No One Mentions, and other links

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• A Pastor, His Dying Wife, and Their Church—A Group Text -- "Megan has, under God, had a profound impact on the lives of people."
• Baptism Is A Church’s Act -- "...what would you do if your friend sneaked up behind you, dunked you, and then said, “Now you’ve been baptized!” Even if you know little about baptism, my guess is you’d have a strong suspicion that, in addition to being slightly odd, your friend is wrong...But what would it take to turn this dunking into a baptism?"
• But White Baptists in the South Were Not United -- "For poor whites, fighting for the Confederacy often meant fighting to protect family, fighting with friends, and hoping (by drawing soldier’s wages) to earn a better stake in life."
• CNN legal analyst Areva Martin accuses David Webb of ‘white privilege’ before learning he’s black -- "Martin accused Sirius XM radio and Fox Nation host David Webb of “white privilege” during a segment on a radio program before he broke the news."
• DOJ report shows just how few legally purchased guns are used to commit crimes -- "About 13 percent of state and federal prisoners surveyed used a gun during their crime, and of those prisoners, only 1.3 percent obtained it from a retail source."
• Driver attempts to destroy giant snowman -- "Frosty the Snowman had a very solid trunk; He was made of snow but his makers know, How he gave a truck a thunk."
• Execution from 2008 Rusk County murder of 13-month-old halted, case goes back to Henderson -- "“It comes back for findings on the quality of the bite-mark science and the intellectual disability issue,” Rusk County Attorney Micheal Jimerson said Monday."
• Gillette’s Preachy Ad Continues War on Men -- "Last time I checked, raising children is a parent’s job, not the purview of a disposable razor company whose products, after a few uses, get thrown in the trash..."
• I tried using a weighted blanket to stress less. Here's what happened. -- "I had been seeing weighted blankets pop up in my social feeds over the past couple of weeks, so I decided to give the trend a try."
• Lee Harvey’s Legacy -- "If it is true that poetry is the silence between words, then there is something genuinely poetic about the life Rachel Oswald is quietly leading between the headlines."
• Man told his Trump shirt made local gym goers 'uncomfortable,' was asked to not wear it to the gym anymore -- "It’s just the racist part she brought up that I just do not like."
• Mother-Daughter Team Launch New Pro-Life Clothing Brand Just in Time for 2019 March for Life -- "COL 1972 was born out of an idea D’Addesi and her three girls had to create a pro-family, pro-life alternative to the overwhelming number of mainstream clothing brands that use their money to promote abortion, LGBT issues and other progressive causes."
• My Salvation Experience: Elder C. B. “Cap” Massey -- "I was a very high tempered rowdy boy, full of fun and pranks."
• No One Mentions That The Russian Trail Leads To Democratic Lobbyists -- "In pushing its Manchurian-candidate-Trump narrative, the media fail to mention the much deeper ties of Democratic lobbyists to Russia."
• Q & A with Kendra Fletcher -- "Kendra Fletcher, homeschooling mom of eight, took pride in having it all together...Then..."
• (Part 2) Distant Starlight and Creation Time Coordinates -- "Though we presented the model last week, this week, we will finish our discussion by first giving physical and biblical evidence for a young cosmos."
• Simplified organization for the new year -- "Simplified organization is organization that addresses the true disorder – not (only) the surface-level disorder of our counters or closets or cupboards, but the disorder in our minds and our hearts."
• The Christian & Governments... -- "It does not matter if they disagree with them politically, it does not matter if they are immoral person.  They are to be honored due to their position in authority."