What Happened Last Week? (7/10/17)

A number of intriguing articles this week: the trouble with neo-Calvinism, the American Revolution, and more!

Religion

7/10/17

10 Things I Wished I Had Done as a Young Pastor – The Aquila Report

Former Benedictine Monk Reflects Upon Rod Dreher’s "The Benedict Option" – Heart And Mouth

Herman Hoeksema On The Twofold Kingdom | The Heidelblog

The Impossibility of Preaching Jesus Without A Creed (Vos) « The Reformed Reader

Machen and Bultmann at Marburg – Reformed Forum

Transformationalism and Christian Higher Education – Reformed Forum

Dutch Neo-Calvinism and the Roots for Transformation – Reformed Forum

Comfort and Hope for Chronic Sufferers

Let the Children Worship in Church

What Your Kids Really Need is Your Authentic Christian Life

How the Reformation Changed Education Forever

"Thinking that they are more merciful than God" | MOS – Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

This Day in Presbyterian History · July 7: When Reformation Preaching Prevailed in Edinburgh

BiblePlaces Blog: Weekend Roundup

Opinion

Can a baker refuse to make a gay wedding cake?

Human Misjudgment and the American Revolution

Puzzle: Why Are There Two Sexes? | Quanta Magazine

News

The Lawsuit That Could Pop Alphabet’s Project Loon Balloons | WIRED

AlphaBay, Biggest Online Drug Bazaar, Goes Dark, and Questions Swirl – The New York Times

U.N. survey finds cybersecurity gaps everywhere except Singapore | Reuters

Hackers Connected to NotPetya Ransomware Surface Online, Empty Bitcoin Wallet – Motherboard

New Open-Source Platform Maps the Provenances of Artworks

Facebook beats privacy lawsuit in U.S. over user tracking | Reuters

Associated Press: 10 Things to Know Last Tuesday

Associated Press: Ten Things to Know Last Wednesday

Associated Press: Ten Things to Know Last Thursday

Associated Press: Ten Things to Know Last Firday

Associated Press: Ten Things to Know Monday

Associated Press: Updates on the Baby