The Only Question You Ever Need Ask
By Steven Colborne
God and Suffering: A Covid-19 Theology
By Steven Colborne
The pandemic of 2020 has raised questions in many people’s minds over the reasons why human beings have to suffer so much. In this essay, I explore God’s involvement in world events, and present a theology of suffering that is very relevant to the Covid-19 crisis.
An Almighty Predicament
A Discourse on the Arguments For and Against Christianity
By Steven Colborne
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[…] So the sole purpose of this post is to point you to a paper I’ve spent the last few weeks working on and that I’ve just uploaded to my Essays page. The essay is called An Almighty Predicament: A Discourse on the Arguments For and Against Christianity and you can download it for free here. […]
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[…] my paper entitled The Human Soul in Plato and Christianity I explore the question of the existence of souls in greater depth. The paper is available as a free […]
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[…] Calvinists would have to deny what I affirm, which is that we are merely puppets in the hands of God. I believe all of creation is part of God – He is omnipresent – and this is what true sovereignty means. We have to be able to affirm this truth about God and then deal with the implications for our theology, which are far-reaching, and which I have discussed at length in my paper entitled An Almighty Predicament. […]
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[…] find out more and download Tsholo’s essay (PDF format) simply visit my Essays page and scroll down – you’ll find the essay just above the copyright notice at the bottom […]
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[…] of the central doctrines and tenets of the Christian faith. Those who have read my essay entitled An Almighty Predicament will know that there are some aspects of Christian doctrine that I struggle to accept and […]
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[…] 2017 I continued to write about my beliefs, and for the first time wrote a comprehensive essay outlining the struggle I have with Christianity. It took me several weeks to write, and it has led […]
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[…] this presents a predicament. I have tried to explore this predicament in depth in my essay entitled An Almighty Predicament, which is available as a free PDF download […]
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[…] The whole area of divine judgment is one I have considered deeply, and my personal view is that if God is in control of our lives, as I believe He is, then judgment is a peculiar concept. If there is a day of judgment, God will be judging His creatures for actions that have unfolded in accordance with his sovereign will, which seems strange. There is not space here to examine this problem in depth, but I have done so in my essay An Almighty Predicament, which looks at key arguments for and against Christianity, and which you can download for free on my Essays page. […]
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