Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Theological Commentary: Evangelical Perspectives
[This review is part of the What Is Theological Interpretation? series] On a couple of recent occasions, Justin Taylor has highlighted an article by D. A. Carson that is featured in Theological Commentary: Evangelical Perspectives. Thanks to T & T Clark, I received copy of it to review, and I thought I’d tell you about the rest of the book.…
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Faith That Moves Mountains: A Prosperity Gospel Blunder
At CrossPointe, we’re in the midst of our series Servant/Savior on the Gospel of Mark (if you’re in Orlando, join us!). This past Sunday we made it to the 12th chapter, and are going to finish up the book around Easter. Thanks to Fortress Press sending along a review copy, I’ve been able to read N.…
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Grace Seasoned Rhetoric
Thanks to Crossway sending along a review copy, I was able to read (and will soon review) Andreas J. Kostenberger’s Excellence: The Character of God and Pursuit of Scholarly Virtue. I mentioned yesterday about the need for clarity and charity in the justification debate. Both of those are best extended beyond that one conversation. In Kostenberger’s book,…
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Five Views on Justification
IVP Academic was kind enough to send along Justification: Five Views for review, and over the next several weeks, I’m going to split up my review of it. I’ve decided the weeks leading up to Easter would be a good time to focus on this subject, which has ramifications for my reading plan, but that will wait for…
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Doing Philosophy as a Christian
Garrett J. DeWeese, Doing Philosophy as a Christian, Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, August 2011, 352 pp. Paperback, $22.00. Buy it: Amazon Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! As I said a few weeks ago when I reviewed Education For Human Flourishing, so far, I’ve been pretty impressed with IVP’s Christian Worldview Integration Series. Though I didn’t…
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Theological Interpretation, Justification, Lent, and Death Metal
My Posts From This Week Psalms as Torah and Other Studies in Theological Interpretation Thanks to a good spot on Amazon, our local used bookstore, and an upcoming gift certificate to Westminster’s bookstore, I’ll soon have all of these but the last two. Having read Seitz’s other book in the series, The Character of Christian Scripture over…
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The Acts of The Risen Lord Jesus
Alan J. Thompson, The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus: Luke’s Account of God’s Unfolding Plan. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, October, 2011. 232 pp. Paperback, $24.00. Buy it: Amazon | Westminster Read an excerpt Visit the publisher’s page Thanks to IVP Academic for the review copy! Earlier this week I mentioned my interest in Baker’s Studies in Theological Interpretation series. In the series preface of…
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When the Style Rubs You the Wrong Way
[This post is part of the Revamping Christian Worship series] In continuing the discussion that started with How to Worship When You Think the Songs Suck, we’ve now come to another issue. Last week, we looked at the difference between objective quality and subjective appeal. I though we were ready to distinguish between the quality of a song’s…
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What Am I Reading For Lent?
The short answer is that I’m aiming to finish Robert Peterson’s Salvation Accomplished By The Son: The Work Of Christ. I’ll have a more extensive review when I’m done, but in the meantime, here’s a short overview. Peterson divides his study into two sections: Events Pictures Overall though, the whole book is really about the…
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A Triperspectival Justification
[This post is part of the Perspectives on Triperspectivalism series] Last week, I noted how Peter Jensen presents a triperpsectival gospel in The Revelation of God. I thought I’d extend that a little by showing how that applies to justification. Consider this a kind of introductory thesis to “frame” (you should see this as a…
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