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Jun 21, 2018

On Good and Evil

I believe that God, being boundless, pervades the entirety of creation and animates all action, including human action, the movement of our bodies’ cells, the movement of planets, and all other activity both in the microcosm and the macrocosm. Some obvious questions arise when one considers morality in terms of this worldview. If God is doing… Continue reading

Morality and Ethics, Philosophy, Theology

Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, morality, Panentheism, religion, Scripture, truth
Jun 1, 2018

Living a Virtuous Life

In today’s Friday Philosophy post we’ll be looking at the Roman statesman, philosopher, and dramatist Lucius Annaeus Seneca, who had some interesting advice to offer concerning the way in which we should live our lives. Continue reading

Philosophy

Ancient Rome, Christianity, faith, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, reason, religion, revelation, Roman Empire, Scripture, Seneca, Stoicism, Theology, virtue
May 25, 2018

Philo of Alexandria

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post. Today we’re going to be looking at a Jewish thinker, Philo of Alexandria, who influenced later Christian thinkers with his unusual approach to the Scriptures. Continue reading

Philosophy

Ancient Greece, Christianity, faith, Greek philosophy, Judaism, Moses, Philo of Alexandria, religion, Scripture, Theology, Torah
May 24, 2018

Free Will and Salvation

In this post I’m going to look at the heart of the gospel – the idea that we are sinners in need of salvation. Is this really true? Continue reading

Free Will, God, Theology

Christianity, faith, Jesus, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, salvation, soteriology, Spirituality, theism, truth
May 17, 2018

What is Causing our Thoughts?

Let us examine closely what thought is, and let us try to decipher what it is that causes thoughts to arise in our minds. Continue reading

Book Extracts

brain, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Mental Health, neuroscience, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, science, Spirituality, Theology
May 11, 2018

A Radical Philosopher

In today’s Friday Philosophy post we’ll be taking a brief look at the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope. We’ll learn about his radical approach to philosophy – an approach which had a marked influence on the Cynics and Stoics who followed him. Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Christianity, Cynicism, Diogenes, Diogenes of Sinope, faith, Greek philosophy, Jesus Christ, religion, Stoicism, Theology

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