sovereignty
-
Primary and Secondary Causes
Welcome to another post in my Praise and Prose series. The series looks at our use of language, especially in matters of faith and spirituality, and how that language might change in order to better reflect reality. Today I would like to begin a discussion around the causes of human activity. The implications of this Continue reading
-
A New Blog Series
Greetings, friends, and God bless you. In recent months, God has been bringing to my mind examples of phrases and commonly used manners of speech which are somewhat irrational, as they do not accord with the Truth about the way reality is. Some general examples of this would be as follows: Making claims about future Continue reading
-
Trust in Him
God is awesome, majestic, wonderful, glorious, wise, humorous, grand, mysterious, mighty, and greatly to be feared. God is masterful in His creativity, He’s a friend to the poor in spirit, He’s the solution to every problem, the answer to every question, the peace in the midst of the chaos, the cure for every ailment. God Continue reading
-
The Great Vacuousness of All that I Am and Ever Will Do
The question of why there is something rather than nothing — why anything exists at all — is very confusing to me. However, I realise that confusion is just an energetic state; it’s perfectly possible that to You (God) there is no mystery. It is a strange thing being a creature, knowing that You are Continue reading
-
Types of Sovereignty (video)
Greetings! In my discussions with fellow philosophers I have often come across people likening the sovereignty of God to earthly sovereignty. They have done this in an attempt to show that God can be sovereign over the universe and still leave us with certain freedoms. I don’t agree that this is possible, and in this Continue reading
-
On Sovereignty
The word ‘sovereignty’ can have several nuanced meanings which I would like to briefly discuss with the hope that it will help you to understand my perspective on free will and the God/world relationship. Continue reading
About Me
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.
Visit me on Substack
follow this blog
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy whole heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind, and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
CATEGORIES
- Books (58)
- Book Extracts (9)
- Book Reviews (23)
- Introducing my Books (10)
- Counselling (1)
- Miscellaneous (298)
- Guest Posts (1)
- Interviews (4)
- Minimalism (4)
- Personal (16)
- Poetry (29)
- Reblogs (5)
- Reflections (229)
- Music (5)
- Philosophy (145)
- Ancient Greece (12)
- Eastern Philosophy (2)
- Life After Death (5)
- Mental Health (30)
- Panentheism (11)
- Philosophical Dialogue (4)
- Political Philosophy (2)
- Praise and Prose (16)
- Reality (7)
- Spirituality (28)
- Enlightenment (2)
- God's Grand Game (11)
- Meditation (5)
- Theology (330)
- Christianity (135)
- Doctrine (22)
- Evangelism (3)
- Free Will (20)
- God (78)
- Interfaith (4)
- Islam (12)
- Morality and Ethics (19)
- Prayers (15)
- Scripture (52)
- Suffering (19)
- Uncategorized (3)
- Self-Publishing (3)
Perfect Chaos 