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 How to More Wisely Consume News

This is pretty good, but I would quibble with the author's suggestion that we "avoid partisan sources." I think openly partisan sources can be helpful, and would prefer the advice that, if we seek to understand a political issue, we understand the arguments put forth by both sides. So, rather than avoiding the partisans, seek out the best of the countervailing arguments. Never try to understand one side simply by what its opponents say about it.

But the rest of the article has solid advice. My Facebook feed has revealed many Christians (most of them charismatics from my former church) who seem incapable of discerning truth from spin. They show an appalling disregard for truth and even for rationality. But this disregard for rationality may be "baked into" the charismatic mindset, I have to admit. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised.

Have Your Political Views Become an Idol?

Every four years or so, yes. [Just joking.] This is another helpful article. We ought to be thinking about these things. "Political idolatry happens when we begin fixating on what a human leader or political party can do for us more than we focus our eyes on our Heavenly Father, our true provider who calls us to trust him and not worry (Matt. 6:25-34)."

The Gospel According to The Lord of the Rings: The Fall of Boromir

Politics invites us to take sides in a power-struggle, all for the supposed purpose of accomplishing good things. The temptation to power corrupts our thinking, taints our worldview, causes us to condone or excuse actions that we know are sinful (like lying). Not only that, but side-taking, whether in sports or politic,s is addictive. Once we commit to a side, only our side's victory is seen as moral, and any tactic that might help us win that victory is deemed moral by default. Thus, the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, 75 years ago, the pervasive lying in electoral politics, and "the fall of Boromir."

"I don't want to over-interpret the narrative or read too much into it, but what strikes me here is how the battle against evil cannot be reduced to using power against it. Power used even in a just cause is only going to perpetuate evil. But it increasingly seems that this is the path our world is taking, the Good using power against the Bad. Using power in a just cause. We have become Boromir."