First Links – 10.8.14

The Christian Element in the Hong Kong Protests
Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest

Confessions of an Aesthete
Terry Teachout, Commentary Magazine

Synod: Church Needs to Move Away From Harsh Language to Describe Gays and Cohabitees
Christopher Lamb, The Tablet

The End Has Not Yet Passed Over Us
Jacques J. Rancourt, VQR

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