Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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8-Bit Philosophy: Is God Useful? (William James Channels Nietzsche)
You might recognize the opening example’s similarity to the Aqedah of Abraham (Gen. 22). My thesis adviser liked to say that William James, and pragmatism in particular, was just Nietzsche with a smiling face.
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What Does The Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality?
It is hard to imagine a more relevant subject in our culture than the issue of homosexuality. Specifically, the issue at hand is how religious liberty and gay rights relate. A more pressing issue, in my mind at least, is how the church is to understand homosexuality and relate to persons who identify as gay…
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We Need Your Help!
A couple of weeks ago, I explained a little bit about what we’ve been up to in ministry and how I’m joining staff with SHIFT. I’ve spent the time since then getting organized and now wanted to offer a sign up form that you can use to receive our newsletter. Just to be upfront, this…
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Transformation Tuesday: EE-Taow (#TT)
I don’t remember the exact time I first saw this video, but I remember it being at Word of Life, maybe during a missions conference (makes sense). We’ve watched it a couple of times in small group, and it’s always a joy to see these people hear and understand the gospel for the first time.…
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Magic Kingdom Mondays?
Normally Mondays are for music, but I figured I’d talk about the Magic Kingdom since that also starts with M. It would be pretty easy to Jesus Juke enjoying a trip to the Magic Kingdom over the weekend in light of Easter. I mean, the resurrection vindicates Jesus as King, and well, you can put…
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Great Deals on NICOT, NIVAC, ZECNT, WBC, and More (No Fooling!)
Last week, I explained how to program your mind to stop buying books you don’t need. As I’ve been working through that, and doing some reading I’ll tell you about later, I’ve decided to downside my library some. As part of that, I’m shifting toward using commentaries primarily in Logos, which means I’m selling many print…
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New Books of Note
Last year, I used Gerald Bray’s God is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology for my 11th grade Bible class. Along the way, I offered several posts with excerpts: The Christian Experience of God God Has Spoken To Us Christian Worldview and Speaking About God The Practice of Theology and Theology of Faith The Mystery…
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Music Monday: Death Cab For Cutie | Black Sun
Tomorrow, Death Cab For Cutie releases their 8th studio album, Kintsugi. Here’s the video for the first single, Black Sun. Though you might not guess this, they are one of my favorite bands and two of the best concerts I’ve been to live are seeing them in Fox Theater in Atlanta during their post Plans…
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March Badness, Ultimate Dad Jokes, Post Office Nightmares
I watch quite a few YouTube and/or Vimeo videos. You might have picked up on this recently with the addition of Music Monday and Philosophy Friday which are primarily video based. Now, I’m going to start sharing my favorite three interesting/humorous videos from the week on Saturdays. This week, I’ve got a basketball fail compilation…
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8-Bit Philosophy: Is The American Dream A Sham? (Fun With Pragmatism)
As noted in the video, pragmatism is the quintessential American philosophy. It is also quite the punching bag for Christian thought. In particular, Richard Rorty takes the brunt of the blows, and I wouldn’t disagree that he deserves some of them. On the other hand, James K. A. Smith is optimistic that we can benefit…
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