Articles of the Week - October 20

Like last week, this week's highlights have no primary focus, but plenty of good reads nonetheless.

I will begin this week with politics and public policy:

• Sarah Morris of The Heritage Foundation presents the word cloud for the this past week's presidential debate
• The Chicago Tribune editorial board summarizes the score after that debate
• Rex Huppke of the Tribune looks at the effects of polls
• Julia Shaw of Heritage looks at five "myths about voting"
• Tim Schultz writes for Heritage about movement in defense of religious liberty among state legislatures
• The Economist's Lexington notes that Barack Obama seems to be enjoying himself on the campaign trail
• The Economist also notes a "new way of doing things"
• Amanda Lucas of Heritage examines the potential benefits of education spending accounts

Arts and entertainment:

• Harvey Sachs writes an excellent tribute to Sir Georg Solti for The New York Times
• Eric Nilsson writes a commentary for Minnesota Public Radio on new financial realities for professional orchestra

From The Gospel Coalition:

• Introducing the New City Catechism
• Jared C. Wilson challenges readers to delight in God's commands in Scripture
• Hunter Baker proposes a biblical definition of government, law, and justice
• Glenn T. Stanton suggests that no one takes the Bible literally

From the Society for the Advancement of Ecclesial Theology:

• Matthew Mason outlines the three tasks of catechism and notes an interesting parallel between Joshua and Mark
• Jason Hood looks at the expansive dimension of the Reformation

From Christianity Today:

• Howard Freeman writes for This Is Our City of the importance of central parks
• John Koessler examines the mental difficulty (due to our place in redemptive history) of imagining heaven

And finally:

• Alex Murashko offers in the Christian Post ten things to avoid saying to church visitors
• Jon Acuff reflects for Stuff Christians Like on the fatherly love of God
• Ray Pritchard, as part of a series of devotionals on Ecclesiastes, unpacks the idea that Jesus is all you need

What articles, blogs, of columns caught your attention this week? Share them in the comments section!