Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Four Views on The Role of Works at The Final Judgment
It should be no secret by now that I am fond of multi-view books. Whether they are published by Zondervan,[ref]Four Views On The Apostle Paul and Understanding Biblical Theology (not technically a multi-view book, but looks at the different kinds of biblical theology and exposits a key figure for each)[/ref] IVP Academic,[ref]God and Morality: Four Views, Mapping The Origins Debate:…
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What J. I. Packer Dreams About
Before you get too excited, I can’t claim to know comprehensively what J. I. Packer dreams about.[ref]That would be super creepy, and even if I could, I probably wouldn’t share it[/ref] But I can relay to you something he specifically said he dreams about (in either a daydream sort of way, or a metaphorical way).…
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3 Types of Book Reviews
Up until now, I’ve mainly only done two kinds of reviews. Originally it was only one, but it slowly evolved into two, and so it’s only natural to move on to a third category. Here’s the rundown on what I’ll be doing from now on. Critical Reviews My initial foray into reviews was primarily critical…
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Christianity & World Religions
Derek Cooper is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Historical Theology, Associate Director of the D.Min program, and Director of the LEAD M.Div program at Biblical Seminary in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. Somewhere, in the midst of all of that, he has managed to put together a fine book: Christianity & World Religions: An Introduction to The World’s…
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Reflections on The Road Less Traveled
10 years is a long time. I’m reckoning with that more and more as I think back to starting college 10 years ago right around this time. The more I’ve thought about it, and the more I’ve thought about where I am now, I thought it might be helpful to retrace my steps a bit.…
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How Goodreads Meddles With My Reading Habits
If you’re like me, you’re a list maker. Also, you like to read. Given those two attributes, you naturally probably use Goodreads. Right now, I predominantly use it to track my reading. I will also occasionally blurb a review on there when I finish a book that I don’t plan on fully reviewing here. And…
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Philosophy: A Student’s Guide
Recently, I’ve been killing it with eBooks. Like I commented on Twitter, I’m usually feast or famine. If I’m reading 1 eBook (using the Kindle app on my iPad) then I’m probably reading a dozen. I had the idea that instead of reviewing the books as I finish them (since I usually only review print…
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Hearing The Message of Scripture: A Commentary on The OT
Not too long ago, but in various times and various ways, I lamented that there was no Old Testament counterpart to Zondervan’s Exegetical Commentary on the NT. There are good commentaries from a technical point of view and good commentaries for application, but there wasn’t really anything on par with the ZECNT series. That is,…
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Justification By Grace Through Faith
Brian Vickers is Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. While Justification by Grace through Faith: Finding Freedom from Legalism, Lawlessness, Pride, and Despair is not technically a sequel to Jesus’ Blood and Righteousness: Paul’s Theology of Imputation, it does cover some overlap material. As Vickers differentiates: That book deals specifically…
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Why Mondays Are The Best
A couple of months back, two things occurred to me. 1) I’ve lived in Florida for over 2 years now and 2) I hardly ever go to the beach even though its only an hour to Daytona. With the prospect of God providing full time work in a state that might be aesthetically challenged, I…
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