Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Ever heard the statement, “Want to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans”? I think that’s terrible. I don’t think it’s true at all. If God laughs at your plans, why is He so concerned for you? I found something in Proverbs that really opened my eyes to show me just how much God cares…

Steak. Make a nice good marinade, let it set for a few minutes and slap that on the grill. Sear and grill to a nice medium and I’m lost in the flavor. There are good marinades and bad ones. But you don’t know until you try. I’ve been to some restaurants where they could really…

“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;” Colossians 4:2 (NASB)Over the course of the letter to the Colossians, Paul doesn’t hide our need for God and salvation through the cross. Our connection to God and His guidance is through studying and knowing His word and prayer (chapter 1). In…

The title says it all. Any parent longs for this more than most other things. And if obedience comes with joy, it’s much sweeter to the parent’s soul. It gets even better when the child takes responsibility and initiative to obey without being asked. My children are getting of the age when they begin to ask…

Diving right in, Colossians 3:15-17 (NIV): Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish on another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the…

When something is hidden from you, what do you see? Think about it. The gift hidden in a box with wrapping around it conceals something precious. The object in the box then receives a new name: “present” or “gift.” It doesn’t matter the size or the weight, it has a new definition and a new…

“Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.” –Proverbs 29:11 (NIV)I don’t like confrontation. Who does? It’s necessary though and unavoidable. If we try to avoid it, we give way to a growth in our heart that ends up eating us alive: bitterness.How often to we just let…

This is kind of a post that coincides with the previous one. I’ve gone over in the previous post about God being the One who fills us. Here in the next section of Colossians (1:15-23), we can catch a glimpse of God’s bigness, the fullness of Him who fills all things. Jesus. What a name!…

One of the most important things to me this year is growing in my knowledge of God’s will and developing an irresistible love for His Word. I’ve been going over things that the Spirit has been revealing to me and helping me apply to my life. This post uncovers the reason I’m blogging. I’ve long…

This post was begging for the title, “The Audacity of Hope” but it was taken by a book. I thought it better to label it differently. However, I’m going to attempt to talk about what true hope is compared to what it is not, and what comes from it. There are many forms of hope…