Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Paul & Judaism Revisited: A Study of Divine and Human Agency In Salvation
Preston Sprinkle is associate professor of biblical studies at Eternity Bible College. He co-authored Erasing Hell (remember that?) with Francis Chan and co-edited The Faith of Jesus Christ with Michael Bird. His doctoral dissertation was published as Law and Life: The Interpretation of Leviticus 18:5 in Early Judaism and in Paul. The present book, Paul &…
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An Animated Overview of Daniel Pink’s Drive
Thanks to Matt Perman posting this, you can now watch a 10 minutes animated run-down on Daniel Pink’s book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. It’s a book that is helpful if your job involves working with people, and I regularly return to it for insight. If you don’t have time to read…
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Music Monday: Learn Music Theory and Notation
Say you wanted to brush up on your understanding of music notation. Maybe you’ve always wanted to understand music theory. Well, now you can. Here is an online book that will help you get a grasp of music theory (thanks Lifehacker!) Below is a chart showing all of the standard musical notations you might come…
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8-Bit Philosophy: What If You Could Get Away With Anything?
A ring that makes you invisible? Sounds familiar right?
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The Question of Canon: Challenging The Status Quo In The New Testament Debate
Michael J. Kruger is president and professor of New Testament at RTS in Charlotte. He is the author of several books, notably Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books. Now more recently, he has released The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate. Though his canon…
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The Stories We Tell: Chapters 5-9
Beginning in chapter 3, Cosper surveys many of the types of stories we tell in our cinematic arts. We have stories of paradise lost and playing God (chapter 3), of the search for love (chapter 4), of original sin and falls from grace (chapter 5), of the frustration and futility in a post-fall world (chapter…
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Music Monday: The Reign of Kindo | Feeling in The Night
When the guitarist for Scale The Summit released his solo project this past summer (Lightbox), he utilized several guys from The Reign of Kindo. I hadn’t heard of them, but now I’m glad I have. This song is off their most recent album, Play With Fire, which also comes in an 8-bit remix version, Play (which…
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New Books of Note
Authors Paul Copan and Kenneth Litwak offer readers an extended analysis and exposition of Paul’s message on Mars Hill in Acts 17. Since Litwak is a professor of NT studies at Azusa Pacific University and Copan is professor of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic, they make a great team. They cover both the…
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The Theology of The Book of Isaiah: Diversity and Unity
John Goldingay is David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. He has written a three volume Old Testament theology, a three volume commentary on the Psalms, and many, many other books related to the study of theology and the Old Testament. Most recently, he has written The Theology of The Book…
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Music Monday: Jon Gomm | Passionflower & Everything
A friend of mine on Facebook posted a cover of this song recently, so I ran it to ground to get the original. Jon Gomm is singer/songwriter with some very impressive guitar magic: If you’re interested, like I was, you can get the tab for this song here. This video is about 3 years old,…
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