For Civil-War Scholars, and other links

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• For Civil-War Scholars, a Settled Question That Will Never Die: What Caused the War? -- "Nobody is saying there’s only one single cause of the Civil War...people tend to merge two questions together: The question of what caused a war and why people fought in the war. They are not the same question."
• George Washington’s church to tear down memorial honoring first president -- "'All are welcome — no exceptions' (unless you're George Washington and Robert E. Lee)."
• Kelly is right about Robert E. Lee -- "Lest I sound like a Southern sympathizer, let me state that my sentiments are pure Yankee. I lost an ancestor who wore blue and recently visited his grave in the National Cemetery in Beaufort, SC."
• Pastor Jeffress: Harvey Weinstein is the 'Natural Result' of a Nation that Rejects God's Word -- "Harvey Weinstein is no anomaly. He’s no accident. He is the natural result of a country that has untethered itself from the absolute truths of God’s Word."
• Religious affiliation at the time of death expected to change globally over next 50 years -- "This is the first study to analyze the demographics of religious affiliation at the time of death on a global scale and to make projections until 2060."
• Testing Our Commitment to Congregational Polity -- "Congregational governance under Christ’s Lordship is another distinguishing mark of a Baptist church."
• This 150 Year-Old Letter Shows Exactly How Exceptional Bosses Make Their Employees Feel -- "Great leaders aren't served; great leader serve."
• Why Knowing Your Flock Is Critical to Meaningful Preaching -- "Meaningful preaching has people’s idols in mind...people’s suffering in heart...people’s names in prayer."
• Why Liberty University Kicked an Anti-Trump Christian Author Off Campus -- "Those outside of the Liberty community are required to organize events according to “facility use protocols” to ensure safety and order, but he said Martin did not follow these."