Free Will

Apr 4, 2022

Truth and Certainty

We experience a sense of certainty in relation to different ideas at different times in our lives. Often, those things that we believe to be true when we are younger cease to make sense as we grow older and life experiences expose us to different ideas and belief systems. The experience of feeling certainty about Continue reading

Philosophy

Christianity, divine sovereignty, epistemology, faith, Free Will, God, Islam, metaphysics, modes of mind, psychology, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Dec 5, 2021

No One is Wiser than Anyone Else

When you are immersed in conversation with another human being, the way the discourse unfolds is dependent on the will of God. God is the animator of all activity in creation, including all human activity. The way our conversations unfold is inevitably surprising — we may enter a conversation such as a business meeting with Continue reading

Reflections

academia, Alfred Adler, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Philosophy, psychology, religion, Spirituality, teaching, Theology, wisdom
Nov 29, 2021

What Does it Mean to Say God is Love?

In this article, I’ll be reflecting on the idea that God is love, drawing upon some personal experience as well as some Scripture quotations. I hope my reflections will be thought-provoking and interesting. Continue reading

God

Bible, Christianity, faith, Free Will, Islam, Judaism, love, Philosophy, Qur'an, religion, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology
Sep 27, 2021

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

Philosophy

Christianity, creativity, education, faith, Free Will, God, Islam, religion, sovereignty, Spirituality, Theology
Aug 19, 2021

Are All my Deeds Recorded by God in a Book?

I’ve been exploring what Muslims believe about free will and predestination. There is some disagreement among Muslims on this issue, it seems. There is also widespread disagreement among Christians about the extent to which we have free will. I find it interesting that in both Islam and Christianity we find the idea that God writes Continue reading

Theology

Book of Life, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Islam, Philosophy, Predestination, religion, Spirituality, written record
Jul 15, 2021

The Changeable Will of God

The only certain way to discern the will of God is to observe how events unfold in reality. In any moment, God is free to do as He pleases, despite what any Scripture says. In the Qur’an, in Sura 13:39, the text reads “God erases or confirms whatever He will, and the source of Scripture Continue reading

Theology

Bible, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Islam, Philosophy, Qur'an, religion, Scripture, sovereignty, Spirituality

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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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Free Will

Truth and Certainty

No One is Wiser than Anyone Else

What Does it Mean to Say God is Love?

All of your achievements are really God’s achievements

Are All my Deeds Recorded by God in a Book?

The Changeable Will of God

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