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Apr 27, 2018

The Theory of Atoms

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post, in which we’ll be taking a brief look at one of the ancient Greek ‘atomist’ philosophers, a man named Democritus. We’re actually jumping back in time a little, as Democritus is a presocratic thinker, but it makes sense to group him in with the atomists, as he is… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

atomists, atoms, Democritus, determinism, God, Greek philosophy, materialism, philosophers, science, Theology
Apr 19, 2018

How We Got the Bible

In my efforts to better understand how the text of the Bible came to be as it is today, I’m currently reading a book entitled ‘How We Got the Bible’ by Neil R. Lightfoot. A passage I was reading today stood out, and I would like to share it, as I think it highlights a… Continue reading

Christianity, Scripture

Bible, faith, Free Will, God, Neil Lightfoot, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, textual criticism, Theology
Apr 16, 2018

Free Will and Romans 9

In this post I’ll be looking at a passage of scripture from the book of Romans and offering some brief reflections on how this passage relates to the problem of God’s sovereignty versus human free will. By the end of the article you’ll see why I consider this to be one of the most fundamental… Continue reading

Christianity, Free Will, Theology

Bible, Doctrine, faith, God, Jesus, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, Romans 9, Scripture, Spirituality
Apr 13, 2018

Plato’s Realm of Forms

Following on from last week’s Friday Philosophy post about Socrates, this week we continue our series looking at the big ideas of influential philosophers with Plato. A student of Socrates and founder of what may have been the first school of philosophy, the Academy, Plato is perhaps the most influential Western philosopher of all time.… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Christianity, faith, God, Greek philosophy, metaphysics, Plato, realm of forms, realm of ideas, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Apr 6, 2018

Can We Know Anything?

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post! Today we open up a new chapter in our investigations into some of philosophy’s biggest ideas with a look at Socrates, one of the most famous philosophers of all time. Unlike many of the presocratics we’ve been looking at, we know quite a lot about Socrates, mostly from… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Academics, epistemology, ethics, faith, God, knowledge, philosophers, religion, science, Socrates, Theology, truth
Apr 3, 2018

The Foolishness of the Gospel

Jesus famously taught that if we seek, we shall find. Those who wish to find favour with God and live a godly life will at some point encounter the teachings of the Bible and be forced to consider the Christian worldview, and whether to embrace or reject the radical gospel of salvation we find in… Continue reading

Christianity, Scripture, Theology

1 Corinthians, Bible, faith, foolishness, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, wisdom

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