
Flirting with Universalism, 2nd Edition
Resolving the Problem of an Eternal Hell
- 182 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
It's likely the most difficult problem in the Christian faith. It was a major reason that Bertrand Russell, John Stuart Mill, and countless others rejected Christianity. It was an ax that began to chip away at Charles Darwin's early faith. How could he accept that some of his closest relatives and loved ones would be spending an eternity in agonizing torment? Yet the Christian doctrine of an everlasting hell of unmitigated pain turns out to be completely unwarranted biblically. A close examination of the Bible demonstrates this, but it also rejects any form of universalism that trivializes personal obligations to God. The first edition of Flirting with Universalism looked at the biblical and philosophical evidence behind the various Christian views of the afterlife of those who reject their God: universalism, eternalism or traditionalism, and annihilationism. The second edition covers additional important arguments. It concludes by taking a position between universalism and traditionalism: God will forever honor the final choices of those who reject God, and yet, in the end, all things will be reconciled to God. The Bible affirms the goodness, justice, and love of God.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Theological Foundation
- Chapter 2: The Hebrew View of the Afterlife
- Chapter 3: The New Testament View of the Afterlife of the Righteous
- Chapter 4: The New Testament View of the Afterlife of the Lost
- Chapter 5: Post-punishment Limited Potential Restorationism
- Chapter 6: Arguments Regarding Universalism, Eternalism, and Annihilationism
- Chapter 7: Semi-restorationism
- Chapter 8: Pre-punishment Limited Potential Restorationism
- Chapter 9: Practical Consequences for Christianity
- Conclusion
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Bibliography