OK, I’m officially annoyed that not a single Christian event at GA has been covered on the UUA website. I didn’t expect they’d all be covered, or even that all that would be eventually covered would be done by now.
But none? And if it is none now, we (the reading public) can’t expect many will […]
Universalists, like St. Paul, have a conception of God which necessitates a belief in the salvation of all men, especially in the salvation of those who believe in Him as He has revealed Himself to us in His Son Jesus Christ.
They believe, first of all, that there is one God, and only one; that He […]
Universalism Explained,
by
Edwin C. Sweetser, D.D.
Pastor of the Universalist Church of the Messiah,
Broad St. and Montgomery Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
1893.
“To this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, epecially of them that believe.” I Tim 4:10 (Revised Version).
My purpose in the present sermon is […]
Universalism believes in the final harmony of all souls with God. This is the conclusion of the whole matters as I have already indicated in my opening remarks. There remains to say but this: We are all facing eternity. We must go into the next life exactly as we leave this. If we have used […]
Somehow Philocrites had a moment to post this in an earlier entry’s comments section:
You’ll be happy to know, Scott, that a toast was made in your honor over dinner this evening by H.P., T.S., P.B., J.B.-S., E.K.H., and myself. You may amuse yourself by figuring out the owners of these initials…
Well, that made my day. […]
Well, ’tis convention season. (On of the reasons I’m preaching at the Swedenborgians next week is that their convention starts next week.) Next up: the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Some how I missed the news of their huge hit in membership when it came out earlier this month.
According to statistics released by the […]
Lynn Calvin does us non-attenders a favor by reflecting on some of the activities she’s seen at General Assembly. (Thanks for the head’s up in the comments of an earlier posting, Lynn.) Hers seem to be the only in-situ comments, understanding of course that Philocrites has his day job to do there, and at […]
When I was doing my graduate research on nineteenth century Universalists, I kept running accross published “appointments” calendars; that is, travelling preachers’ tour schedule. And they didn’t have roadies in those days. (They barely had roads.)
Far easier for me then. I’ll be preaching next Sunday at the Church of the Holy City, at Sixteenth Street […]
Universalism believes in the spiritual authority and leadership of his Son Jesus Christ. And again I can say, so do all Christians. There are innumerable differences in beliefs about Christ, but every Christian believes in Christ. Universalism is Christocentric — Christ is central in its faith. It is not dogmatic regarding the mysteries of his […]
