Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Perspectivalism In The Gospels
Each of the four Gospels gives us the truth about the life of Jesus. No one Gospel is exhaustive, nor does it claim to be – each is selective. And each makes choices about how it is going to tell the history. Each is interested in highlighting theological significances and relationships to the Old Testament. Matthew is…
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Hearing The Old Testament: Surveying The Old Testament
As October wraps up, so does our look at Hearing The Old Testament: Listening For God’s Address. We first looked at a brief overview of the book and the initial essay by one of the editors, Craig Bartholomew. I previewed somewhat the next section of the book called “Learning To Listen,” before giving it a more detailed…
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The New Testament’s Use of The Old
In other words, we must carefully allow the New Testament to show us how the Old Testament is brought to fulfillment in Christ. In this way, as Beale rightly acknowledges, the New Testament’s interpretation of the Old Testament may expand the Old Testament author’s meaning in the sense of seeing new implications and applications. However,…
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Israel and The Church In Covenant Theology
In this way, within covenant theology, “Israel-church” are so linked that it becomes hard not to say that the only major difference between the old and new covenant people of God is that the New Testament “church” is a racially mixed and non-national Israel, and that the “church” is a more knowledgeable version of the…
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What’s Progressive About Dispensationalism
The term “progressive” is used by its advocates in the progressive revelation sense, i. e., to underscore the unfolding nature of God’s plan and the successive (not different) arrangements of the various dispensations as they ultimately culminate in Christ. In this way, progressive dispensationalists stress the continuity of God’s plan across redemptive-history, and in this…
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Tennessee October In A Single Weekend
So this was my view out the passenger window late afternoon last Friday. If you wondering, yes, I took a picture while driving and Instagram’d it as well. That’s ok though, there weren’t that many cars on the road at the time, and I’m more or less a professional at this sort of thing (you…
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Election As Chuck Testa
You thought this whole deal was your idea? Nope. “You did not choose me, but I chose you” (John 15:16). You think you were picked based on your ability? Nope. “So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy” (Romans 9:16). You think you were picked when you…
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Porn-Free Church: Sex, God, and The Gospel
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The Christian Calling To Citizenship
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Delighting In The Trinity: An Introduction To The Christian Faith
As a general rule, I’m always keeping my eye out for new and interesting books on the Trinity. Even more importantly, I try to keep an eye out for books on the Trinity geared toward the popular level reader. When I saw IVP Academic had released Delighting In The Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith and…
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