Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Logic: A God-Centered Approach
First off, you’ve gotta admit this is a pretty incredible cover. Logic textbook or not, there’s just something about this design that just draws you in. This is perhaps a good thing since most people won’t take a formal class on logic at any point in their education, much less read a textbook on it.…
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Summer Books for Sale
It’s that time of year. The time when you look at your book shelves and think, “I need to make some room for some new books!” Actually, it’s more, “Hey, there’s a bunch of books here that I don’t need/want, maybe I should liquidate them” (and maybe buy some new books). In all seriousness, I…
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Tweets of The Week 6.1.13
Once again, here they are: Coffee, coffee, perfect bean/ Every morn from thee I glean/ Your glorious nectar/ By the hectare/ Wondrous stuff of life, caffeine. — Church Curmudgeon (@ChrchCurmudgeon) May 25, 2013 Much of the reason for the prevalent doctrinal ignorance in the church today is the lack of doctrinal preaching in the pulpit.…
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Tweets of The Week 5.25.13
Once again, here are my picks for tweets of the week: When someone says “no creed but Christ,” I say “tell me about your Christ?” and they give me their made up creed. Know the historic creeds. — Burk Parsons (@BurkParsons) May 18, 2013 The same “science” that has no room for a historical Adam…
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Scripture and Tradition: What The Bible Really Says
Edith M. Humphrey is the William F. Orr Professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She has written a few books including Grand Entrance: Worship on Earth as in Heaven and And I Turned To See The Voice (in Baker’s Studies in Theological Interpretation series). Here in Scripture and Tradition: What The Bible Really…
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40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible
Way back in January, I reviewed Paul’s Missionary Methods: In His Time and Ours. The book was edited by Robert Plummer and John Mark Terry, the former of whom got in touch with me over Facebook and offered me the opportunity to review his other book, 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible. I already had a…
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Tweets of The Week 5.18.13
For the second week in a row, I offer you “Tweets of The Week.” Kind of like a #FollowFriday, I offer you the tweets I liked the most from the various people I follow on Twitter. Without further delay, here they are: Gave a guy’s car a jump at the store and some random stranger comes…
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Sex & Money: Pleasures That Leave You Empty and Grace That Satisfies
For a while now, I’ve been a big fan of Paul Tripp’s books. Back in the fall I was able to read through his Dangerous Calling. Though I didn’t do a formal review, I did offer some extended thoughts on the book here and here. It is a book I think every pastor or potential…
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Pilgrim Theology
It’s no secret I was rather critical of Michael Horton’s The Christian Faith. Some of that was expectation driven, but I think there were legitimate drawbacks to Horton’s work. If nothing else, Horton just wasn’t ready to write a full-scale academic systematic theology. Had he waited and developed the book later into his career, it…
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Tweets of The Week 5.11.13
I’ve been toying with the idea of having a weekly roundup post. Today, I finally decided to pull the trigger. It’s kind of like a #FollowFriday, but instead of just telling you a random list of people to follow, I offer you what I considered the “Tweets of The Week” (hence the post title) from…
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