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Hopeful Universalism and the Lottery Illustration

February 13, 2011 by Randal

In “Does universalism have a chance in hell of being true?” I argued that there is indeed a case to be made for universalism just like there is a case to be made for Calvinism and Arminianism. It may not be as strong a case, but there is a case to be made. This means […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Harry Potter, hell, salvation, universalism

Does universalism have a chance in hell of being true?

February 9, 2011 by Randal

Thomas Talbott has pointed out that one can find evidence from scripture to support the following three incompatible claims: (1) God wants to save everyone (2) God can save everyone (3) Not everyone will be saved Since this is an inconsistent set, a person has to give up at least one of these propositions. And […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: arminianism, Calvinism, salvation, soteriology, theology, universalism

Universalism isn’t a four letter word

February 8, 2011 by Randal

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 […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: hell, Robin Parry, salvation, The Evangelical Universalist, universalism

If you declare with your mouth … and believe in your heart

January 16, 2011 by Randal

Romans 10:9-11 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. This […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: belief, exclusivism, inclusivism, Romans, salvation, soteriology

The day the devil went to seminary and other bizarre things

January 4, 2011 by Randal

Ray asks: ” “So… what is it one must believe or trust [to be saved]? And how does it lead to works?” I don’t think a person has to have any beliefs to be saved. Severely mentally handicapped people, fetuses and infants have no beliefs and yet they can be (I’d say are) saved. Okay fine, but […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: doctrine, inclusivism, salvation, soteriology

Vaccines and the beliefs of those who receive them

January 1, 2011 by Randal

Alexander appears to think that my attempt to provide one plausible way to construe Christian salvation in response to Maitzen’s argument is vulnerable to a reductio ad absurdum. And so he writes: “What if there was an atheist Gandhi? Would he be able to reach heaven in the same manner as does this Gandhi? Finally, if everyone […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: argument from divine hiddenness, inclusivism, reductio ad absurdum, salvation

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