First Links — 10.17.12

A Fire-Stained and Blackened Cathedral: An Interview with Joshua Hren
Meredith Wise, Dappled Things

Understanding Internet Trolling
Whitney Phillips,  The Atlantic

Why I Like Denominations
Roger E. Olson, Patheos

Vatican II: The “Long Argument” is a Distraction
Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing

Thinking Like Jesus: Logic in Biblical Interpretation
R. C. Sproul, Ligonier

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