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The
Return of the Christ
Does Jesus come again in wrath to separate the Sheep
from the Goats--to cause an eternal separation from the righteous
and the unrighteous?
A
Grand Experiment
There are two "voices" for "The
Lord" in the Hebrew Bible. Can you tell which is the voice
of the true God?
How
Then Shall We Live?
It is only when we know of God's true nature that
we may know how to really live!
On
Universalism
By William Barclay
Many Christians are discouraged by the popular
church doctrines of "Hell" and eternal loss. However,
the early Church believed that every soul will be saved and redeemed
by God--expressed in the ancient church doctrine of Universalism--and
which was believed in the first 500 years of the Church...a more
hopeful "gospel" indeed, over that which is preached today...
New Book!
If
Grace Is True--Why God Will Save Every Person
Two Quaker Pastors Share
Their Hope. Excerpt From Chapter Three
Paul
Tournier on Universalism
The Author's Master's Thesis
The
Unselfishness of God
Hannah Whitall Smith, author of the best-seller,
The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life", shares her hope
of universal salvation...
Problems
with the Doctrine of Redemption
A retired Episcopalian
priest addresses what he claims are the logical and scientific problems
with the Christian
doctrine of Redemption
Why
We Hardly Love God
Do you have a high "threat
level" regarding God? There are valid reasons why this may
be so...
The
Passion of the Christ
Did
Jesus die to launch a cosmic guilt trip on humanity? Cannot God
forgive
sin apart from a blood sacrifice? Some alternative views of the
"cross" from writers George MacDonald, Thomas Cahill and
Jack Miles
The
Voice of the Good Shepherd
There are two "voices"
for God heard throughout the Bible.
Can you discern
the difference?
Does
God Kill People?
Judy Allen relates her thoughts on the divine
purpose of "death" and "evil"
God's
Grace: The Radical Option
"Falling from grace" is not possible.
Dr. J. Harold Ellens tells why...
God
Judgment
"Judgment" is not a verdict or sentence...it's a process!
A
Time to Die
Animals seem to understand intuitively when it
is their time to die. A simple story about about a dog who paid
his final "goodbyes"...
Illegitimate
Hierarchy
C. S. Lewis observed, "The opposite of love
is not hate, it is power"...
On
Forgiving God
Are humans fully responsible for wrong choices?
Or could God be culpable too?
The
Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment
Written in 1855 by Thomas Thayer
Is
Hell Eternal?
A Presbyterian minister looks at "Hell"
in the light of God's character
Universalism--The
Prevailing Doctrine
of the Church in its First 500 Years
Before Augustine started
talking about unbaptized babies burning forever in
"hell"...a greater hope was held by other parts of the
church
J.W. Hanson, 1899
The
Corner Stone
The story of John Murray is a journey through
the severest Calvinism and on to a more hopeful gospel….
Free
To Marry
Does "power" ever win the
heart of anybody?
The
Lord's Prayer
How spiritual people of all religious traditions
may pray this famous prayer.
On
Being Present
How "engaged" are you?
The
Gospel According to St Paul
An early Christian Universalist, St. Paul wrote
much of his hopeful vision of how God will make everything beautiful
in its time...
A
New Pair of Glasses
How is it that a single text can produce widely
divergent interpretations?
A
Letter to Ropar
Does the true "Kingdom of God" come
from outside intervention? Or is it a "Reign of the Heart"?
Submission
Must we submit to "power"? Or could
there be something else worthy of our "submission"?
September
11
Two neighbors, a white American and a Saudi American
come together during the Twin Towers tragedy...
The
Nature of God
Litmus Test For All Religious Doctrine
Together
We get sick in isolation and we get well in community...
The
Organist
All religious traditions enjoy a healthy tension
between its clergy and its musicians... The
spurious Acts 29 is one such account...
Alcoholics
Anonymous
Unconscious
Model For Ideal Community
Cultometer
Are you in a cult? What are the signs of a cult?
Read the Twelve Steps for recovering fundamentalists, with helpful
links
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