Philosophy
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New Testament Textual Criticism
I have encountered a great deal of writing and video content related to New Testament textual criticism in recent months. This has led me to want to understand more about this field of study and to try to discern the extent to which the field is important both to me personally and to people of… Continue reading
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Understanding the Qur’an (Episode 5: God’s Sovereignty)
As many of you know, the focus of much of my writing is on the divine sovereignty versus human free will problem. One of my life goals is to bring a deeper understanding of this subject to people who are interested in matters of faith and spirituality. While I have written extensively on the subject… Continue reading
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Spiritual Life Update
Blessings upon you, friends. I hope you are all feeling peaceful and well. I thought that today I would share where I am standing spiritually after spending quite of lot of time reading the Qur’an and exploring the differences and similarities between Christianity and Islam. Continue reading
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Understanding the Qur’an (Episode 4: Lord of the Worlds)
There is an interesting phrase that occurs dozens of times in the Qur’an. The phrase, which is used when referring to God, is ‘Lord of the Worlds’. When I read the Qur’an for the first time, my immediate reaction to this interesting phrase was to wonder whether the phrase referred to God in relation to… Continue reading
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Understanding the Qur’an (Episode 3: Life as a Game)
In this series of posts about the religion of Islam, I am sharing thoughts that have occurred to me while reading the Qur’an. Today, I’d like to refer to instances where the word ‘game’ is used in the Qur’an. This is of particular interest to me personally because I have authored several books in which… Continue reading
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On Choosing a Spiritual Path
I think it’s common for people who are interested in spirituality to change their views. I probably don’t have enough fingers on my hands to count the number of times my beliefs have changed during my lifetime. It makes sense, really, that if an infinitely wise God exists (who is unfolding our lives, as I… 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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