Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Resolved: To Grow in Knowledge of Scripture in 2012
Both for my benefit and yours, I thought it might be helpful to put some of my New Year’s Resolutions in writing. It benefits me by making it rather public and also helps me clearly articulate some areas of improvement to focus on this next year. It could benefit you by giving you some ideas…
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11 Great Non-Theology Books I Read In 2011
Again, like yesterday’s list, this one is also subjective. And also, continuing the tradition from last year, here’s a list of the 11 most enjoyable non-theology books I read this past year (in no particular order): The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm…
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Revisiting the Corruption of The New Testament
Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament is the first in what looks to be a promising series from Kregel called Text and Canon of the New Testament. The essays in this particular book are directed mainly towards Bart Ehrman’s claims about the corruption of the New Testament and specifically those made in his more academic…
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11 Great Theology Books I Read In 2011
Much like last year’s list, this list is purely subjective. But if you think I’ve got a good eye for books, then you could consider these to be some pretty stellar options for your 2012 reading list. Out of yesterday’s 115+ books I read this year, here are the 11 theology books that I think…
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2011: A Year in Books
This last year, I did a lot of reading, and a lot of reviewing. To give you an idea of the pool I’m drawing from for my top 11 books of 2011, here’s the rundown. Books I Read and Reviewed: Histories and Fallacies The Gospel and The Mind Meaning at the Movies Rediscovering the Church…
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Top 11 Posts of 2011
Looking back on this last year, I think I can say I finally developed a consistent approach to blogging. For the most part, I posted 5 times a week from about March/April onward. Based on my stats, here’s the top 11 posts by pageviews from 2011: #11. Developing a Consistent Prayer Life (part of Reshaping Christian…
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Union With Christ: Reframing Theology and Ministry for the Church
Last week, we took a look at Robert Letham’s Union with Christ, so it’s only appropriate to turn this week to J. Todd Billings book with the same title. While they do share a title, the subtitle immediately clues you in that these authors are taking different vantage points and have different agendas when it…
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The Inception of Christmas
Because it is Christmas Eve after all, I’ll keep this short. I would imagine you have plenty of last minute things to get done today, or you’ve gotten everything done and are spending time with your family and/or friends. In either case, you’re probably not interested in reading a lengthy post on theology, even if…
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More Christlike than Christians?
In the past, I told you at least once, why I wasn’t going to read Love Wins. Initially, I thought the hype for the book was overblown (thanks to a great marketing strategy), people mis-reacted to the video trailer (I think it should have gone something like this) and in the end, Bell became the…
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A Weakness of Theologically Deep Worship Music
[This post is part of the Revamping Christian Worship series] A couple of days ago over at Parchment and Pen, Lisa Robinson posted some thoughts critiquing how people critique worship music. In her post, she linked to my post on how to worship when you think the songs suck. If you haven’t read her post,…
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