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December 2017

December 27, 2017

Leaving Behind “Left Behind”

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump made the announcement that the United States was going...

December 07, 2017

A Response to One of My Detractors (Re: ‘What My Universalism Is and Is Not’)

On October 1, 2016, I published an article entitled “What My Universalism Is and Is...

November 2017

November 16, 2017

Love and Justice: Two Sides of the Same Coin

“I believe that justice and mercy are simply one and the same thing; without justice...

November 10, 2017

Distefano’s 35 Theses Nailed to the Patheos Wall

It’s been just over a week since the 500-year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, which...

May 2017

May 12, 2017

Modern Evangelicalism as Second Temple Judaism v. 2.0

I grew up in the Evangelical church, so I’m fairly familiar with all of the...

January 2017

January 10, 2017

The Second Death

Guest author: Charles Watson Sr. From the moment of birth, death is just over the...

December 2016

December 14, 2016

A Review of Hell in a Nutshell by Charles Watson Sr.

There are a growing number of talented authors out there who are questioning the “traditional”...

October 2016

October 13, 2016

Dispensationalism: A Doctrine More Dangerous Than Hell Itself

Theopedia defines dispensationalism as a “theological system that teaches biblical history is best understood in...

October 01, 2016

What My Universalism Is and Is Not

If you spend more than 20 minutes with me, either in person or on social...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

Modern Evangelicalism, or in other words, Second Temple Judaism v. 2.0

I grew up in the Evangelical church, so I’m fairly familiar with all of the...

May 2016

May 30, 2016

The Lost Sheep: More Questions Than Answers

I need serious help! You see, I’ve done it again folks. I’ve forced myself to...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

Jesus is Lord, Period!

*Note: This is Letter #9 from A Journey with Two Mystics: Conversations between a Girardian...

March 2016

March 22, 2016

A Mock Conversation about Hell

Author’s note: Because I hold to the doctrine of universal reconciliation—and brazenly so—I take a...

December 2015

December 14, 2015

Universalism is a Fairy Tale

So, to those who don’t believe in a “fairy tale” ending, as some mockingly put...

September 2015

September 19, 2015

A Letter to the Arminian God I Grew up Knowing

Why did you even create such a place of calamity and sorrow? Doesn’t the “Bible...

September 09, 2015

A Letter to the Dispensationalist God

Before you decide whether or not to include me in the rapture, please read the...

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