Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Tim Challies Guide to John Owen’s Mortification of Sin
Earlier this fall, Tim Challies went through John Owen’s Mortification of Sin, one of three works collected together in Overcoming Sin & Temptation recently updated and published by Crossway. If you missed out, here’s his list of posts: You Must Put Sin to Death Owen says that Christians—the choicest Christians—hate sin and pursue it to its…
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Most Hit Country Songs Are All The Same, Here’s Proof
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8 Bit Philosophy: Do We Need Government (The Social Contract)
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Exploring Psychology and Christian Faith: An Introductory Guide
For this past year, I’ve been teaching a psychology elective at the Christian school that employs me. Knowing roughly this time last year I’d be teaching it, I began looking for potential textbooks. Because it is a class that meets just once a week and is for a half credit, a standard college psychology textbook…
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New Books of Note
When it comes to teaching or preaching a book of the Bible, there are plenty of resource and commentaries one could choose from. Recently, I’ve had the opportunity check out several volumes from Baker Books‘ Teach The Text series. If you’re not familiar, each of the volumes in the series offers the following units for each…
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You Know These Songs, You Just Didn’t Know the Names Until Now
There is also a part II:
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Gospel-Centered Counseling: How Christ Changes Lives
On the one hand, I’m kind of tired of the whole “gospel-centered” usage. On the other hand, I believe in the gospel and am generally for the things that the adjective gets attached to. Counseling is one of those things and I am all for counseling that is gospel-centered, or Christ-centered. I’m also all for…
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Scripture and Counseling: God’s Word for Life in a Broken World
When it comes to counseling and the local church, the role of the Bible figures prominently. For some people, Scripture is sufficient for many problems in life, but not necessarily some of the major issues counselors face. For others, Scripture’s sufficiency is applied more broadly, but questions remain. Addressing many of those questions is Scripture and Counseling:…
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With the Clouds of Heaven: The Book of Daniel in Biblical Theology
Let me quote in the full the opening paragraph of James Hamilton’s preface to With the Clouds of Heaven: The Book of Daniel in Biblical Theology: I don’t deserve to read the Bible, much less write about it. What a privilege to have God reveal himself to us in his word. What a great God,…
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Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical Theology of Mystery
G. K. Beale holds the J. Gresham Machen Chair of New Testament and is professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. Benjamin Gladd is both a former Ph.D student of Beale’s and now assistant professor of New Testament at RTS Jackson. Together, they have authored Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical…
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