First Links—4.20.15

Islamic State Shoots and Beheads Thirty Ethiopian Christians in Libya
Sylvia Westall, Reuters

Myths About Attending College Debunked
Christopher Nelson, Imaginative Conservative

Why Is Israel Called Israel?
Elon Gilad, Haaretz

How Do You Imagine God?
J. David Nolan, Aleteia

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