Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The Resurrection of The Son of God: Setting the Scene
[This post is part of the Christian Origins and The Question of God series] Last Friday, I told you we were starting a review series through N. T. Wright’s Christian Origins and the Question of God. After starting yesterday with a look at Jesus and The Victory of God, today we’ll have our first look at The Resurrection of…
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Jesus and The Victory of God: Introduction
[This post is part of the Christian Origins and The Question of God series] Last Friday, I told you we were starting a review series through N. T. Wright’s Christian Origins and the Question of God. Today then, we’ve got our first look at Jesus and The Victory of God thanks to Fortress Press. The introduction of Wright’s…
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What is Theological Interpretation of Scripture?
This question has been drawing my attention, even before it was featured here in the blogging world by the Gospel Coalition. In that post, Andy Naselli highlights D. A. Carson’s assessment of the movement. As Carson understands it, the theological interpretation of Scripture (TIS) is: partly disparate movement, partly a call to reformation in biblical interpretation, partly…
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Justification: The Lutheran Deification View
[This is part of the Justification: Five Views mini-series] Last week, thanks to IVP Academic, we continued our journey through Justification: Five Views by looking at the Roman Catholic view. This week, we’ll move on to examine the Lutheran Deification view of justification as explained by Veli-Matti Karkkainen. Many people are familiar with movements like the New Perspective…
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Second Thoughts: A Conversation with My Former Self
I can usually tell a good book by whether or not the preface intrigues or excites me. Since it has been a few years since Kevin Vanhoozer’s Is There A Meaning in This Text ? was published, my recently ordered edition has a two prefaces: an original and an anniversary edition, the latter expressing some…
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4 Steps to Better Bible Study
Step #1 Buy yourself some colored pencils. Step #2 Find Bible. Open to book you want to study. Step #3 Grab ruler to ensure your markings will be neat (I suppose this is optional) Step #4 Proceed to color-code Bible using previously purchased pencils. Or, you could use highlighters in Logos, and then step #4 would look…
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Beale, Vanhoozer, Seitz and more!
I was greeted yesterday when I got home with the package I ordered from Westminster. In case you forget, here’s the pic and list of what I ordered: Prophecy and Hermeneutics: Toward a New Introduction to the Prophets by Christopher Seitz A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the Newby…
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Interpreting the Bible, Catholics on Justification, How I Do Book Reviews, and KONY 2012
My Posts From This Week What We’re Up To In Ministry: High School Boys Bible Study: Ephesians Book Review: Invitation to Biblical Interpretation Books Arrived and Soon to Come Book Review: Practicing Theological Interpretation Book Review: The Character of Christian Scripture Review Series: Justification: The Roman Catholic View How I Do Book Reviews Two New Blog Series: 10 Books On……
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Christian Origins and the Question of God
Back in the fall, we started a sermon series on Mark here at CrossPointe. Looking ahead some, I asked Fortress Press if they’d be willing to send along a couple of N. T. Wright’s massive books in his Christian Origins and The Question of God series. They kindly (very kindly!) sent me copies of both…
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How I Do Book Reviews
As you might have noticed, I do quite a few book reviews on the blog. My approach has evolved over the last several months (actually, almost a year at this point!), and this post is an expansion on a previous one. I’m trying to solidify a distinctive style that is conversational (which is easier for…
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