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1. Police Pleasantly Surprised To Learn Man They Shot Was Armed (posted October 14) "Officers said they were further relieved after discovering the man had a petty theft charge on his record, ensuring they were 100 percent off the hook."

2. I would fail Abraham’s test (and I bet you would too) (posted October 14) "If love can look like abuse, if it can look like genocide, if it can look like rape, if it can look like eternal conscious torture—well, everything is relativized!"

3. BBC's website is being blocked across China (posted October 15)

4. ‘Spiritual bondage to the powers of death’: Why Screwtape should’ve read some James Cone and ‘You have to keep scooping out of the boat’: More on progressive Christianity and sin (posted October 15) "There’s a hole in white evangelicalism’s understanding of sin, death, evil and spiritual bondage. It’s a gaping chasm wider than the one in the Navigator’s bridge illustration. It’s the blind spot that allowed America’s first great theologian to write 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' before sitting down to a meal cooked by his slaves."

5. ordinary monsters (posted October 17) "These people do not spend all of their time hiding in alleys."

6. Dear World: Let’s Stop Giving Our Crap to the Poor (posted October 13) "We want to support a ministry with a used iPhone. If you have an old one you can donate, please let us know."