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Sep 15, 2019

Your Past Does Not Determine Your Future

A popular idea within the scientific community is that what happens in the present moment is the result of a chain of causes and effects. This deeply ingrained idea is what prompted scientists to come up with the ‘Big Bang’ theory — the idea that a single event, at the beginning of time, is the… Continue reading

Philosophy, Theology

big bang, blog, cause and effect, Christianity, determinism, faith, Free Will, God, God’s Grand Game, religion, science, the cosmic animator
Aug 26, 2019

Everything is Meaningless

“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” 3 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south… Continue reading

Reflections, Scripture

Bible, Christianity, Ecclesiastes, faith, God, Philosophy, religion, Theology, truth, wisdom
May 30, 2019

God in Inanimate Objects (video)

Hi everyone! I hope you’ve been enjoying my Deep Thoughts About God video series so far. Actually, as I type this, I’ve just finished doing some more filming for the series. Getting my living room ready for filming takes quite a bit of time (as does the filming itself), so it’s always a big relief… Continue reading

Reflections

Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Panentheism, pantheism, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, theism, Theology
May 26, 2019

God’s Sovereignty and the Bible

I’ve been spending some time thinking about how free will relates to the Bible, and in this post I’d like to present an argument claiming that it’s not possible to describe the Bible as the Word of God and at the same time maintain that we have free will — an idea at the heart… Continue reading

Philosophy, Theology

Christian doctrine, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Panentheism, pantheism, religion, Scripture, the Bible
May 23, 2019

What Are God’s Attributes? (video)

Greetings from London! I hope you’ve been enjoying my Deep Thoughts About God video series so far. Today I’m returning with the third instalment in the series, in which I describe God’s attributes (as far as I feel able to speak about them) and also explain why I believe God doesn’t reveal His nature to… Continue reading

Reflections

Buddhism, Christianity, faith, God’s attributes, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, ontology, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, the nature of God, Theology
May 18, 2019

Do I Have the Spirit of God?

Good day, friends! In this post I’d like to tell you about a recent Twitter engagement I had that is philosophically very interesting. It’s on the subject of whether it’s possible for true Christians to renounce their faith, and the related issue of whether the spirit of God resides in all people or only born… Continue reading

Philosophy, Theology

apostasy, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, God’s Grand Game, holy spirit, omnipresence, religion, Spirit of God, Spirituality, twitter

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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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