Christianity
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There is Only One God
In the course of my faith journey, I often find myself asking people if they believe in God. The answers people give can be quite telling. I’ve heard many people respond, “I believe in something“, which to me suggests an openness to the existence of God without an inclination to use the word ‘God’ or… Continue reading
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Interview for Collin Cooper’s Blog
I was invited by Collin Cooper, also known as Philosophical Rambler, to do an interview for his blog. Collin writes poetry and philosophy and is soon to be publishing a full-length book titled Blood Stained Mahogany in addition to a short poetry book he has published previously, titled Time Eternal. In my interview for Collin’s… Continue reading
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‘The Abrahamic Faiths’ by Jerald Dirks (book review)
Jerald F. Dirks is an American scholar whose spiritual journey took him from being an evangelical Christian to an ‘atypical Christian’ and finally to being a convert from Christianity to Islam. Dirks was educated at Harvard Divinity School and his family came from a Methodist church background. At the beginning of his career, Dirks was… Continue reading
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The Scholarly Trick of the Authoritative Plural
There’s a trick that some people who perceive themselves to be learned use in order to try to gain your respect and trust. But it’s a sham. In this article, I’ll be exposing this treachery and you’ll subsequently never be sucked in by it ever again. If you listen to a significant number of scientists… Continue reading
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Sacred Scripture: The Contextual and the Timeless
My reflections in this article come from having studied the Bible and the Qur’an. At the present time I regard myself as an ‘Abrahamic monotheist’ because I am trying to understand how the sacred Scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam fit together and whether they can be reconciled. A related issue that I’ve been considering… Continue reading
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All of your achievements are really God’s achievements
I believe that whatever you do is what God is doing through you. We are all puppets in the metaphorical hands of God, who is sovereign over all events and unfolding a plan for creation in accordance with his will. In a recent post, entitled ‘The Creativity of God’, I explained how if we understand… Continue reading
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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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Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy whole heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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