{"id":7095,"date":"2013-08-28T08:15:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T08:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2013\/08\/28\/wednesday-link-list-hating-esau-social-media-sins-and-more\/"},"modified":"2013-08-28T08:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T05:19:58","slug":"wednesday-link-list-hating-esau-social-media-sins-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wednesday-link-list-hating-esau-social-media-sins-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Link List: Hating Esau, Social Media Sins, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"509\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg?resize=255,169 255w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg?resize=324,215 324w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg?resize=82,54 82w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg?resize=164,109 164w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg?resize=412,273 412w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg?resize=349,231 349w, https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/35675.jpg?resize=160,106 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><span class=\"image-credits\">wood structure<\/span><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>If you don&#8217;t click all these links, how will you know they&#8217;re not talking about you?<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Gay Debate Continues: How can we pick and choose which Levitical laws continue into the present age and which don&#8217;t?  That&#8217;s easy.  <a href=\"http:\/\/rebootchristianity.blogspot.ca\/2013\/08\/gay-marriage-scripture-everyone-seems.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Acts 15 tells us which ones carry forward<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>An appeals court in Tehran rejected the appeal of American Pastor Saeed Abedini, a U.S. citizen, and <a href=\"http:\/\/aclj.org\/iran\/iran-delivers-devastating-blow-american-pastor-saeed-rejects-appeal-affirms-8-year-prison-sentence\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">refused to reduce his 8-year prison sentence<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>An Anthropology professor, writing in the New York Times, takes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/18\/opinion\/sunday\/luhrmann-why-we-talk-in-tongues.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">an academic look at speaking in tongues<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>No doubt about it, in churches of all stripes, Bible reading is notable for <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/08\/20\/religion-technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the presence of smart phones<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau&#8230;&#8221; English Bible translations use the love\/hate motif but the passage raises translation and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthevoice.com\/blog\/108\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">interpretation issues that are a lot more complicated<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re a church leader and you&#8217;re constantly dealing with how to disciple messy, new believers, then it probably means you&#8217;re doing something right. Conversely, if everyone in your church is spiritually mature, then <a href=\"http:\/\/samrainer.com\/2013\/08\/healthy-churches-are-messy\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">something is terribly wrong<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Russell S. Doughten, Jr., the man responsible for the making of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/article\/20130824\/NEWS\/308240017\/Iowa-filmmaker-evangelist-Russell-Doughten-dies-at-86\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">landmark Christian film <em>A Thief in the Night<\/em><\/a>, died on Monday at age 86.<\/li>\n<li>Thom Rainer thinks that church membership is relatively stable, but that the decline in church attendance is more connected to <a href=\"http:\/\/thomrainer.com\/2013\/08\/19\/the-number-one-reason-for-the-decline-in-church-attendance-and-five-ways-to-address-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">frequency of attendance<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Part-time pastor: A bi-vocational minister looks at logistical sustainability <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christiancentury.org\/blogs\/archive\/2013-08\/bi-vocational-minister-warns-agains-bi-vocational-ministry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">problems in bi-vocational ministry<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s a worship song from the UK that gained a lot of traction here over the summer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GRdlSRYPThg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Let it Be Known by Worship Central<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>So who are your non-Christian friends? Better yet, if we were to ask your neighbors, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2013\/august-web-only\/non-christians-who-dont-know-christians.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">do they have any Christian friends?<\/a> Maybe not.<\/li>\n<li>If experience teaches me anything, lots of you will click through to read an article called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redletterbelievers.com\/what-do-you-fear\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Naked With Your Friends<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Rob Bell&#8217;s next book is titled <em>Zinzum<\/em>.  Yes, <em>Zinzum: God&#8217;s Secret for What Makes Marriages Flourish<\/em>.  Other than that it&#8217;s a book about marriage, I have <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.ca\/books\/about\/Zinzum.html?id=gBBTnQEACAAJ&amp;redir_esc=y\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">no idea what the title means<\/a>, and that doesn&#8217;t surprise me.<\/li>\n<li>Bonus video: The song <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonacuff.com\/stuffchristianslike\/2013\/08\/my-favorite-song-as-of-late\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Acuff<\/a> recently called his current favorite, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q1wy6MGoG7Y\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Garrels&#8217; 2011 update of Farther Along<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A woman who supported her gay daughter&#8217;s campaign for health benefits has been <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/08\/22\/gay-detectives-relatives-booted-from-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">kicked out of her Tennessee church<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Canada&#8217;s public broadcaster highlights 50 different responses to Martin Luther King&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/interactives\/dream\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8220;I Have a Dream&#8221; speech<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Nominations for The Dove Awards \u2013 the Christian Grammy Awards equivalent \u2013 have been announced, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackchristiannews.com\/news\/2013\/08\/chris-tomlin-and-lecrae-lead-2013-dove-nominees.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">including Lecrae and Chris Tomlin<\/a>. (I feel I should know that second name&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Bahamas&#8217; pastor Thabiti Anyabwile believes that many of us discussing homosexuality are unnecessarily <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/thabitianyabwile\/2013\/08\/19\/the-importance-of-your-gag-reflex-when-discussing-homosexuality-and-gay-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">suppressing our gag reflex<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Steven Furtick is building momentum for a 2014 book, <em>Crash the Chatterbox<\/em>, dealing with the voices that chatter fear, insecurity, condemnation and discouragement by inviting people to join <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenfurtick.com\/resources\/calling-all-chatterboxers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a movement of people called Chatterboxers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Social Media Sins Department: Facebook is now the theme of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vJImTFz715s\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a gospel choir song<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Remember, parents; if nothing else, your parenting techniques can always <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drmoore\/status\/355150380801335296\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">serve as a bad example<\/a>.  (Found in <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/tgc\/2013\/08\/23\/teens-and-unrestricted-access-time-to-repent\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">this article<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>Canada&#8217;s blog for Christian book and music retailers <a href=\"http:\/\/bookshoptalk.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrates its 5th birthday<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It would be great if I was getting a kickback for this rather blatant advertisement, but it turns out the Christian kids&#8217; classic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agapelandmusic.com\/bullfrogs_and_butterflies_CD.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bullfrogs and Butterflies is still available<\/a>. Can Psalty the singing songbook be far behind?<\/li>\n<li>And speaking of children&#8217;s music, I can&#8217;t think of a better ending this week than <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fakejdgreear\/status\/369451697958952960\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">this nugget of wisdom<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul><p><em>Paul Wilkinson is a writer and prognosticator who blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinking Out Loud<\/a> and whose Twitter handle does that annoying thing where numbers are substituted for letters, hence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulW1lk1nson\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">@paulw1lk1nson<\/a> (he forgot to switch the &#8216;o&#8217; for a zero.)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you don&#8217;t click all these links, how will you know they&#8217;re not talking about you?Paul Wilkinson is a writer and prognosticator who blogs at Thinking Out Loud 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