Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Change is in the Air
Well to quote New Found Glory, “it’s been a summer.” I stretched the limits of my brain with Hebrew Exegesis and then after a few weeks to recover headed off to Florida to get married. After a few overly stressful days, the wedding day arrived and everything came together beautifully with everyone pitching in and…
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Idolatry: Slowly Going The Way of the Buffalo
Some of you might possibly remember an album by the band MXPX that bears the same name as this blog (minus the idolatry part). It was released back in 1998 and for me was one of the albums I learned to play guitar to. The title comes from a slang term referring to “selling out.”…
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So here’s the story…It’s actually just beginning
You might be interested in the background of the above video, it is certainly quite the story. The day after Christmas, Matt and I drove down from TN to FL and I saw Ali for the first time since October. It had been tortuously long (although I realize others have had much longer separations) and…
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So here’s the story…part XV
Other than the speeding ticket, I’m not sure there was a dull moment in the weekend Alexandra and I shared back in October. It was really the first time we hung out as friends (close friends at that) and that was all it took. Although it did take all weekend to get there. Day 1…
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Idolatry: The Sickness in Your Soul
[This post is part of the Idolatry series] A close friend of our family had continuing health problems during my last year at home before I moved to Dallas. She was generally always cheerful, but had slowly turned less so as she became sicker and sicker, and there was little to no explanation why. Finally, during some…
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Idolatry: An Introduction
[This post is part of the Idolatry series] Before going too much farther, I should take a moment to give credit where credit is due. Props Most of the things I pointed out about Waking the Dead in the previous 4 part “Myth of the Good Heart,” were not necessarily my own private assessment of the book.…
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So Here’s the Story…part XIV
You may have been wondering whether or not I would actually finish the story in time, considering that this time next week Ali and I will be married (or as I like to say, “Getting our marriage on”). Well have no fear, since I will be most certainly be away from the computer for a…
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The Myth of the Good Heart: Theology B
[This post is part of the Idolatry series] The chapter in Waking the Dead entitled “The Heart of the Matter” is, as a whole, a bad attempt at confronting the idea that our hearts contain elements of evil even after conversion. After creating a straw man caricature on pgs. 61-62, Eldredge promptly knocks it down, but then…
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The Myth of the Good Heart: Theology A
[This post is part of the Idolatry series] In researching and writing the last post, it was at times very perplexing, like trying to untangle a gordian knot of philosophical ideas embedded deeply into a text. I go back and forth trying to decipher how explicitly John Eldredge has absorbed the conglomeration of ideas that are present…
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The Myth of the Good Heart: Syncretism
[This post is part of the Idolatry series] Syncretism is the blending of differing philosophies into a heterogeneous whole. In the context of Christianity it is blending Christian and non-Christian beliefs and practices (Michael Horton, Christless Christianity, 167). In the case of Waking the Dead (here on out WTD), we see a core of seemingly traditional ideas…
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