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Overwhelmed with indescribable stressI lay under my duvetPraying helplessly. I thought it was real –The interplay in my mindBetween my father and I. Today’s revelation:These episodes of interactionAre all in my mind.Why didn’t someone love me enoughTo get to know meAnd let me know? No, we’ll inject him was poison. That’ll ‘heal’ him. On one Continue reading
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Self-Love Is Not Arrogance
Dear friends, I still struggle with insecurities from my past. After I became a Christian, I was so worried about thinking arrogant thoughts that I would catch, control, and suppress my thoughts whenever I anticipated they could be egotistical or arrogant. God, in His goodness, has been helping me with this. He has been teaching Continue reading
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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
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Christianity and Islam: Love and Justice
I understand Christianity to be a religion of love. We are told by Jesus to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us. When we are wronged by someone, we must forgive them. The importance of love of neighbour is strongly emphasised by Jesus. We must forgive others for any evil done to Continue reading
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Ownership and the Fear-Based State
Today’s post is another instalment in my Praise and Prose series, which looks at how the language we use — particularly in matters of faith and spirituality — might evolve in order to better reflect reality. A person may spend 40 years working hard to pay off a mortgage, so they can ‘own’ their home. Continue reading
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Unconditional Love
In this post I’d like to share a few thoughts about love, and specifically how love operates in the life of a Christian. I will argue that the Christian worldview presents a God who loves conditionally, and that this fails to satisfy our innate longing for unconditional love. Continue reading
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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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