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Jun 10, 2022

Being More Compassionate

God has been showing me how I need to be less judgmental of people who have suffered with prison sentences, addictions, homosexuality, broken marriages, etc. It’s not so much that I was being judgmental, more that in my fervent desire to help others not go to hell I wasn’t taking enough time to understand their… Continue reading

Theology

faith, Free Will, God, heaven and hell, Interfaith, judgement, Philosophy, religion, science, Spirituality, suffering
Apr 22, 2022

Christians and other people of faith often struggle …

Christians and other people of faith often struggle to reconcile divine sovereignty with human free will. This predicament has been a key focus for me ever since I started writing about philosophical theology around two decades ago. I have discussed extensively (both on this blog and in my books) the very high view of the… Continue reading

Theology

Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, heaven and hell, Islam, Judaism, judgement, Panentheism, Philosophy, sin, Spirituality, suffering
Apr 4, 2022

Truth and Certainty

We experience a sense of certainty in relation to different ideas at different times in our lives. Often, those things that we believe to be true when we are younger cease to make sense as we grow older and life experiences expose us to different ideas and belief systems. The experience of feeling certainty about… Continue reading

Philosophy

Christianity, divine sovereignty, epistemology, faith, Free Will, God, Islam, metaphysics, modes of mind, psychology, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Dec 5, 2021

When you are immersed in conversation with another …

When you are immersed in conversation with another human being, the way the discourse unfolds is dependent on the will of God. God is the animator of all activity in creation, including all human activity. The way our conversations unfold is inevitably surprising — we may enter a conversation such as a business meeting with… Continue reading

Reflections

academia, Alfred Adler, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Philosophy, psychology, religion, Spirituality, teaching, Theology, wisdom
Nov 29, 2021

In this article, I’ll be reflecting on the …

In this article, I’ll be reflecting on the idea that God is love, drawing upon some personal experience as well as some Scripture quotations. I hope my reflections will be thought-provoking and interesting. Continue reading

God

Bible, Christianity, faith, Free Will, Islam, Judaism, love, Philosophy, Qur'an, religion, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology
Sep 27, 2021

I believe that whatever you do is what …

I believe that whatever you do is what God is doing through you. We are all puppets in the metaphorical hands of God, who is sovereign over all events and unfolding a plan for creation in accordance with his will. In a recent post, entitled ‘The Creativity of God’, I explained how if we understand… Continue reading

Philosophy

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m an author, musician and counsellor from the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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