{"id":7047,"date":"2013-09-11T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2013\/09\/11\/wednesday-link-list-animal-friendly-religion-suggestive\/"},"modified":"2013-09-11T07:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:19:01","slug":"wednesday-link-list-animal-friendly-religion-suggestive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wednesday-link-list-animal-friendly-religion-suggestive\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Link List: Animal-friendly Religion, Suggestive Selfies, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg?resize=254,169 254w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg?resize=324,216 324w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg?resize=82,55 82w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg?resize=164,109 164w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg?resize=412,275 412w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg?resize=347,231 347w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35681.jpg?resize=160,107 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><span class=\"image-credits\">Palais Des Congres<\/span><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><p><em>Link and the world links with you; lurk and you lurk alone&#8230;<\/em><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Texas pastor believes the R-rating a small budget film received was intended to <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.foxnews.com\/toddstarnes\/top-stories\/church-believes-film-got-r-rating-because-of-faith-message.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">limit exposure to its faith-based message<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In one of their best articles ever, Justin and Trisha Davis suggest <a href=\"http:\/\/refineus.org\/six-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">six questions that will transform your marriage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>So, if you had to narrow it down, what might make your list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesmirror.com\/2013\/09\/04\/most-influential-important-christian-books-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">most influential Christian books of all time<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Can you honestly be said to possess a <em>real<\/em> faith <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redletterbelievers.com\/private-faith-real-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">if you keep it to yourself<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Barely days into a new school year, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/gleanings\/2013\/september\/regent-university-carlos-campo-resigns-pat-robertson.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">president of Pat Robertson&#8217;s Regent University resigns<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Christian publishing&#8217;s best known cold case detective suggests that what appears to be radical opposition to Christianity is <a href=\"http:\/\/coldcasechristianity.com\/2013\/volitional-resistance-to-christianity-often-masquerades-as-rational-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">often only volitional resistance<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Veteran touring and recording Christian group <a href=\"http:\/\/itstholhugospel.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/14\/superchick-announce-the-end-of-their-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Superchic[k] is disbanding<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Many of you probably know about this, but if you don&#8217;t, bestcommentaries.com provides suggestions for each of book of the Bible of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bestcommentaries.com\/topcommentaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">two best commentaries<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Essay of the Week: Any parent who gets a letter like this from their 15-year daughter has <a href=\"http:\/\/ichilly.com\/letter-from-courtney\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">much to be thankful for<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>When a pastor is daydreaming, he&#8217;s possibly imagining himself <a href=\"http:\/\/jaysondbradley.com\/2013\/09\/07\/5-reasons-your-pastor-daydreams-about-quitting\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">quitting the ministry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A woman who is married to a man who is also same-sex attracted gives us an inside look at their marriage and <a href=\"http:\/\/rachelheldevans.com\/blog\/wife-of-queer-man\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">five things we need to know<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Going deep: All of our quirks, mistakes, and, yes, sin, make us the kind of people who wouldn&#8217;t enjoy spending eternity with God. We need to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepalmerperspective.com\/2013\/09\/05\/how-to-get-beyond-sin-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">go beyond sin management<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Rick McKinley reflects on finding the upside when surgery or injury leaves you <a href=\"http:\/\/rickmckinley.net\/unwanted-time-with-god\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">sidelined for a season<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I love it when Adam Young, aka Owl City, posts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayoungblog.com\/post\/56440073971\/but-whenever-someone-turns-to-the-lord-the-veil\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">something like this<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>He was the pastor of seven churches before becoming a secular humanist. Last month, for the first time, he posted <a href=\"http:\/\/brucegerencser.net\/2013\/08\/a-letter-to-family-friends-and-former-parishioners\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the letter he sent his congregation<\/a> describing his journey.<\/li>\n<li>Your moment of peace for the day: Fernando Ortega singing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5DByOEovyXE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesus, King of Angels<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Though he was raised Catholic himself, a blogger responds to a Catholic article <a href=\"http:\/\/aristophrenium.com\/fisher\/bad-arguments-against-sola-scriptura\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">attempting to refute the concept of<\/a><em>sola scriptura<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Blog scoop of the decade: Pastor and author Rob Shepherd brings the third of his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robshep.com\/2013\/08\/28\/an-interview-with-jesus-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">exclusive interviews with Jesus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>After a feature on NBC news, a blog post by Kim Hall, the Director of Women&#8217;s ministry at All Saints Presbyterian in Austin, Texas went viral. The topic? Girls who take suggestive selfies and <a href=\"http:\/\/givenbreath.com\/2013\/09\/03\/fyi-if-youre-a-teenage-girl\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">boys who can&#8217;t un-see them<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In Cape Town, South Africa, a meeting called Underground Church is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radical.net\/secretchurch\/blog\/?p=3044\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">similar to David Platt&#8217;s Secret Church<\/a>, only on a different scale.<\/li>\n<li>Future flash-forward: I love reading about next generation people driven to use media to impact their world, like this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/jerrydwyerjr\/heart-of-faith?ref=live\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Kickstarter project for the movie Heart of Faith<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Four kids. One big store. One hour. A big dog. The kids are each allowed to choose one thing. <a href=\"http:\/\/overflowdl.com\/2013\/09\/09\/simplicity-at-its-best\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">What do you think they will select<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>My primary source for online Bible reading is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">BibleGateway.Com<\/a> which is also related to Christianity Today somehow, so I don&#8217;t want to bite the proverbial hand. But if your look-ups are impaired by a bad memory, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">BlueLetterBible.Org<\/a> has a <em>secondary<\/em> search that lets you get 3 out of 5 words wrong and still find the verse (maybe) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/start\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">BibleServer.Com<\/a> is great for foreign language searches.<\/li>\n<li>On my own blog this week: Looking at some <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/08\/a-tale-of-two-megachurch-pastors\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">similarities between two megachurch pastors<\/a> from two different eras.<\/li>\n<li>And finally, how did we miss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfordanimalethics.com\/2013\/07\/news-release-is-religion-good-for-your-cat-and-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">this July 1st press release<\/a>: &#8220;A new research project at Oxford will examine whether 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