Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Author of Evil Reconsidered
Recently, as you might have gathered from the blog, I read through Roger Olson’s Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities. Up until now, my understanding of Arminianism was only filtered through its critics and as Olson points out, that should never be the case (pg. 13). I saw Olson’s argument in the book as a whole as dealing…
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The Price of Contextualization
Something occurred to me the other day about contextualization. If you’re not familiar with the term, it’s just a fancy way of talking about how you culturally frame the message of either the gospel, or theology in general, in order to make it more easily understood to a particular audience. The concept (or the articulation…
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Weekend Reading
Here’s some weekend reading for your perusal: Douglas Wilson both on the hedges of intimacy and on technology as wealth and how we can use and not abuse it. Gerald Hiestand over at First Things on why pastors should be setting the theological agenda and not professors. Or, what’s wrong with theology today. Adam Carrington briefly…
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Reading List Spring 2011
Graduation update: If you click through these links, it is the virtual equivalent of giving me a pat on the back or a high five. Your clicks get logged and I eventually get free books. Thanks so much for clicking through! What am I reading this coming semester? Well I’m glad you asked, here’s the…
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New Year’s Roundup/Music Monday
John Piper was on a 8 month leave of absence until the beginning of this year. Now that he is back in action, here are his thoughts on what he learned during the break. On a related note, here is the Resurgence article on the 8 godly precedents set by his sabbatical. Since it is…
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10 Good Non-theological Books I Read In 2010
As a kind of companion post to the last one, here are the best non-theology books I read this past year. In a way though, they are not without theological implications (one of which I discussed here). Particularly interesting in this regard are the books by Klosterman, which involve some very penetrating analyses of culture…
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10 Great Theology Books I Read In 2010
Like the last several years, I read a lot of books in 2010. Over the summer I managed to broaden my scope and get outside the theology genre, and after this next semester will be able to do that again. But in the meantime, most of what I consume on a daily basis is theologically…
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Theological Identity Crisis (B)
Yesterday’s post was originally intended to be a stand alone, but once I got into it, there was more than a single post could contain. To recap briefly, I tried to argue that depending on how you qualify your understanding of TULIP, you may actually be more of an Arminian than a Calvinist. This is…
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Theological Identity Crisis (A)
Let’s try a little thought experiment shall we? Many people I know who are interested in theology would classify themselves as Calvinists. They do not all have the same theological convictions, but for the most part they would agree with TULIP: Total Depravity Unconditional Election Limited Atonement Irresistible Grace Perseverance of the Saints This acronym of…
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Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach
When break comes, I usually try to tone down the reading, but to keep in the rhythm, I’ll usually have a small stack of books with me. Most of these are ones that are unrelated to anything else I’m studying, so it’s kind of like a break (but not entirely). This winter break, one of…
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