn-poll-popes-approval-rating-sky-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the Pope&#39;s approval rating is sky high<\/a>. Ya think? His Christmas message included an encouragement to atheists to work with believers, something that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/12\/25\/us-pope-christmas-idUSBRE9BN0MA20131225\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">wasn&#39;t in his prepared notes<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>From Alpha Course founder Nicky Gumbel, a trio of devotional thoughts reflecting three very <a href=\"http:\/\/www.htb.org.uk\/bioy\/commentary\/730\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">different types of Bible literature<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>That wraps up the holiday edition of the Wednesday Link List. Time for a snack, which will probably include the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodforlife.com\/products?tid_1=10&amp;tid=All\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Ezekiel 4:9 cereal<\/a> I got for Christmas.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"is-style-article-bio\">Paul Wilkinson&#39;s vast media empire includes <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinking Out Loud<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity201.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity 201<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/bookshoptalk.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"bio\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Book Shop Talk<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With both Christmas and New Year&#39;s Day falling on a Wednesday, we offer this mid-point link list today, with the regular schedule returning January 8th. 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