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July 2015

July 20, 2015

Universalism and Freedom (by Jeff Cook)

Universalism and Freedom (Jeff Cook) I get to begin with a celebration! This is the...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

Is this Pope a Universalist?

I have to admit, after reading the HuffPo sketch of Pope Francis' recent homily, I...

September 2011

September 14, 2011

Giving Texts Priority: Questions

On a flight recently I was reading a book about hell, and one of the...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Freewill Theism and Universalism

John Sanders is a well-known Christian theologian and philosopher at Hendrix College, and is perhaps...

July 21, 2011

A Calvinist Response to Universalism

In the book, Universal Salvation?: The Current Debate, edited by Robin Parry (aka, Gregory Macdonald)...

July 13, 2011

Review of Francis Chan, Erasing Hell, by Jeff Cook

Erasing Hell – A Response (Jeff Cook) I have deep respect for the work of...

July 12, 2011

How to Talk about the Afterlife (if you must) 1

Ten Theses to Guide Debate on the Afterlife This post is by D. C. Cramer,...

July 07, 2011

The Three Conditions of Hell

Many today wonder if a loving and good God can "punish" humans endlessly in hell...

July 05, 2011

Thomas Talbott’s Gauntlet

Thomas Talbott, perhaps America's most well-known Christian universalist, has laid down three observations that, when...

April 2011

April 20, 2011

Barna on Universalism

David Kinnaman's most recent report is on "inclusivism" and "exclusivism" among Americans. If you are...

April 18, 2011

Exploring Love Wins 8

"There Are Rocks Everywhere" is the most controversial and important chapter in Rob Bell's new...

April 13, 2011

Exploring Love Wins 6

Today's topic, from Rob Bell's book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the...

April 08, 2011

Exploring Love Wins 4

I will begin these discussions of Rob Bell's book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven,...

April 06, 2011

Exploring Love Wins 3

I will begin each post in this series on Rob Bell's book, Love Wins: A...

April 04, 2011

Exploring Love Wins 2

Because of the firestorm created, I am beginning these discussions of Rob Bell's book, Love...

April 01, 2011

Exploring Love Wins 1

I will begin this series on Rob Bell's book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven,...

March 2011

March 23, 2011

Rob Bell and C.S. Lewis (by Jeff Cook)

This post is by a friend of the Jesus Creed blog; Jeff's got a strong...

March 19, 2011

Rob Bell Reviews

Kris and I have been gone for Spring Break, and so there will be no...

March 02, 2011

Waiting for Rob Bell

Whether evangelicalism was paying attention or not, it is now. Universalism, or at least the...

November 2010

November 10, 2010

The Heaven (and Hell) Question

I have said here before that universalism is one of the most pressing issues in...

October 2010

October 26, 2010

John Piper, Jesus the Only Way 2 (by Terrance Tiessen)

Part 2 of a review of John Piper, Jesus: The Only Way to God: Must...

October 25, 2010

John Piper, Jesus the Only Way 1 (by Terrance Tiessen)

A regular reader and commenter on this blog, a missionary theologian and professor, and author...

January 2010

January 05, 2010

Was Jesus Universalistic?

Robin Parry's (aka, Gregory Macdonald's) book The Evangelical Universalist examines whether or not Jesus believed in an...

January 04, 2010

Book of Revelation: Universalistic?

Those who "like" or "find delight" in the Book of Revelation remind me of those...

January 01, 2010

The Inescapable Love of God

When it comes down to the bottom argument in Robin Parry's (aka, Gregory Macdonald's) book The...

December 2009

December 31, 2009

The New Testament and Universalism

Robin Parry's major focus, in his book The Evangelical Universalist , is a biblical case for universalism....

December 30, 2009

The Old Testament and Universalism

Robin Parry's major focus, in his book The Evangelical Universalist , is a biblical case for universalism,...

December 29, 2009

Universal Redemption and the Cosmos

Robin Parry's major focus, in his book The Evangelical Universalist , is a biblical case for (evangelical...

December 28, 2009

The Bible and Universalism

Robin Parry's major focus, in his book The Evangelical Universalist , is a biblical case for (evangelical...

December 24, 2009

Theological Defenses of Hell: Freewill theism

The problems for hell are the issues of justice (hell can't fit the crime of...