Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

For what purpose do you greet others? When you shake their hands or say, “hello,” what’s the reason behind the greeting? Most of the time it’s driven by politeness out of common courtesy toward the one you make eye contact with. But when we say, “How are you?” in that casual form, are we really…

Alright, take a moment and read 1 Timothy 6:3-21. I’ve been stuck on this for the past 5 days, trying to get a better understanding on it. Serving as one of the pastors at a church, it’s extremely important to me to be setting a good example to follow and to be teaching the truth…

“All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered. Those who have believing masters are not to show less respect for them because they are brothers. Instead, they are to serve them even better, because those who…

There’s a statement that I won’t forget that Jesus mentioned in Luke 6:44, “Each tree is recognized by its own fruit.” We can tell what kind of tree it is by the fruit it produces. So we can with people. If we want to know what someone is like, look at the fruit they produce. 1…

This week I’ve been going through the book of 1 Timothy in my studies. Right now I’m in chapter 4. The things that keeps sticking out to me is the fact that Paul wrote this letter to a young minister, a preacher. When I read it, sometimes I think it’s a letter to me, to…

Alright, this is something that I hardly every do. And I think out country overlooks this verse quite a bit. How often do we pray for those in authority over us? 1 Timothy 2 tells us to pray, to intercede, and be thankful for our leaders. In some cases, that can seem pretty hard to…

It’s such a blessing to be called into ministry. We must not forget from where we’ve come and what we’ve experienced because of God’s mercy that brings us to where we are today. It’s a blessing, an entrustment of a stewardship, a high calling to serve in the Kingdom. And no one is outside this…

There are many different kinds of teachings of the gospel out there. We all have come to our own way of thinking and believing, holding a “my faith is my own” approach in conversation. We’ve all allowed some form of “post-modern” thinking to creep into the faith. We live in a post-modern era, or later,…

“If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength! Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he…

A person’s steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand their own way? –Proverbs 20:24 (NIV)What a great question. I ask that of myself all the time. Sometimes I simply don’t understand. Do you ever feel lost as you follow Christ? If we truly believe God to be true to His Word, the…