suffering
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Reflections on abuse, cancer, and everlasting hell
Friends, I have been working hard. Today, I’m taking a day off to get organised. It’s important to have balance in life, to try to stay organised and have periods of rest. I have been so disheartened recently. It seems that at every turn there are abusive individuals and organisations waiting to devour the peace… Continue reading
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Brief Personal Update
It’s been a few weeks since I posted. Sadly, I attempted to end my life and have spent the last four weeks recovering in hospital. I am doing well now although coming to terms with everything I experienced both in the weeks before I self-harmed and during my time in intensive care is a challenge.… Continue reading
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Letting Go of Anger
In reality, there is one God, sovereign over the entirety of creation, unfolding His masterplan for Planet Earth and all other planets. As part of God’s activity on Earth, the human beings He has created experience a broad range of emotions, and these emotions are a defining characteristic of relationship, both relationship among creatures and… Continue reading
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If God is Good, How do we Explain Suffering?
One of the main reasons why people develop an interest in philosophy and religion is because they want to understand the reason, or reasons, why we suffer. A major line of attack directed at people of faith is in relation to the problem of trying to reconcile the existence of a good God with the… Continue reading
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Everyone Wants the Same Thing
Greetings, friends. Part of the human condition is that we are imperfect, and we suffer. No one enjoys suffering, though as Christians we understand suffering to be part of our calling. When we experience earthly suffering we endure it with the hope that we will experience joy in eternity. We recognise that earthly suffering is… Continue reading
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Tears
My heart rejoices because of the relentless mercy of God. Truly, He is the most compassionate, all-forgiving. While God could cause us all perpetual agony for eternity, instead He pours out His mercy each and every day. God is the all-sufficient One, mighty and wise, the Master Craftsman, the God of miracles. He shuts and… 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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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.
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