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All of your achievements are really God’s achievements
I believe that whatever you do is what God is doing through you. We are all puppets in the metaphorical hands of God, who is sovereign over all events and unfolding a plan for creation in accordance with his will. In a recent post, entitled ‘The Creativity of God’, I explained how if we understand Continue reading
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The Changeable Will of God
The only certain way to discern the will of God is to observe how events unfold in reality. In any moment, God is free to do as He pleases, despite what any Scripture says. In the Qur’an, in Sura 13:39, the text reads “God erases or confirms whatever He will, and the source of Scripture Continue reading
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If God is a Person, then Justice is Subjective
Hello, friends. I’ve been thinking a lot about justice. This is because there are certain people in my life that I am annoyed with, because they have been behaving in a way that I find to be really inconsiderate and unkind. But don’t worry, I’m not here to bore you with a sob story, I’m Continue reading
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Your Regrets vs God’s Will
Quite often, when people talk about things that they regret having happened at a certain time in their past, they will use phrases such as “I messed up” or “I did my best” or “I can’t believe I did that”. Using such phrases is a widely accepted and commonplace manner of speaking, but in this Continue reading
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Why Christians are Happy to Choose Unsound Theology
Having been a Christian myself for many years, I fully respect the power of Christianity to transform minds and lives and I know that the majority of Christians are positively motivated; seeking Truth, seeking peace, and seeking God’s love. But part of the role God has given me in life is bringing to light some Continue reading
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The Insanity of the Envy of the Circumstances of Others
Some thoughts occurred to me while watching a video today. When the video loaded, and displayed a tranquil scene of a cabin in the wilderness, lit by lamps, with an open fire, and with the rain beating down outside, it triggered an emotion in me. That emotion is difficult to describe precisely, but it was 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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