Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Metal Monday: Haken | Darkest Light
It’s been a while since Monday has been metal, so here you go. Haken is London-based progressive metal group. This track is the first off their recently released Restoration EP.
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8-Bit Philosophy: Is A Cat A Cat? (Derrida Complicates Things)
Though I wouldn’t buy Derrida’s deconstruction wholesale, he does kind of have a point, right?
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Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification
So, here I am keeping up my trend of reviewing slightly older books. Like Predestination & Free Will, Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification was published in the 80’s. Unlike the former book, I think this one has much light to shed in the present. If for instance you’ve kept up with the conversations about holiness in…
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Predestination & Free Will: Four Views of Divine Sovereignty & Human Freedom
This may well be the oldest book I’ve reviewed, to date at least. But, I wondered if IVP Academic would send me for review the volumes I lacked in the Spectrum Multiview series and they graciously did! Predestination & Free Will: Four Views of Divine Sovereignty & Human Freedom is edited by David and Randall Basinger and covers…
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Quality Research Papers: For Students of Religion and Theology
When I first started seminary, I had to take a class on research methods. It was only a credit hour, and in addition to the Turabian style manual, one of our textbooks was Nancy Vyhmeister’s Quality Research Papers: For Students of Religion and Theology. There may have been a second edition available at that point,…
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Music Monday: Cloudkicker | What It Is Impossible Not To Know…
One of my favorite instrumental bands is actually just one guy (probably why I like him) who writes and records under the name Cloudkicker. This is the first track of a 3 song EP, which you can probably stream either on YouTube or the bandcamp site I just linked to. If you like it, consider…
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If I Were Going To #ETS2014
Sad to say, once again I’ll be missing ETS this year. If you’re not familiar, ETS is the Evangelical Theological Society, and their yearly meeting is every November, the week before Thanksgiving. I became a member of the society my final year at Dallas and was actually able to present part of my thesis at…
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The Christian Faith: A Creedal Account
Several weeks back, I requested a review copy of Exploring Psychology and Christian Faith, mainly because I wanted to use it as a textbook in my psychology class. I was granted the review copy, and am using it and enjoying it. As a by product of my request, I also received a copy of Hans…
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Music Monday: How Playing An Instrument Benefits Your Brain
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Five Fallacies to Avoid in Internet Arguments
See a rundown of the individual fallacies here.
Got any book recommendations?