Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Introducing Book Riffs
A riff, or ostinato if you’re more pretentious, is a repeated musical phrase. Most rock musicians, myself included, think of a riff as something equivalent to a musical idea. From a musician’s standpoint then, and a guitarist at that, a riff is a catchy musical idea that draws people into your song. A well executed…
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Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to Our Faith
Paperback: 255pgs Publisher: Bethany House (June 11, 2011) Amazon Westminster Bible school/Seminary level Prophetic explorations and priestly applications of a much neglected facet of evangelical theology [You’re reading this review of Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter to Our Faith because I requested a copy from Bethany House and they said yes!] Author Matthew Anderson is a…
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How to Be Graciously Critical (Emphasis on the “Critical” Part)
[This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] Just a caveat before we get started: I don’t necessarily embody this ideal so well myself. Rather than say, “Do as I say, not as I do,” think of this post as more of a line in the sand. In the past I’ve certainly violated both the…
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“We’re Just Friends” and Other Dating Lies
Paperback: 160pgs Publisher: New Growth Press (March 1, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 1935273809 Amazon Thanks to New Growth Press for providing this review copy! Author Chuck Milian is the senior pastor at Crossroads Fellowship in Raleigh, NC. Prior to that he also served as a singles pastor and executive pastor and was president of a singles ministry called SOLO,…
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Historical Theology: The Canonicity and Inspiration of Scripture
[This post is part of the Historical Theology mini-review series] Like Grudem’s layout in Systematic Theology, Allison starts with the Doctrine of the Word of God in Historical Theology. Each author covers the canonicity, inspiration, authority, inerrancy, sufficiency, clarity, and necessity of Scripture. Allison starts with canonicity, while Grudem starts with inerrancy. Allison combines sufficiency and necessity into…
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Between the Buried and Me: Alaska
[This post is part of the College: Alphabetized by Album series] Death metal is not for everyone. I’ve been into “music with screaming,” – that kind of music that replaces a melodic vocal line with screams of various pitches – for over a decade now. Part of this is because I like the heaviness of…
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How to Be Graciously Critical (Emphasis on the “Grace” Part)
[This post is part of the Reshaping Christian Habits series] Something that has been on my mind as I transition away from seminary has using my critical faculties graciously in my new setting. Part of this also means being more gracious in settings that haven’t changed, i.e. the internet, or more specifically, Facebook, Twitter, and…
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Paradox in Christian Theology
James Anderson is a fairly popular name. This particular James Anderson is currently assistant professor at Reformed Theological Seminary’s Charlotte extension site. He maintains both vantil.info and his own personal site. He has Ph.D’s (yes plural) from the University of Edinburgh in both computer simulation and philosophical theology. This particular book, as you might guess, pertains…
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Introduction to Historical Theology
[This is the first post in the Historical Theology mini-review series] Zondervan was gracious enough to send along a review copy of Gregg Allison’s Historical Theology. My parents were kind enough to send me a copy of Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology for my birthday. Having not read either, it seems like a suitable time to progressively…
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Muse: Absolution
[This post is part of the College: Alphabetized by Album series] The hipster in me would like you to know that I knew about Muse before you did (and also that I own the 20 track import version). However, if we’re being real, I only found out about Muse because Steven sent me a copy…
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