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Compulsory Counselling Before Marriage and Civil Partnerships
I come from a family which was broken in many ways. My parents had a turbulent relationship and separated, and there were many undercurrents of fear and anger in their relationship which were not openly discussed and dealt with properly. Ever since I attended psychotherapy in my 20s, I have become much more aware of…
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Why Did God Choose to Create?
Greetings, friends of the blog. Today, I’d like to share some thoughts in relation to the question of why God might have chosen to create human beings and other creatures. In my book God’s Grand Game: Divine Sovereignty and the Cosmic Playground I speculated that one reason why God might have chosen to create could…
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A Short Q and A with Lara Oztekin
Hello friends! I was browsing on Etsy last week because I wanted to find a print to brighten up the desk area in my bedroom. I hadn’t been browsing for long and I spotted some really beautiful artwork depicting plants. I was drawn to the incredible attention to detail. I decided to order a print…
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A Claim of Unrivalled Boldness
Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out and met him,…
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Son of God: Blasphemy or Truth?
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” Jesus answered them,…
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Your Regrets vs God’s Will
Quite often, when people talk about things that they regret having happened at a certain time in their past, they will use phrases such as “I messed up” or “I did my best” or “I can’t believe I did that”. Using such phrases is a widely accepted and commonplace manner of speaking, but in this…
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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
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