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Feb 28, 2021

Understanding Different Uses of the Word ‘Faith’

I recently updated the tagline of my other blog to include the word ‘faith’. As I thought about that word, I felt it would be good subject matter for a blog post to clarify what I, and others, are often trying to convey when we use the word. Continue reading

Theology

Christianity, faith, God, hermeneutics, Islam, Judaism, language, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality
Feb 26, 2021

A Guest Article About China by David Robertson

Those of you who have been following Perfect Chaos for a while may be aware of my friend David Robertson, who I interviewed for the blog in 2019 (you can read the interview here). David is a blogger, author, and student of theology from Australia, where he currently lives with his wife and young daughter. Continue reading

Guest Posts

China, Chinese, Communism, Communist Party, faith, government, Lantern Festival, Philosophy, politics, Red Dragon, Spirituality, Theology
Feb 14, 2021

Every Blade of Grass

Lord God, I am deeply awed by Your wisdom and prowess and creativity; how You have been unfolding a plan for creation longer than I am aware of or could possibly comprehend. There are no words that could describe Your incredible skill when it comes to creating and unfolding plans. How can a human comprehend… Continue reading

Prayers

creativity, devotional, faith, field, God, grass, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, Sunday, Theology
Feb 5, 2021

Writing the Perfect Book

In today’s post, I’d like to reflect briefly on the process of writing, editing, and publishing a book, and how difficult that process is — especially for authors who are inclined towards perfectionism. The athlete who is to participate in a world championship will have spent a great deal of time in training, and perhaps… Continue reading

Reflections

authors, book writing, Books, Christianity, editing, faith, God, language, Philosophy, publishing, religion, Self-Publishing, Theology
Jan 30, 2021

The Futility of Human Toil

I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees. I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house.… Continue reading

Scripture

Bible, Christianity, Ecclesiastes, faith, Labour, Philosophy, psychology, religion, Spirituality, Theology, wisdom
Jan 27, 2021

Deep Thoughts About God (video series)

Back in March 2019, I released a book entitled God’s Grand Game: Divine Sovereignty and the Cosmic Playground, which contains a comprehensive exposition of my philosophical perspective. The book explores the divine sovereignty versus human free will predicament with reference to the doctrines of Christianity and other religions (as well as the scientific worldview) and… Continue reading

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Christianity, divine sovereignty, faith, Free Will, Philosophy, religion, science, Spirituality, steven colborne, Theology, video series, Videos

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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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