Panentheism

May 30, 2019

God in Inanimate Objects (video)

Hi everyone! I hope you’ve been enjoying my Deep Thoughts About God video series so far. Actually, as I type this, I’ve just finished doing some more filming for the series. Getting my living room ready for filming takes quite a bit of time (as does the filming itself), so it’s always a big relief Continue reading

Reflections

Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Panentheism, pantheism, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, theism, Theology
May 26, 2019

God’s Sovereignty and the Bible

I’ve been spending some time thinking about how free will relates to the Bible, and in this post I’d like to present an argument claiming that it’s not possible to describe the Bible as the Word of God and at the same time maintain that we have free will — an idea at the heart Continue reading

Philosophy, Theology

Christian doctrine, Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, Panentheism, pantheism, religion, Scripture, the Bible
May 16, 2019

The Cosmic Animator (video)

Hi everyone! Today I’m delighted to bring you the second instalment in my Deep Thoughts About God video series. If you missed episode one, you can read last week’s post and watch the first video — entitled ‘How Do I Know God Exists?’ — by clicking here. This week’s video is relatively short and snappy, Continue reading

Reflections

divine ontology, divinity, faith, Free Will, God, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, Theology, truth
Apr 26, 2019

Spinoza’s View of God

Benedict de Spinoza was a 17th century Jewish-Dutch philosopher, probably most famous for his pantheistic leanings. Pantheism is the view that reality and God are one and the same. In the past I have read plenty of secondary material about Spinoza, and have for a long time been wanting to read his most famous publication, Continue reading

Philosophy

Baruch Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza, ethics, faith, Free Will, God, Panentheism, pantheism, religion, Spinoza, Spirituality, Theology
Jul 12, 2018

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

One of the toughest problems in the study of both philosophy and theology is the so-called ‘problem of evil’ (also referred to as the theodicy problem). The problem can be formulated in a variety of ways, but is normally considered in terms of a specific question: If God is all-loving and all-powerful, why is there Continue reading

Philosophy, Suffering, Theology

Christianity, faith, God, morality, Panentheism, religion, Spirituality, the problem of evil, theodicy, why do we suffer
Jun 21, 2018

On Good and Evil

I believe that God, being boundless, pervades the entirety of creation and animates all action, including human action, the movement of our bodies’ cells, the movement of planets, and all other activity both in the microcosm and the macrocosm. Some obvious questions arise when one considers morality in terms of this worldview. If God is doing Continue reading

Morality and Ethics, Philosophy, Theology

Christianity, faith, Free Will, God, morality, Panentheism, religion, Scripture, truth

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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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Perfect Chaos

Panentheism

God in Inanimate Objects (video)

God’s Sovereignty and the Bible

The Cosmic Animator (video)

Spinoza’s View of God

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

On Good and Evil

About Me

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