Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Adventures in Psychology
[This is the first post in the Adventures in Psychology series] While it may seem overly adventuresome to pursue two separate, and somewhat unrelated, “adventure” series simultaneously, this subject is of course something I’ve already written extensively on (see the Change series). It is also something I am obviously passionate about, given that I hold…
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The 3rd Word
It is interesting to note that in the Old Testament, what we call the 10 Commandments, are not ever referred to as such. In the Septuagint (Greek translation of the OT) they are referred to as the Decalogue, which in Greek would mean the 10 words. The Hebrew comes out meaning “the 10 pronouncements,” so…
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Adventures in Eschatology
[This post is part of the Eschatology series] So here’s the deal. While I would like to write about other things in this space, since I am finally taking Eschatology this semester, I know finally have to come to grips with what I think about it. I think that might be why it is the…
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Divine Aseity and Prayer
Yesterday, it was announced that the pastor of our church here in Dallas, Matt Chandler, would be having surgery on Friday to remove a brain tumor in his frontal lobe. No word was available yet on whether or not the tumor was malignant, they would find out when they got in there. New traveled quickly on Thanksgiving…
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A Concise Review of The Greatest Show on Earth
Hopefully this post can live up to its title and actually be concise and to the point and not sprawling and wordy. Much of today relies on yesterday’s ideas about logic, so if you haven’t read that, go back and read A Few Thoughts on Logic. Now that you’ve done that, we can more forward…
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A Few Thoughts on Logic
This basis of this post has been brewing for quite a while, but it didn’t seem like it would make a long enough post to actually do until now. This will have two parts, a brief discussion of the two common types of arguments and how they are misconstrued, followed by a discussion of which…
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Genesis 2: Introduction
[This post is part of the Genesis series] Before we can really dig into Genesis 2, it would seem that we need to address how it relates to Genesis 1. It is interesting to note further that the narrative started in Genesis 1 doesn’t actually end until Genesis 2:4, yet another reminder that chapter divisions in the…
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Some Things Needed to be Said: Rethinking Velvet Elvis (B)
I had said in the last post that Rob Bell is rather adept at dropping half truths. This much is true, so accordingly, he does have many insightful things to say in the book. I think in some measure, evangelicals are quick to jump on the bad springs (doctrine) Bell has in his trampoline (both…
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Some False Teaching Never Gets Old: Repainting Velvet Elvis (A)
Honestly, at this point, another review of Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith might not be needed. I’ve seen several myself, and heard Mark Driscoll address some issues both in a sermon and in his book Vintage Jesus. That being said, the reason for what you are about to read is more or…
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Genesis 1: Concluding Thoughts
[This post is part of the Genesis series] Because of chapter divisions, I’m not going to actually dig too much into to Day 7 here, although we should at least finish the narrative before moving on. Day Seven I find John Walton’s summary of the state of things prior to Day 7 to be helpful,…
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