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We’re All Going to Be OK (a conversation about patristic universalism with Keith Giles)

We’re All Going to Be OK (a conversation about patristic universalism with Keith Giles)

Last updated on: December 3, 2020 at 12:00 am by Jason Elam

We’re All Going to Be OK (a conversation about patristic universalism with Keith Giles) 2020-12-02T16:53:31-05:00 Jason Elam

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We’ve just released a bonus “Messy Conversations” episode of The Messy Spirituality Podcast featuring author Keith Giles! You can listen to it here or wherever you listen to podcasts.

In this heartfelt and moving conversation, Keith and I discuss his transition from holding a view of eternal conscious torment (burning forever in hell) to annihilationism and then to his current view of patristic universalism. We also discuss common objections to ultimate redemption.

Keith is one of four co-hosts of the insanely popular Heretic Happy Hour podcast. He has written several excellent books including Jesus Untangled, Jesus Unbound, Jesus Unveiled, Jesus Unexpected, and literally wrote the book on the subject we’re going to be talking about today: Jesus Undefeated: Condemning the False Doctrine of Eternal Torment.

You can find Keith’s Patheos column here.

You can find Keith’s Amazon author page featuring all of his books here.

Recommended Resources

During this conversation, Keith mentions the following books as resources for further study:

Her Gates Will Never Be Shut by Brad Jersak

That All Shall Be Saved by David Bentley Hart

All You Want to Know About Hell by Steve Gregg

Universalism: The Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years by J.W. Hanson

Keith’s Square One and Ground Zero courses are definitely worth checking out. Find all of the info regarding those courses here.

Finally, I encourage you to take a look at Keith’s Patreon page where he consistently produces thought provoking, meaningful content for his patrons.

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About Jason Elam

Jason Elam is Brandi’s grateful husband, proud dad of 4 awesome kids, a former professional wrestler and radio broadcaster, and former local church pastor for over 20 years. He is the author of the forthcoming book, “From Ashes We Rise” and hosts The Messy Spirituality Podcast. You can connect with Jason on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Patreon You can read more about the author here.

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