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Sep 7, 2016

Counselling and Faith

As many of you know I have been through a rather “turbulent” mental health journey over the last decade. I’m actually doing pretty well at the moment and next month will mark three and half years since I was last in hospital. This has been the longest period of sound mental health for me since… Continue reading

Christianity, Mental Health

CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, Counselling, God, psychotherapy, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology, therapy
Aug 25, 2016

Divine Conservation and Occasionalism

In my book entitled Ultimate Truth: God Beyond Religion I included a chapter called ‘God in Inanimate Objects’ (you can read it here) which argues that God’s being penetrates every atom of existence, so that even tables and chairs are a part of God. I am a panentheist (the word means ‘all in God’) and I believe… Continue reading

Panentheism

Bible, Divine Conservation, faith, God, Occasionalism, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Aug 11, 2016

Compatibilism

Today I want to look at the idea of compatibilism as discussed by the theologian D. A. Carson in a book called Still Sovereign. The book features fourteen essays by Calvinist scholars on a range of theological subjects. The chapter I’ll be quoting from here is entitled ‘Reflections on Assurance’ (pp. 247-276) but while the chapter as… Continue reading

Free Will, God

Bible, Carson, Christianity, Doctrine, faith, Genesis, reason, religion, revelation, Spirituality, Theology
Jul 24, 2016

God’s Sovereignty in Scripture

For some time now I have been arguing that God is in control of all activity in existence, both on the human level and in the world at large. I would like to present a series of scriptures that support this worldview, all the while acknowledging that there may be other scriptures that reflect different… Continue reading

Christianity, Scripture

Doctrine, Free Will, God, Proverbs, religion, sovereignty, Spirituality, the devil, Theology
Feb 19, 2016

My Testimony

I grew up in the historic town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire in the south east of England. I enjoyed the privileges of a middle-class upbringing, attending decent schools and having my practical needs met, but at the same time intense relationship problems between my mother and father affected me deeply. My mother was an atheist… Continue reading

Enlightenment

Christian tesimonies, Christianity, Date, faith, God, Jesus Christ, Mental Health, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, steven colborne, testimony, Theology
Jun 18, 2015

What is the Meaning of Life?

I have been an atheist, a new age spiritualist and a Christian, and I’ve been drawn to different teachings and philosophies from around the world at different times in my life. I spent a good deal of my adult life searching painfully and desperately for truth. My life has taken on a different meaning since I became… Continue reading

Christianity, God

faith, Free Will, heaven, hell, Panentheism, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, the Bible, Theology, truth

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