Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Reformation Reading Roundup: Theologians, Scripture, Revelation, and The Solas
With Reformation Day upon us, I thought I’d do a reading roundup on several relevant books. As promised, I’m keeping to 7 at a time. For more explanation, see last week’s post. Unlike last week, 2 of these books (the bottom two pictured) are my purchases. The rest, I have to thank Zondervan, IVP Academic,…
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Reading Roundup: Reformation, Temple, Art, and Anti-Christian Bias
Tim Challies used to introduce his New Books of Note posts with a brief disclaimer about receiving many books from publishers and not having time to review them all. Consider this a similar intro, and will probably appear at the beginning of each post in this series. I decided I’m going to do these in batches…
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Adventures in California: Introduction
April 13th was a big night for sports. Just ask Anna, she’ll tell you. It was also the night before our last full day in California. The following night would mark a week, as well as the end of the trip. I had been before. Twice actually, both times when I was in high school…
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Let’s Just Be Honest
We all knew this day would come. As I’ve gotten more realistic about the amount of time I should spend reading and reviewing books, there were bound to be some casualties. And by casualties, I mean books that fall by the wayside. Reasons they fall away vary, but it happens nonetheless. Since I’m trying to be…
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When The Eye of The Storm Passes You By
This is what our local radar looked like at 5am yesterday morning. Although school had been cancelled for a second day in a row, I forgot to turn my alarm off, so once awake, checked for the latest update on Hurricane Matthew. This is what I saw. And to be honest, it was a welcome…
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2016 Reading Challenge: September Update
September turned into a busier and more distracting month than I anticipated. I still read a fair amount, finishing the books listed below and making progress on several others for the Tim Challies Reading Challenge. I’m working toward being more focused in general for my reading (pretty sure I said that last month too). I’m behind…
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NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible: Job
I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m a study Bible connoisseur, but I’m in the neighborhood. I’ve used and profited from several different ones over the years, mainly the MacArthur Study Bible, the ESV Study Bible, the Reformation Study Bible, and more recently the NIV Zondervan Study Bible. Even more recently, I had the opportunity to check out the…
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2016 Reading Challenge: August Update
Reading has predictably slowed, and school is in full swing. We’re on week 3 of 36. Through it all, I continue to make meager progress on Tim Challies Reading Challenge. I haven’t been so concerned to read through the list as to just read whatever I feel like. Next month I plan to be a…
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A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness
Crossway let me get a hold of an eBook version of John Piper’s latest, A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness (see this sample). If you’ve ever read a book by John Piper, I’m not sure this much here that would surprise you. However, if you happen to be looking for an accessible…
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Christian Intellectuals and Being Lost in Translation
It all started when Alan Jacobs wrote an article for September’s issue of Harper’s Magazine. I had heard of the piece, but didn’t read it until I read Owen Strachan’s response to it, as well as Jacob’s response to Strachan’s response (which has a response by Strachan and final word by Jacobs). Then I saw Jake…
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