Three years ago, I shared a little dialogue between myself and a random evangelical on the subjects of hell and Christian Universalism. For the fun of it, I decided to make up a short video of that discussion using those talking bears I’ve been seeing around the web over the last few months. It seems to…
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Dialogue With an Evangelical – Part 2: The Bible
Everlasting torment in hell isn’t the only topic I’ve discussed with “Bob.” We’ve talked about all sorts of other theological and philosophical issues, one of my favorites being when we’ve talked about his thoughts on the Bible: Bob: The problem with most Christians today is that they just don’t follow the Bible any more. If…
Dialogue With an Evangelical – Part 1: Hell
The following is a dialogue between myself and “Bob,” an Evangelical Christian, about the subject of hell: Bob: Hi, I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions. Me: Sure, why not? What’s up? Bob: If you were to die today, do you know for sure where you’d end up? Me: Creepy question,…
Just Do What the Bible Says, Right?
The following is a post I made (edited slightly for this blog) on a friend’s message board in response to a poll question asking It’s Simple, Right? We Just Do What The Bible Says… “Most evangelicals, working with a presupposition called Sola Scriptura, often seem to believe that the Bible is a simple and straightforward…
Biblical Figures of Speech
Speaking of figures of speech in the Bible, Scripture is full of all sorts of them: – similes – metaphors – implications – parables – mysteries – allegories – myths – visions – signs – types – shadows – examples – images and imagery – enigmas – symbols – codes – idioms – poetry -…
It’s Not Their Fault
One thing that can frustrate a Universalist to no end is the fact that Universal Reconciliation seems to be one of the clearest doctrines in Scripture yet most Christians can’t seem to see it at all. Most Christians interpret certain parables, metaphors and other biblical figures of speech as teaching Everlasting Torment (often refered to…
