Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Metal Monday: August Burns Red | Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy
I know we did August Burns Red last week, but this is one of the new tracks added to their Christmas album for this year. Next week, we’ll broaden our horizons a bit.
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8 Bit Philosophy: Who Was Socrates?
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A Theology of James, Peter, and Jude: Living in The Light of The Coming King
Peter H. Davids is Visiting Professor of Theology at Houston Baptist University and Visiting Professor of Bible and Applied Theology at Houston Graduate School of Theology. Davids has written commentaries on James (NIGTC), 1 Peter (NICNT), and 2 Peter & Jude (PNTC) in addition to numerous articles and a few special studies related to these books.…
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Hearing The Message of Scripture: Obadiah and Jonah
While there are many commentaries series that focus on the New Testament only, there are not an equal number that do so for the Old. A few years back, Zondervan introduced its Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series. Now, they’ve added a new series for the Old Testament: Hearing The Message of Scripture. Rather…
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1, 2, & 3 John (ZECNT)
At this point, I think I’ve commented on every volume in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series: James (ZECNT) Ephesians (ZECNT) Matthew (ZECNT) Galatians (ZECNT) Colossians/Philemon (ZECNT) 1 & 2 Thessalonians (ZECNT) Luke (ZECNT) Acts (ZECNT) Except of course for the two most recent volumes on 1, 2, 3 John and Mark. I’ll get…
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Metal Monday: August Burns Red | O Holy Night
They actually have a whole album of Christmas songs if that’s your jam, and you can check out their label’s Christmas album that just came out.
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8-Bit Philosophy: Is It Better To Be Feared or Loved? (Machiavelli & The Prince)
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Health as a Virtue: Thomas Aquinas and The Practice of Habits of Health
A couple months back as I was browsing the Wipf & Stock website, looking through Princeton Theological Monograph Series titles, this book caught my eye. Written by Melanie Dobson, a Methodist pastor with a Th.D in theology from Duke, Health as a Virtue: Thomas Aquinas and The Practice of Habits of Health is a book that uses wisdom from…
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Touchdowns For Jesus And Other Signs of Apocalypse: Lifting the Veil on Big-Time Sports
If you remember yesterday’s review, Lincoln Harvey ended his book on sports with suggested further avenues for exploration. Although Marcia W. Mount Shoop didn’t take Harvey’s advice to heart before writing, she is definitely tracking down one of his avenues and then some. In her recent book, Touchdowns For Jesus And Other Signs of Apocalypse: Lifting…
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A Brief Theology of Sport
Lincoln Harvey is Lecturer in Systematic Theology at St. Mellitus College, London. Earlier this year he published A Brief Theology of Sport. Peter Leithart already reviewed it, and Harvey offered a response. I’m going to comment on it here briefly, and then hopefully you’ll get a copy for yourself and read it and enjoy. Although this…
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