Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Horizons In Hermeneutics and The Future of Biblical Interpretation
Stanley E. Porter & Matthew R. Malcolm, Horizons In Hermeneutics: A Festschrift In Honor of Anthony C. Thiselton, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, April 2013. 317 pp. Paperback, $40.00 Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Eerdmans for the review copy! If you wondering what a “festschrift” is, it is a fancy German word for a collection essays presented to a scholar usually…
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The Great Christmas Book Preview
Well, it’s that time of year. Time to the all important gift choices for the book lover in your life. Conveniently, it also time for me to consolidate my review shelf and go ahead and preview several titles that I know I won’t get time to engage in detail. I mentioned this a while back,…
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Gray Matters: Navigating The Space Between Legalism and Liberty
Brett McCracken, Gray Matters: Navigating The Space Between Legalism and Liberty. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, August, 2013. 272 pp. Paperback, $14.99 Buy it: Amazon Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Brett McCracken is a L.A. based journalist. His previous book, Hipster Christianity, I’ve interacted with elsewhere. Here he tackles this big issues 20-somethings wrestle with…
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The New Calvinism Considered: A Personal and Pastoral Assessment
Jeremy Walker is a pastor at Maidenbower Baptist Church, Crawley, England. He has written a couple of other books, and is a contributor at Reformation21 and The Wanderer. In this particular book, The New Calvinism Considered: A Personal and Pastoral Assessment, he is tackling a tricky subject to define, much less assess. Admitting that a final…
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In The Beginning…We Misunderstood: Interpreting Genesis 1 in Its Original Context
One of the most interesting times I had in seminary was in Hebrew class. I had two great teachers, one of whom has his own grammar you should check out; the other proved to be very influential in how I understood Old Testament backgrounds (among other things). One of his research interests was the Egyptian background…
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Five Points: Towards A Deeper Experience of God’s Grace
When this book came in the mail, I didn’t really remember requesting it, or signing up for a blog tour, but hey, free John Piper book. I later found out Shaun Tabatt over at CrossFocused Reviews picked his 25 favorite bloggers/reviewers and had them sent a copy. Guess that means I’m doing something right! Anyway,…
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God Is Love: Bray on The Filioque Clause
I missed last week and I actually don’t have highlights for chapter 10 of God Is Love: A Biblical and Systematic Theology, which is on Christology. Bray spends most of his time on generation, both in the eternal sense and in the historical sense. He does an adequate job of defending the historically orthodox position…
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An Old Testament Advent Reading Plan
Recently, I finished reading Jerram Barrs’ latest book, Delighting In The Law of The Lord: God’s Alternative to Legalism and Moralism. It was my own purchase, so I doubt I’ll do any kind of formal review (you can read an excerpt here though and decide if its something you want to explore further). I would…
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Guest Post: How To Inject Vision In Your Life
Why do we talk so much in America right now about Mark Zuckerberg? Why was Steve Jobs treated like a secular Pope while he lived? Is there a reason the guys who founded Twitter are soon-to-be-billionaires, and–unless something unusual happens in my little corner of things–I’m not? There’s a common answer to all three questions:…
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Covenantal Apologetics: Principles & Practice in Defense of Our Faith
K. Scott Oliphint, Covenantal Apologetics: Principles & Practice in Defense of Our Faith. Wheaton: Crossway, July 2013. 288 pp. Paperback, $19.99. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to Crossway for the review copy! K. Scott Oliphint is professor of apologetics and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. If you’ve been reading for a while, you might remember me reviewing his…
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