What is a Collateral Relative, and other links

The posting of links does not constitute an endorsement of the sites linked, and not necessarily even agreement with the specific posts linked.

• What is a Collateral Relative? -- "I am a total novice as far as family trees go, and I need to know..."
• The Water That Divides: Baptism and Baptists -- "Baptism divides Baptists (and baptistic churches using Packer’s definition in the quote above) from almost all other denominations."
• The Story of Those Little Communion Cups, Whatever Those Are Technically Called -- "When we share a cup, we proclaim that we’re all united in one Christ, not only with each other, but with the saints throughout space and time."
• The Shack — The Missing Art of Evangelical Discernment -- "The popularity of this book among evangelicals can only be explained by a lack of basic theological knowledge among us — a failure even to understand the Gospel of Christ."
• The Pronouns of the Gospel -- "As Christians, we may not be surfing the waters of current gender theory and practice...But we do know the importance of the pronouns we use, not just for what they say about our gender, but what they say about who we are and where we belong?"
• The Beauty of House Church: Primitivism -- "Throughout the history of the Christian church, believers have often found themselves drawn back to the New Testament Church as depicted in the book of Acts and the epistles."
• Millennials, ‘casual’ sex is not casual. It’s immature and selfish. -- "The title of a recent article in USA Today says it all: “Survey: Sleeping together before a first date is a-OK, but cracked phones are a put off”."
• McCall: Pop culture conquers politics -- "Reporters help fuel celebrity infatuation by covering the political rants of the glitterati as news."
• Leaked Emails: Dems Think Obama’s Nonprofit Army Destroyed The Democratic Party -- "Some Democrat organizers blame former President Barack Obama’s grassroots nonprofit for helping destroy the Democrat party, leaked emails show."
• First Lady Attacked For Reciting Lord's Prayer at Rally -- "...melania read the 'our father' like a whore in confession after a night of escorting..."
• FBI: Investigation into teen burned alive yields gun, drug arrests -- "Officials say the operation focuses on Panola County and is a byproduct of the deep investigation that has come through the probe into the death of Jessica Chambers, a 19-year-old woman burned alive on Dec. 6, 2014, in Courtland."
• Candice Wiggins says much of WNBA is gay, and she was bullied for being straight -- "I didn’t like the culture inside the WNBA, and without revealing too much, it was toxic for me."
• A Church Discipline Primer -- "I understand the reluctance to practice church discipline...Still, this reluctance...may suggest that we believe ourselves to be wiser and more loving than God."