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Feb 23, 2018

Is Everything Made of Water?

Excuse the bizarre title and bear with me; it’ll make sense in a minute. This is my first Friday Philosophy post, and each week I’m going to be looking at a key idea from a renowned philosopher. We’ll start back in 620BC, which was the approximate birth date of Thales of Miletus, an ancient Greek… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, God, Philosophy, Reality

Christianity, faith, Greek philosophy, nature, religion, science, Thales, Thales of Miletus, Theology, water
Feb 16, 2018

The Simple Life

An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish. “How long did it take you to catch them?” The American asked.… Continue reading

Reflections

capitalism, Christianity, faith, happiness, Heinrich Böll, life, Minimalism, motivation, Philosophy, religion, story, Theology, truth
Jan 27, 2018

A Bit of Humour

I thought you might appreciate this recent comment from one of my readers which was posted during a discussion about God’s sovereignty and free will. This particular reader was responding to my insistence that God is in control of everything that happens. Appreciate your good and gracious spirit, Steven. I might opt to exercise my… Continue reading

Free Will

belief, Christianity, debate, faith, God, humour, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Jan 18, 2018

Pascal’s Wager Discussed

Christianity might seem strange to some, particularly to those who haven’t had a revelation of the reality of God. But when we come to understand the Christian worldview, and how it relates to every human being, we are all forced to consider seriously the idea of salvation and whether ignoring what the Bible says about… Continue reading

Doctrine, God, Life After Death

Blaise Pascal, Christianity, faith, Free Will, heaven and hell, judgment, Pascal’s Wager, Philosophy, religion, Theology, truth
Jan 12, 2018

The Aseity of God

My greatest fascination in this life is with the area of theology known as ‘divine ontology’ — the nature of God’s being. I actually feel quite excited whenever I direct my attention towards this subject area and ponder the immensity of the universe and what this indicates in relation to its creator. Perhaps the one… Continue reading

Book Extracts

aseity, Christianity, Doctrine, faith, God, metaphysics, ontology, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Sep 14, 2017

Hearing Voices or Hearing God?

Have you ever heard a Christian say, “God placed it on my heart” to do such and such? Let’s take a brief look at what a statement like this might mean, and what it says about the relationship between God and human beings. Continue reading

Mental Health, Panentheism

Christianity, faith, God, hearing voices, materialism, mind, omnipresence, religion, science, 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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