Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Taking God At His Word: Why The Bible is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means For You and Me
Kevin Deyoung is senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing Michigan (home of Michigan St.). He blogs at The Gospel Coalition and has written several books in addition to Taking God At His Word (e.g. Crazy Busy and The Hole in Our Holiness). Here, he presents readers a brief primer on the doctrine…
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How To Read The Bible For All Its Worth and Book by Book
Many people have found their introduction to hermeneutics in How to Read The Bible for All Its Worth. I was not one of them. However, when I saw a new edition of the book (the 4th) was being released earlier this year, I thought it might be a good time to check it out. I…
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Music Monday: An Alternative Way To Visualize Rhythm
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8 Bit Philosophy: Are Your Actions Good? (Kant vs. Mill)
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Old Testament Today and Old Testament Essentials
For my first year teaching Old Testament, I set my sights a little too high for a 9th grade audience. I really liked John Walton, and after looking at A Survey of the Old Testament (co-authored with Andrew Hill), I thought it would be a suitable textbook. I mean, it was glossy, full color pages…
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The Stories We Tell: Chapters 3, 4, & 10
Last time, we looked the core part of Mike Cosper’s The Stories We Tell. Now, we’ll go back and hit chapters 3-4 before finishing up with the last chapter. From what I can tell, you can still get the eBook of this for free as a Christ and Pop Culture member. That probably won’t be…
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The God Who Became Human: A Biblical Theology of Incarnation
Graham Cole is Anglican Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School. Before that, he was Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at TEDS. He has written several books, and now with with The God Who Became Human: A Biblical Theology of Incarnation, he has two published within the New Studies in Biblical Theology series. Although…
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Metal Monday: For Today | Break The Cycle
The other day I decided to rock an older album from my iTunes library, For Today’s Ekklesia. It was one of my go-to albums in the fall of 2008. They are thankfully still around making music and here is their most popular video off their most recent album Fight The Silence: Also, here’s an interview…
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A Handy Guide For Trading Halloween Candy
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Film Friday: Earthling Cinema | Fight Club
I know we usually do philosophy on Fridays, but the Wisecrack channel that brought us 8-Bit Philosophy have a new show. Earthling Cinema is, in brief, film criticism done by an alien after humanity has been wiped out in a galactic civil war. The first film under consideration is Fight Club. If you haven’t seen the movie,…
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