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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Christianity, Cynicism, Diogenes, Diogenes of Sinope, faith, Greek philosophy, Jesus Christ, religion, Stoicism, Theology
May 8, 2018

Who am I? 10 Fun Facts

Who’s the man behind the blog? In this post, I share 10 bite-sized insights into my life, my background, and my passions. Enjoy!
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Personal

bloggers, blogging, Christianity, faith, Mental Health, Music, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, steven colborne, Theology
May 4, 2018

God and Hedonism

In this week’s Friday Philosophy post we’ll be looking at a big idea from the ancient Greek philosopher, Epicurus. You may have come across the Epicurean paradox before, which is a truly fascinating set of propositions concerning the problem of evil. I won’t be focusing on the paradox in this article, as I covered it…
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Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Epicurus, ethics, faith, God, happiness, health, Hedonism, paradox, pleasure, religion, Spirituality, Theology

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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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