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Nov 1, 2020

Jesus’ Teaching on Forgiveness

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to… Continue reading

Scripture

Bible, Christianity, faith, forgiveness, God, gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ, parable, religion, Spirituality, teaching, Theology, unforgiving servant
Oct 31, 2020

The Final Judgement

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on… Continue reading

Scripture

Bible, Christianity, faith, God, Jesus Christ, judgement, Matthew 25, Philosophy, religion, salvation, sheep and goats, Spirituality, Theology
Oct 28, 2020

God is Always Everywhere and Sometimes Somewhere

I believe an aspect of God’s nature is that He is everywhere. You can sense this for yourself if you spend a moment examining your consciousness, and asking whether there are any boundaries or edges to it. When I do this myself, I have a sense that reality is boundless, and this means that if… Continue reading

God

Bible, Christianity, faith, God’s attributes, metaphysics, omnipresence, ontology, Philosophy, religion, Scripture, Spirituality, the nature of God, Theology
Oct 21, 2020

A Reflection on John 3:16

Greetings, friends. Quite often, when I’m reading Scripture, I have a ‘wow’ moment when a passage speaks to me in a way it didn’t previously. Today I’d like to share a new understanding I came to of perhaps the most quoted verse in the Christian Bible, John 3:16. The ESV translation says this: For God… Continue reading

Theology

Bible, Christianity, English Standard Version, exegesis, faith, Greek, hermeneutics, Jesus Christ, John 3:16, Philosophy, Scripture, Spirituality, translation
Oct 20, 2020

An Alphabet of God’s Attributes

I’m not sure why, but today I felt like simply publishing an alphabet of words which point to some of God’s attributes. Maybe this is an exercise a parent or teacher could do with a child. Coincidentally, today I have been studying Psalm 37, which is an acrostic poem in the original Hebrew, meaning each… Continue reading

God

children, Christianity, divine attributes, faith, games, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Philosophy, religion, Spirituality, teaching, Theology, word game
Sep 16, 2020

Eternal Conscious Torment?

Greetings, friends. This article is an update on my theological explorations, and my attempt to fully understand whether I can reconcile my belief in God’s sovereign control over the unfolding of all events with the Christian gospel. When Christians discuss the doctrine of hell, they usually take one of three positions: traditionalism, conditionalism, or universalism.… Continue reading

Theology

afterlife, annihilationism, Christianity, death, Doctrine, faith, Free Will, Life After Death, Philosophy, Predestination, Spirituality, Universalism, views of hell

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Steven Colborne is an author, musician and counsellor from the United Kingdom. On this blog he writes about philosophy, religion and spirituality and shares a variety of personal articles.

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