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Steven Colborne

Jun 7, 2018

Unconditional Love

In this post I’d like to share a few thoughts about love, and specifically how love operates in the life of a Christian. I will argue that the Christian worldview presents a God who loves conditionally, and that this fails to satisfy our innate longing for unconditional love. Continue reading

Christianity, God, Theology

Bible, faith, Jesus, Jesus Christ, love, Philosophy, religion, Scripture, Spirituality
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 18, 2018

Philosophy in Politics

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post! Today we move from Greece to Rome and look at the work of Marcus Tullius Cicero, who lived from 106-43 BC, only decades before the birth of Jesus. Continue reading

Philosophy, Political Philosophy

Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Cicero, Greek philosophy, Marcus Tullius Cicero, politics, Scepticism, Stoicism
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

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

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