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Feb 12, 2021

Why ‘3’ means three

In a recent blog post, I discussed the ancient Greek philosopher Plato and his theory about the existence of a ‘realm of forms’. Plato argued that the reason why we can identify objects as being of a certain kind (or category) is because they exist in their perfect form in a kind of non-material ‘realm’. Continue reading

Philosophy

coffee, cognition, forms, Free Will, God, neuroscience, omnipresence, perception, Plato, realm of forms, science, Spirituality, Theology
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 15, 2021

Re-imagining Everyday Language in Light of God’s Sovereignty

Last year, I began a blog series called Praise and Prose in which my aim was to do exactly what the title of this blog post expresses. It was an interesting exercise, and definitely worthwhile. I actually planned to publish more posts as part of that series than I did, potentially turning the series into… Continue reading

Reflections

divine sovereignty, etymology, faith, Free Will, God, hermeneutics, language, liguistic philosophy, Philosophy, Praise and Prose, religion, 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 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
Sep 16, 2020

Eternal Conscious Torment?

Greetings, friends. This article is an update on my theological explorations, and my attempt to fully understand whether I can reconcile my belief in God’s sovereign control over the unfolding of all events with the Christian gospel. When Christians discuss the doctrine of hell, they usually take one of three positions: traditionalism, conditionalism, or universalism.… Continue reading

Theology

afterlife, annihilationism, Christianity, death, Doctrine, faith, Free Will, Life After Death, Philosophy, Predestination, Spirituality, Universalism, views of hell

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