Christian Universalism on the web
David Congdon has recently published an article for all to read on-line here. He is a bright chap, and argues for a thoroughly christocentric, not pluralistic, universalism which takes the missional imperative seriously.
Scot McKnight is also about to start a series asking whether Evangelicals can be Universalists. I'm really pleased that Scot is going to have a stab at this question in dialogue with Robin's book, The Evangelical Universalist.
posted by Chris Tilling @ 12:24 AM
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I posted a quote on my blog about this topic a few days back: http://alexlsilva.blogspot.com/2009/12/266-calvinist-universalist.html
It all depends on how you interpret the Bible.
If you accept Jesus was a man of his time, then his apocalyptic words and scenarios that included eternal punishment were suited to the mentality of his day and age and an accommodation that God made to people's bloodthirsty understanding back then.
"Yeah, cast into a lake of fire!" "Yeah, better to pluck out your eye than wind up in hell with two of them." "Fear him who can cast both body and soul into hell."
Harsh sounding to us, but to 1st centurians such language was the equivalent of nothing more than a light pat on the ass given as an incentive to do better next time. And hence NOT to be taken literally.
Thanks, Alex. Great quote
Hi Edward,
"It all depends on how you interpret the Bible".
For sure.
"but to 1st centurians such language was the equivalent of nothing more than a light pat on the ass given as an incentive to do better next time"
How do you know that?
New Book Excerpt:
The Possibility of Christian Universalism
http://thepietythatliesbetween.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-book-excerpt-possibility-of.html
BY Eric Reitan, an award-winning scholar and writer, teaches philosophy at Oklahoma State University. His book, IS GOD A DELUSION? A REPLY TO RELIGION’S CULTURED DESPISERS, was named one of Choice’s Outstanding Academic Titles of 2009.
I suggest a peek here as well. . . quite a dialogue
IS HELL EMPTY?
http://corthodoxy.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/is-hell-empty/
And see this series at a popular blog:
CAN EVANGELICALS BE UNIVERSALISTS?
McKnight at Jesus Creed
http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/2009/12/can-evangelicals-be-universali.html
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