Continued from A Universalist Catechism, part three Well, it was type this or watch the RNC. Somehow, this is more fitting . . . How long will God punish wrong-doers? Until they repent of their wrong-doing and learn to obey Him. What is repentence? Coming to one’s better self, and turning away from all evil [...]
In a regular quest to find the “lost tribes of Universalists” (if there are any) I make Google searches. One such search for “Universalist theology” led me to an interesting entity — I can’t say they either are or want to be an organization — that is Universalist and Quaker. And Christocentric. That last condition [...]
A follow-up to Boy in the bands » Huston Smith on UUs, if sideways. I almost choked when I read, in a chapter called “Discerning the Signs of the Times” something I felt but hadn’t put into words. This is one item in a free-form list of how the religious landscape has changed. From page [...]
Thanks to Jeff for catching that I misnamed the author below. I mentioned earlier that I was reading Huston Smith’s 2001 Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in the Age of Disbelief. It is popularly written, perhaps too quickly and in an over-broad way, but Smith has enough credibility to get away [...]
Another dose of weary moralism and modernism, I’m afraid. A Universalist Catechism, part two What is the Bible? The record of the revelation of God, made through the people of Israel and the life of Jesus Christ for all mankind. Is the Bible the only revelation of God? No. God is always speaking to men. [...]
One of the things I’ve regretted coming out of seminary (in 1997) is that I never learned Greek, and that feeling has been all the strong since the Olympic games began. Last night, I saw a book — sequel to one on Latin I liked — at Barnes and Noble (indeed, it is under their [...]
Do you catch the not-so-subtle move from God-as-creator, and towards modernism generally? Continued from A Universalist Catechism, part one What kind of being is man? Man is a child of God, the highest type this world has produced. His body is material and mortal. His soul is spiritual and immortal. What is man’s part in [...]
The next in my series of Universalist primers to type out. A Universalist Catechism Prepared at the request of the Universalist General Convention by the General Sunday School Association 1921 Universalist Publishing House Boston and Chicago Truth Our higest truths are but half-truths. Think not to settle nown forever in any truth. Make use of [...]
Hubby and I saw this development on our way to dinner tonight. Clara Barton Condominium [link is dead] The reference isn’t gratuitous; the complex incorporates the building Barton — a known Universalist — used when she was doing her Civil War work for lost servicemen. Share this article Hide Sites $$(‘div.d479′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Continued from Sweetser’s Universalism Explained, part nine Nowhere in the Bible is there any intimation that opportunity for repentance and forgiveness and salvation is limited to the present life. If it were, then it would not be true that Jesus is the Savior of the world, for a large part of the world would not [...]
