God

Mar 15, 2018

The Free Will Problem

In last week’s Thursday Theology post (here) we looked at different theories of determinism. We saw that determinism is the idea that the past determines the future in a literal ’cause and effect’ way, so that theoretically, given the entirety of history and all the laws of physics, there is only one possible future in… Continue reading

Free Will, Philosophy, Theology

Christianity, compatibilism, determinism, faith, God, Islam, Judaism, libertarianism, Panentheism, religion, science
Mar 2, 2018

Reality as Numbers

In this week’s Friday Philosophy post we’re going to stay with the ancient Greeks and look at an idea by a man who we all know from mathematics lessons. Pythagoras of Samos lived around the mid-sixth century BC (we don’t know the exact dates) and like Thales who we looked at last week was a presocratic… Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy, Reality

Christianity, faith, God, mathematics, Nostradamus, numerology, presocratics, Pythagoras, religion, Theology
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 24, 2018

Is Jesus the Only Way?

Salvation is a matter we all must consider at some stage in our spiritual lives, and in this post I’d like to briefly present an alternative to the common Christian view that Jesus is the only way to have peace with God. During times when I have been immersed in Christian life and enthusiastically proclaiming… Continue reading

Christianity

An Almighty Predicament, faith, Free Will, God, Interfaith, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, Theology
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
Oct 24, 2017

Dealing with Evil

Those of you who read Sunday’s post will recall that I’m experiencing a difficult situation with a neighbour at the moment. It’s been consuming a lot of my energy and it’s hard to see a way forward, such is the troubling attitude of the person. I have been asking God for help and He graciously… Continue reading

Christianity, Suffering

Bible, blog, bullying, encouragement, evil, God, oppression, Prayers, Psalms, Scripture, support, 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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Is Jesus the Only Way?

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