Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Final Days of Jesus
Andreas J. Kostenberger & Justin Taylor, The Final Days of Jesus: The Most Important Week of The Most Important Person Who Ever Lived. Wheaton: Crossway, January 2014. 217 pp. Paperback, $17.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Download a study guide, 40-day reading plan, or excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Crossway for the review copy! During this holy week, I’m going to be reading…
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Film as Creative Response: Image-Bearers Imaging Their Maker
In our modern culture, cinematic literacy is an important skill. Particularly for the average Christian going to the movies, but even more so for pastors and teachers. According to Craig Detweiler, “The next generation of pastors, teachers, and therapists must not only learn the language of film but also develop the art of interpretation –…
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The Miscellanies: 4.13.14
Top Links Together For The Gospel Main Sessions All the audio for the main sessions of Together For The Gospel are online now. I’d really recommend Kevin DeYoung’s and John Piper’s messages. Holy Week Day 1: Palm Sunday (Justin Taylor) This series of videos will run all week corresponding with the book The Final Days of…
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The Plagues in Exodus: God vs. The Egyptian Pantheon
Since my post divisions on here has been the same as those of our church going through Exodus, today we’re covering the plagues in their entirety (7:14-11:10). I’ll be making some general overview comments rather than a blow by blow exposition. For an interesting take offering a blow by blow, I found Fretheim’s analysis in…
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Ph.D Studies at @SBTS Start This Fall
My wife posted the picture last weekend and I did tweet about it, but I wanted to make a formal announcement. After meeting my adviser and talking with the director of doctoral studies, I’m proud to announce I’ll be starting Ph.D studies at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary this fall. I was going to say…
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A Historical Adam: Archetypal Creation View
Last week, we started a play by play through Four Views on The Historical Adam. The opening position by Denis Lamoureux denied Adam as a historical figure. The remaining three all affirm the historicity of Adam in one way or another. Today we’ll look at John Walton’s view. Walton’s position is called the “archetypal creation view.” He…
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Book Notes 4.8.14
This probably won’t be a weekly post. Instead, every now and then, I’ll collect brief thoughts on what I’ve been reading. I imagine it will predominantly be books that I don’t plan on reviewing (or more accurately, do not feel obligated to review). But sometimes, if I think the book is going to be a…
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On Nuance and Noah: Toward Cinematic Literacy
Now that some of the hype has died down, I want to comment on the Noah movie. Actually, to be more accurate, I want to comment on the response to the Noah movie, and what it teaches us about interacting well with movies. When it comes to analyzing movies, we need nuance. I think this…
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The Miscellanies: 4.6.14
In the past, I had a weekly digest-type post. I’ve been thinking for a while about resurrecting it, and today is the day. I’ll let the format speak for itself. From now on, look for this post every Sunday afternoon. Top Links 4 Things I Liked And 3 I Didn’t About The New Noah Movie…
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On Snakes and Sovereignty
Most people have heard of the 10 plagues. At least people familiar with Bible stories that is. Before we get to the 10 plagues there is a slightly less known episode in the beginning of chapter 7. Some commentators (Stuart) note that it is more biblical to see 11 signs of sovereignty rather than…
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