I haven’t forgotten the recent challenge in the comments — rather usual in the world of Universalist Christianity — about whether or not the Bible supports the claims of universal salvation, or not. I would hope that, one of these days, we can get past basics but the essential concern — is Universalism true? — […]
I was listening to Radio Sweden online yesterday at work when a news story about terrorist-imposters in Stockholm kidnapping a cow sculpture, and threatening to destroy it unless the exhibition host — Cow Parade, which has hosted outdoor shows of painted fiberglass cattle in cities all over the world — confess that they (the cattle) […]
Continued from Sweetser’s Universalism Explained, part eight
Universalists believe in no other salvation. To them there is “none other name under heaven given among me whereby we must be saved” than that of Jesus Christ our Lord. The only way to be saved is the Christian way, and Universalists believe in universal salvation because they believe […]
Continued from Sweetser’s Universalism Explained, part seven
It was necessary, therefore, in order to save men, that in some way God should reveal His great love to mankind. This He gas done through His Son Jesus Christ, whom He sent into the world for the special purpose of saving it. “We have seen and do testify,” […]
The Swedenborgians put out this monthly sermon and meditation periodical, Our Daily Bread that I readily recommend. The Bible passages aren’t linked to the Revised Common Lectionary, but the passage for this past Sunday was certainly apt. The last line of that reading, from Exodus 7 is “At the time when they spoke to […]
I know the canonical explanation of the flaming chalice: that most common liturgical practice in Unitarian Universalist churches. It has to do with Jan Hus, and the Unitarian Service Committee and all that. But that flaming chalice was a print image. Something happened that brought it into three dimensions, and made it a liturgical standard.
I […]
Continued from Sweetser’s Universalism Explained, part six
Merely to punish men for their sins, however, is not a sufficient means to bring about their salvation. It is a necessary means, but not a sufficient one. No one was ever yet saved by mere punishment, and no one ever will be. For one cannot be truly […]
In case you have been trying to email me lately . . . . Ah, the indignity of leaving MovableType with less server space than I thought I had!
One of the reasons I made the switch was that WordPress is a smaller application than MovableType. But that’s doesn’t do you any good if both […]
Continued from Sweetser’s Universalism Explained, part five
No doubt it is often represented in the Bible as an evidence of His indignation towards those who disobey His laws, and no doubt it is really so. Love must be indignant when it is despised and rejected. A father must be indignant when his righteous commandments are […]
At my day job, I listen to a streaming feed of English-language news from non-US news services, via WRN. Not radical or “alternative” news, but what everyday people in countries friendly to us listen to every day. It reminds me that our friends pay daily attention to the fate of those at the US base […]
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