Life Here and Now
In the New Testament, however, salvation is about much more than just getting our soul into heaven when we die, and evangelism is about much more than getting our name…
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The Way
Jesus once told a story about three people who encountered a beaten and battered man on the side of the road (Luke 10:29-37). The first two had all the right…
Called to Be a Blessing
From the beginning of the biblical story of redemption, God reveals himself to be a God who is not concerned with only a small set of people in the world,…
Until He Finds Them
We have already examined, in the previous chapter, the possibility of postmortem conversion, which is usually featured, at least as a hope, in most versions of inclusivism. Although there are…
Divine Possibility
At the end of the day, I believe that God’s love for us will be more relentless than our rejection of him, and that is why I am a universalist.…
Changed Hearts
When we think about how God could bring it about that all would ultimately choose to repent and be reconciled to God, we are not limited to thinking that God…
Punishing in Order to Save
God’s active involvement in drawing people to repentance is not to be thought of as an activity that is separate from God’s activity of punishing people for their involvement in…
Drawing Sinners Close
I confess that I am often baffled when defenders of the traditional view of an everlasting hell say things like, “God will not tolerate sinners.” I know this doesn’t sound…
Jesus and Outsiders
If we are going to take Jesus seriously, then we need to see how he talked about hell and we need to pay close attention. Although evangelists most often preach…
Eschatology and Theology
There is no more important question in Christian theology today than coming to terms with the doctrine of hell. While that may seem like a bit of an overstatement, regardless…