Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Christmas Book List: John Piper’s Trilogy
John Piper is a gateway drug. Maybe less so in recent years, but when I was in college, he was many people’s first introduction to heavy theological lifting. One of my more formative experiences was reading both Desiring God and The Pleasures of God. But, one does not merely read John Piper books. Rather, one…
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Christmas Book List: Theology
It’s been six years since Peter Gentry and Stephen Wellum’s Kingdom Through Covenant first came out. In the interim, an abridged version was released (God’s Kingdom Through God’s Covenants), and now there’s an updated second edition of the original. That might seem rather quick, but I’m not particularly surprised. When the original came out, I…
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Christmas Book List: Philosophy
Intro to Philosophy was one of the most mind altering classes I took in undergrad. After Word of Life, it was one of the first classes I took at Liberty, and I’ve been interested in philosophy ever since. When I was at Dallas, I ended up using my electives to take philosophy classes, and the…
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Christmas Book List: Science
For this week, I wanted to focus on larger volumes that might make good last minute Christmas gifts. Or, if you prefer, books you should keep in mind for when you get that Amazon Gift Card. I decided to work through them in pairs, and we’ll start with the science books. Some might take offense…
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Christmas Book List: New Titles from Lexham Press
As we finish out this first week of Christmas book list recommendations, this post will be a bit shorter. The stack you see is smaller, so maybe that is a propos. Recently, Lexham Press starting sending me titles. I didn’t initiate this process, but I’m not mad at it. Hopefully, I can figure out who…
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Christmas Book List: Zondervan Commentaries
There is no shortage of commentaries out there to help you understand books of the Bible better. I’ve done two series on my recommendations for building theological libraries (Old and New) and it’s about time for an update. When I do, I’ll no doubt include some of the volumes from these series as they been…
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Christmas Book List: Zondervan Counterpoints
There is no shortage of on-going conversations in the fields of theology and biblical studies. While going to seminary would help you get a good lay of the land, not everyone can or needs to do that. For most people willing to commit to doing some reading, you can find a volume in Zondervan’s Counterpoints…
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Christmas Book List: New Studies in Biblical Theology
As we continue the great Christmas book list series, I want to spotlight several volumes in IVP Academic’s New Studies in Biblical Theology series. This is one of my favorite series, and if you search a bit on the blog, you can find longer reviews of most of the volumes. Thanks to IVP Academic for sending me…
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Christmas Book List: Academic Christology
[Update: I totally forgot to add a proper intro to this post, and to also note that these titles were mine to read and peruse thanks to Zondervan Academic and IVP Academic.] Christ Alone I’ve written about the Five Solas series elsewhere (see this review of Faith Alone). Stephen Wellum’s contribution on Jesus rounds out the…
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Christ and Pop Culture Member Perks: These 8 Books
For several years now, I’ve been writing for Christ and Pop Culture. While I wish I had more time to write full length articles (this was my last one), I’ve been mostly consistent in doing a brief monthly write-up of books for members. If you support the website on a monthly basis, you have unlimited…
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