What’s Wrong With the World, 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’s Wrong With the World? -- "It is the fight within, rather than the battle without, that is the problem."
• What Do 26 of 27 Deadly American Mass Shooters Have In Common? -- "One commonality in 26 of the 27 of the worst recent incidents was made public eighteen months ago. But it got buried by the mainstream media."
• The Seductive and Destructive Lie of Art as Personal Taste, pt.1 -- "God rules everything in a believer’s life through scripture – it gives the truth about the whole of reality, the interpretation of every subject matter."
• The Allure of the Iron Cage: Reactions to Steven D. Smith’s The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse -- "Not everyone has the same religious background as you, so for your moral arguments to carry any weight you need to stop making faith-based arguments"
• Planned Parenthood ‘Grooms’ Girls For Abortions Using Sex Ed, Former Sex Educator Says -- "Planned Parenthood’s sex education grooms students for promiscuity, Cline believes, and this promiscuity leads them to abortion."
• Pastor whose child was shot at Texas church runs for office -- "I felt like something needed to be brought to the conversation, like civility and real intelligent discourse."
• “Jesus Died for Sinners”: Do Your People Know What This Actually Means? -- "Brothers, my point is a simple one: let’s not assume that our people know the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement."
• Facebook bans group trying to stop drag queen story hours for ‘hate speech’ -- "Anna Hall Bohach, founder of 500 Mom Strong, told LifeSiteNews over the phone that the group’s Facebook page was removed on Sunday after she received a final warning."
• Did Paul Prefer Singleness? -- "People react to what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7 in a number of different ways."
• ‘Biology is not bigotry’: teacher blasts bill that would force teachers to receive LGBT ‘training’ -- "An elementary school teacher packed a powerful punch in a two-minute testimony last month…Despite Oslen’s testimony, the panel voted 6-0 to pass the legislation out of committee for consideration by the Democrat-led California Senate."
• Beto O’Rourke’s Campaign Ejected a Breitbart Reporter From an Event -- "The irony of Mr. O’Rourke, who has stated that he is the beneficiary of ‘white privilege,’ purporting to decide for black students who should be banned from events that are open to the press, or what they should feel, is not lost on us."
• Alyssa Milano Wants To Know Why Self-Defense Is a God-Given Right, Ted Cruz Explains -- "The right to self-defense is recognized repeatedly in the Bible, eg Exodus 22:2: ‘If a thief is caught breaking in at night & is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed,” Cruz added."
• Airport’s Ban on Plastic Water Bottles a Flight of Fancy -- "Politicians in California like to show how much they care about making the world a better place by banning things."
• Admonitions to a Disappointed Young-Earther -- "I’m disappointed that the enemy, who is delegitimizing the truth-claims of Christianity by undermining the authority of Scripture, is often met with so little resistance and so much well-meant, reasonable-sounding cooperation."