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Apr 27, 2020

Dimensions of Reality

Good morning everyone, I hope you had a good weekend. Today’s post is another in my Praise and Prose series, which looks at the way we use language to talk about matters of faith and spirituality, and how this language could change in order to better reflect reality. In my last post in this series,… Continue reading

Praise and Prose

cause and effect, Consciousness, enlightenment, faith, God, language, linguistic philosophy, Panentheism, Philosophy, reality, sovereignty, Spirituality, Theology
Dec 23, 2019

A Reflection on Christian Prayer

I spent many years as a practicing Christian, and there are still certain modes of mind that I experience that have been strongly influenced by the Bible and by the behaviour of Christians. For instance, many times every day I feel the urge to pray. Prayer is a curious thing. When we pray, we are… Continue reading

Christianity

faith, Free Will, God, Jesus Christ, Panentheism, Philosophy, prayer, reflections, religion, The Lord’s Prayer, Theology, truth
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

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