Robin Parry is one of the leading Christian universalists today. In this interview, we discuss Robin’s views from the perspective of Scripture, theology, history, and pastoral theology. To explore Robin’s ideas further, see his excellent book The Evangelical Universalist. (promoted link) ?
Robin Parry
The Biblical Cosmos: A Review
Robin Parry. The Biblical Cosmos: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Weird and Wonderful World of the Bible. (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2014.) Like many conservative Christians of my generation, I was raised as a young earth creationist (YEC). We prided ourselves on taking what we believed to be the most faithful and commonsense reading of the Bible. Other Christians bowed to […]
81. Robin Parry on the Biblical Cosmos
In 1993 I spent a summer teaching English in Japan. It was an unforgettable and somewhat unsettling litany of new discoveries: they drove on the wrong side of the road; they wore slippers indoors; and at night they slept on the floor on futons. For goodness sake, they even slurped their noodles at the table. […]
The editor comments on Is the Atheist My Neighbor?
I’ve known Robin Parry for a decade now. He’s a respected biblical scholar and theologian, author or coauthor of many books (including Deep Church Rising which I reviewed here) and he’s been interviewed in my podcast twice on the topics of demons and universalism. He was also the editor for my second book Faith Lacking Understanding: […]
“Deep Church Rising”: A Review
Robin Parry and Andrew Walker. Deep Church Rising: The Third Schism and the Recovery of Christian Orthodoxy (Cascade, 2014). Robin Parry and Andrew Walker’s new book, Deep Church Rising, is a call to ressourcement (see, for example, 44) in response to the unique challenges of our age. As Parry and Walker (henceforth P&W) point out, “The purpose of going […]
Hell, right doctrine, and right character
In my recent interview with Robin Parry on universalism, Robin observed that Christians should want universalism to be true. Indeed, he put the point rather provocatively when he declared, “You’d have to be a psychopath not to want [universalism] to be true.” Psychopath?! Them’s fightin’ words! That might seem like a daring statement, but as Parry […]
41. Robin Parry on Universal Salvation
The Christian story has one simple, beautiful and extraordinarily powerful claim: despite all the evil, suffering, and pain that grips this creation, the good catches up. That promise is found in the very prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray: thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. And […]
28. Robin Parry on demons
The ministry of Jesus was characterized by many miraculous signs, chief among them his victory over demonic forces. In one dramatic encounter in Mark chapter 5 we read of Jesus confronting a demon-possessed man living out among the tombs. “Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.” […]
Universalism isn’t a four letter word
Most Christians believe that some people will be etenally lost. But not all Christians agree with this. Some are supporters of the view that no people will be lost. Among them is one of my friends, the articulate theologian Robin Parry. A few years ago Robin wrote a great book called The Evangelical Universalist. He […]
