Your Best Links Now – 3/27/14

Why Is This Issue Different? by Kevin DeYoung

Kevin wisely addresses the questions about the need to divide over the issue of homosexuality or gay marriage. What makes this issue different from, say, differences in church polity or views on baptism? I think that the question is even asked is a strong indicator of the pervasive spirit of the age in the church, but Kevin’s answers are detailed, thorough, and strong, particularly point #4: “[C]ommending homosexuality involves the core of the gospel because it urges us to celebrate a behavior of which the Bible calls us to repent.” This is exactly the point many of us were trying to make about the initial World Vision decision; calling fair what God has called foul directly compromises the integrity of one’s claim to provide distinctly Christian ministry.



Five False Perceptions About The Hobby Lobby Case by Ashley McGuire

In another hot button cultural moment, McGuire writing for The Federalist refutes some common talking points from Hobby Lobby’s critics. The misinformation (whether out of deceit or simply ignorance) is crazy rampant. For instance, did you know Hobby Lobby is not “refusing to fund birth control for female employees”?

30 Pilots and Flight Attendants Confess The Best Kept Secrets About Flying

I actually learned some interesting things from this list, which is rare for these kinds of viral filler posts. Some of it is cool. A lot of it is, well, disconcerting.

No.

Just, no.

I Lost My Dad in a Plane Crash, Too by Grant Castleberry

“As someone who served as a Marine Air Traffic Control officer and who lost a relative in a plane crash (my father’s body was never recovered in the Atlantic Ocean), I’ve been closely following the search and rescue efforts [for Malaysia flight #370]. I was deeply saddened when I heard about the initial loss of the aircraft, and have been perplexed by the strange, known movements of the aircraft that have been disclosed on the news networks. I know the family members are distraught with this new information, since they were clinging onto the hope that somehow the aircraft might have landed somewhere on the possible northern route into Asia.”

Let’s Stay Together

Ladies and gentlemen, the Reverend Al Green.