If we see God as a God that will ultimately condemn the overwhelming majority of the human race to either eternal torment or outright annihilation, we are not portraying Him as the merciful, gracious, and loving Father He is.
Category: FAQs
Frequently asked questions I get when speaking of UR.
What About the Very Evil?
The human impulse to make perpetrators of violence and crimes against children pay for their actions is a strong one.
What About the Devil?
God called him the morning star, the day star, son of the morning and the shining one. He carried the light.
How Does God’s Judgement Fit into Universal Reconciliation?
Misconception about Universal Reconciliation…are probably because there are several different types of Universalism, many of which are rooted in a New Age kind of philosophy.
What about the “fire and brimstone”, “eternal punishment”, and “weeping and gnashing of teeth” scriptures?
What about the “fire and brimstone”, “eternal punishment”, and “weeping and gnashing of teeth” scriptures? This is three different questions. The question concerning fire and brimstone is addressed in the post, The Refiner’s Fire and the question of eternal punishment is addressed in the post, Everlasting vs Age-lasting. The question with regard to “weeping and…
What About Free Will?
Some of the greatest minds humanity has ever known have grappled with the “paradox” of free will and do so to this day. If anyone thinks they have it figured out, whatever they believe, they are fooling themselves.
Are You Saying That All Religions Lead to God?
Absolutely not!
All religions do not lead to God. God leads us to God. It is only by the mercies of a loving God that we are not consumed. (Lamentations 3:22-23) The goodness of God leads us to repentance (Romans 2:4) and His gifts are given freely.
How Does God’s Wrath Fit into Universal Reconciliation?
How does God’s wrath fit into Universal Reconciliation? Sometimes it seems as though God was angry with Israel more than He wasn’t. They no sooner left Egypt when they began to murmur about what they would eat and drink and in no time at all they were making a golden image to worship. You will…
Where Does the Teaching About Hell Come From?
Where does the Teaching About Hell Come from? The idea that the souls of men and women are cast into hell to spend eternity tormented for the evil that they did in this life is a notion borrowed from the Greeks initially, was taken up by Jewish rabbis of the inter-testimental period (the 400 years…
Where does the Doctrine of Universal Reconciliation Come From?
Where does the doctrine of Universal Reconciliation come from? The doctrine comes from the heart of God and translated to us through His Word. One look at the wealth of Biblical proof texts (listed to the left of these FAQs) can convince anyone who is not allowing their predisposition toward eternal conscious torment to block…
Why Do We Witness to People if There is No Hell?
Why do we witness to people if there is no hell? There is no hell, that is, no place of torment where the souls of the sinners go immediately upon their death. (See my webbook, Exposing the Hell Myth) There is a Lake of Fire, however, in which those whose names are not found in…
Why the Cross if Everyone Will be Saved?
Why the Cross if Everyone Will be Saved? Everyone will be saved because of the cross (Colossians 1:20). The Biblical Universalist believes that the power of the cross extends far beyond the grave, all the way to the end when Christ submits Himself to the Father and God becomes all in all (1 Corinthians 15:28),…
What About God’s Justice? Will He Punish All Sinners?
What about God’s justice? Will He punish all sinners? All sinners deserve to be punished. That includes you and me because all have sinned and come up short. There is none righteous – no, not one! All our righteousness is as filthy rags before the Lord. We have all sinned and continue to do so….
What is Universal Reconciliation and is it Biblical?
What is Universal Reconciliation and is it Biblical? Universal Reconciliation is also known as Biblical Universalism or Christian Universalism. Well known and widely taught, it was referred to by the early church as the apokatástasis (a Greek word meaning restitution or restoration). The central or core belief is that, in the end (quite literally), having…
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