Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Doug Wilson, Audible, and 7-String Guitars
Like I learned from Michael Dalton, sometimes you just need a bullet point blog post. So, here you go: If you haven’t ever heard of Douglas Wilson, you should definitely check out his current sermon series working through 1 & 2 Samuel. I took a graduate class on the Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles and I’ve…
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The Weekly Parenthesis
[This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] As part of reshaping our Christian habits, a significant component is maintaining a weekly Sabbath rest. In reading through Scott Rae and Kenman Wong’s Business for the Common Good (which I’ll review next week) I was reminded once again of the importance of this. In a…
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Raised With Christ: How the Resurrection Changes Everything
Overview Adrian Warnock serves on the leadership team at Jubilee Church in London where he regularly preaches. He is medical doctor by trade but also is an avid Christian blogger. In this book, he is writing “about the resurrection of Jesus and its effects on us today” (p. 13). As he observes, “what the Spirit…
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Paramore: All We Know Is Falling
[This post is part of the College: Alphabetized by Album series] My history with Paramore does not go as far back as this album might suggest. While I’ve had All We Know Is Falling on my iPod since sometime in 2006, I didn’t even listen to it until August of 2008. That may seem like a…
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9 Books Up for Review
Freed from my seminary reading list restraints, I find myself so well trained that I just have to keep reading theological books. You may have noticed this based on the reviews that have been posted here in recent weeks. I’ve found that publishers have been very generous, and pretty much every book I’ve requested has…
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The Sounds of Autumn
I was poking around on Amazon and noticed there’s a whole soundtrack worth of new albums coming out in the next 6 weeks or so. Here’s some of the ones I’m looking forward to: Oh Sleeper’s Children of Fire: Each Oh Sleeper Album keeps getting better and better, and from what I’ve heard off this…
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Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing For Victims of Sexual Assault
Rid of My Disgrace is co-authored by Justin and Lindsey Holcomb. Pastor Justin is the director of The Resurgence and on staff at Mars Hill Church. He also currently a professor at RTS and was previously a professor at Emory University (where he received his Ph.D). He also previously taught in the Sociology and Religious Studies…
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20 Ways to Build The Habit of Affirming Others
[This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] The last couple of posts in this series have focused on criticizing, yet doing so graciously. It is only natural then to offer some insights into the habit of affirmation. This is something I need to grow in, and you might as well. Realistically, you…
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Redemption: Freed By Jesus From The Idols We Worship and The Wounds We Carry
Mike Wilkerson is a pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. From the sources he uses, you can easily see that Mike is passionate about using gospel-based counseling in the local church. This book grew out of Mars Hill’s Redemption Group Ministry and the curriculum that they used in those groups. Overview I already mentioned…
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Thrice: The Alchemy Index
[This post is part of the College: Alphabetized by Album series] Thrice and I go way back. Maybe not as far back as you, but I remember first picking up The Artist In The Ambulance album the summer before I went to Word of Life. I was impressed with their deft mixing of hardcore and catchy…
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