Wrestling with the best ending to the biblical story, Richard Beck and I have both taken it as a given that somehow the biblical narrative anticipates for us what the final ending will be. This is important for me: though I don’t think we simply say what the Bible says, we do receive our trajectory […]
Radical Continuity
First of all, I enjoyed J.R. Daniel Kirk’s essay very much. In particular, I strongly agree with the two features he describes about the “best ending” to the Christian story. I think any vision of universal reconciliation is going to have to incorporate these two features. For example, I very much agree with Kirk’s point […]
A Non-Universal Story
What is the best possible ending for the biblical story? More specifically, does universal salvation provide a better ending for the story than the more common view of limited entrance into the eternal Kingdom of God? I have to say at the outset that, despite my arguments against universalism, I feel the force of the […]
Universal Reconciliation and the Christological Hymns
What is the best ending to the Christian story? With the publication of Rob Bell’s Love Wins there has been a great deal of conversation about the ending of the Christian story. Will everyone who has ever lived be reconciled to God? Or will some be eternally separated from God? And if some are “lost” […]
