Panentheism

Mar 29, 2018

Swimming in God

In this week’s Thursday Theology post I want to share with you a video that utilises an excellent metaphor for the omnipresence of God. Many of you will know that I am drawn to the view of God known as panentheism, which means that all of creation exists in God. The idea that God is Continue reading

God, Panentheism, Theology

Christianity, faith, Islam, Judaism, omnipresence, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality
Sep 14, 2017

Hearing Voices or Hearing God?

Have you ever heard a Christian say, “God placed it on my heart” to do such and such? Let’s take a brief look at what a statement like this might mean, and what it says about the relationship between God and human beings. Continue reading

Mental Health, Panentheism

Christianity, faith, God, hearing voices, materialism, mind, omnipresence, religion, science, Spirituality, Theology
Sep 8, 2017

What is a Soul?

I’ve always found it interesting that Aristotle believed plants have souls. It’s difficult for me to imagine that there is some part of a plant that is immaterial. On the other hand, if plants don’t have souls, what is it that makes them grow and flower and express such beautiful complexity? I believe the being Continue reading

Doctrine, Panentheism

Christianity, Essay, God, Mental Health, metaphysics, Philosophy, Plato, religion, soul, Spirituality, Theology, truth
Aug 27, 2017

Creation and Creator

I found this diagram really useful in depicting the different ways people see the relationship between God and the universe: In theism, God and the universe are separate, but God can intervene in creation. In deism, God and the universe are separate and distinct from one other, with no interaction between the two. In pantheism, Continue reading

Panentheism, Reflections

atheism, Christianity, deism, God, pantheism, Philosophy, religion, theism, Theology
Oct 24, 2016

Does God Have Foreknowledge?

The problem with claiming God has ‘foreknowledge’ is that it implies all future events are already determined. This would only be the case in a kind of clockwork universe where cause leads to effect and nothing can change the wheels that have been set in motion, presumably in the first moment of creation, as those Continue reading

Doctrine, Panentheism

Christianity, divinity, faith, foreknowledge, God, ontology, reality, Theology
Aug 25, 2016

Divine Conservation and Occasionalism

In my book entitled Ultimate Truth: God Beyond Religion I included a chapter called ‘God in Inanimate Objects’ (you can read it here) which argues that God’s being penetrates every atom of existence, so that even tables and chairs are a part of God. I am a panentheist (the word means ‘all in God’) and I believe Continue reading

Panentheism

Bible, Divine Conservation, faith, God, Occasionalism, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, Theology

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in 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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Swimming in God

Hearing Voices or Hearing God?

What is a Soul?

Creation and Creator

Does God Have Foreknowledge?

Divine Conservation and Occasionalism

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