Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Apostle of The Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul
C. Marvin Pate, Apostle of The Last Days: The Life, Letters, and Theology of Paul. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, November, 2013. 320 pp. Paperback, $22.99. Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Kregel Academic for the review copy! Today’s review is by Jennifer Guo. She is a bean counter by day and a book eater by night. She is passionate…
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Essential Eschatology: Our Present and Future Hope
John E. Phelan Jr., Essential Eschatology: Our Present and Future Hope, Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, October, 2013. 203 pp. Paperback, $20.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! Eschatology can be a divisive subject in some circles. I say “some” because in other circles, it’s not even a topic of conversation. It almost seems as…
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The Shape of Redemption in The Gospel and The Movies
Earlier in this movie mini-series, I talked about the need for a nuanced take on movies. Then, I started unpacking some basic perspectives that need to be in place. First, I explained the need to see movies as artistic creations. Second, I pointed to the moral messages woven into the fabric of most movies. Today,…
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Loving God With Your Mind: Essays in Honor of J. P. Moreland
Paul M. Gould & Richard Brian Davis, eds., Loving God With Your Mind: Essays in Honor of J. P. Moreland. Chicago: Moody, December 2013. 272 pp. Paperback, $19.99. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Moody for the review copy! I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I love a good festschrift. If…
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Pastoral Reflections on The Historical Adam: Greg Boyd and Phil Ryken
Today we finish up our journey through Four Views on The Historical Adam. Yesterday we looked William Barrick’s young-earth perspective on the historical Adam, and on Tuesday we looked at C. John Collins’ view. For the full table of contents, click here. Rather than closing with additional editorial comments (like Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy did), this…
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A Historical Adam: Young-Earth Creation View
Yesterday, we resumed the series review of Four Views on The Historical Adam. C. John Collins provided an alternate old-earth perspective on a historical Adam to go alongside John Walton’s. Today, we’ll look at the final view, which is William Barrick’s young earth creationist perspective on the historical Adam. Barrick opens with a section on the…
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A Historical Adam: Old-Earth Creation View
If you were anxiously waiting on the next post from the Four Views on The Historical Adam series last week, I apologize. I decided to take a mini-blogging break and didn’t post from any scheduled series. Because of that, we’ll actually finish the series this week with three posts in a row (today, tomorrow, Thursday). You can…
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Moral Messages in Motion Pictures
Last week, we discussed how movies, at their core, are the creative responses of creatures made in the image of God. While that’s what a movie is, people are usually more interested in what a movie means. There are at least two ways to answer this question at the general level. I’d like to talk about…
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The Nature of The Atonement: Four Views
James Beilby and Paul R. Eddy, eds., The Nature of The Atonement: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, October 2006. 208 pp. Paperback, $20.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! In a rare turn of events, I’m reviewing a book I finished reading earlier this morning. Given that it is Holy Week,…
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What Does Music Mean?
Over at the 9Marks blog, there are two different views about music and meaning posted. The first one is from Harold Best. The second is from Ken Myers. Both were asked to answer the following questions: Can God employ any musical form for redemptive purposes? Even if God can employ any musical form redemptively, are…
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