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Jan 27, 2021

Deep Thoughts About God (video series)

Back in March 2019, I released a book entitled God’s Grand Game: Divine Sovereignty and the Cosmic Playground, which contains a comprehensive exposition of my philosophical perspective. The book explores the divine sovereignty versus human free will predicament with reference to the doctrines of Christianity and other religions (as well as the scientific worldview) and… Continue reading

Miscellaneous

Christianity, divine sovereignty, faith, Free Will, Philosophy, religion, science, Spirituality, steven colborne, Theology, video series, Videos
Jan 17, 2021

Thoughts After Reading the Qur’an

On several occasions in the past I have owned copies of the Qur’an, but read very little of it. This is because the translation from Arabic into English was very poor. Actually, I should note that to use the word “translation” when referring to an English version of the Qur’an is often considered incorrect by… Continue reading

Islam

Bible, Christianity, faith, God, Interfaith, Islam, Judaism, Koran, Philosophy, Qur'an, religion, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology
Dec 5, 2020

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… Continue reading

Philosophy

Bible, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, God’s attributes, Jesus Christ, loneliness, omnipresence, Panentheism, Spirituality, T D Jakes, Theology
Nov 19, 2020

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,… Continue reading

Scripture

Christianity, eternal life, faith, God, gospel of John, Jesus Christ, Lazarus, Martha and Mary, Philosophy, religion, resurrection, Spirituality, Theology
Nov 18, 2020

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,… Continue reading

Scripture

baptism, Bible, Christianity, faith, God, gospel of John, Jesus Christ, messiah, Philosophy, religion, Son of God, Spirituality, Theology
Nov 16, 2020

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… Continue reading

Philosophy

Christianity, election, faith, foreknowledge, Free Will, God, God’s Grand Game, puppet master, salvation, Scripture, sovereignty, 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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