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 […]
salvation
Does universalism have a chance in hell of being true?
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 […]
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 […]
If you declare with your mouth … and believe in your heart
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 […]
The day the devil went to seminary and other bizarre things
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 […]
Vaccines and the beliefs of those who receive them
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 […]
