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Edward Feser on whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

There has been a lot of discussion online about the question of whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. To my mind a lot of confusion has swirled around with a bunch of rather naff...

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Rethinking Hell interview with Robin on new Four-Views Zondervan book

So the wonderfully gifted Chris Date recently interviewed me about my chapter in the forthcoming Counterpoints book, Four Views on Hell, edited by Preston Spribkle (Zondervan, 2016). You can hear the...

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The Forgotten Gospel Conference (August 2016)

I am so excited about the forthcoming "Forgotten Gospel Conference" in Denver, CO. It will be my first ever universalist gathering and there will be some fascinating folk there. (I should say that not...

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Four Views on Hell is here! Yay

Yay! I have received a copy of Zondervan's new Four Views on Hell. Here you find a respectful but grasping-the-nettle discussion on eschatological punishment. There'sAn eternal torment guy (Denny...

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Zephaniah on the fate of the nations: lost and found

“Therefore wait for me,” declares YHWH, “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning...

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Robin Parry on the gospel-shaped love of God

Here is my talk on God's love from "The Forgotten Gospel" conference at The Sanctuary, Denver (August 2016)FGC Robin Parry from The Sanctuary Denver on Vimeo.

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Robin Parry on hope for Israel and the nations

Here is my talk on Israel and the church as firstfruits from "The Forgotten Gospel Conference" at The Sanctuary, Denver (August 2016)Robin Parry FGC Saturday Night Session from The Sanctuary Denver on...

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Interview with Robin Parry (Atlanta 2015)

This is an interview I recorded in Atlanta in November 2015

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"Burning Love" (Rethinking Hell talk)

This is a talk I did at the Rethinking Hell conference in 2015 at Fuller Theological Seminary.

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How readable are different Christian authors?

Here is some research that may be of interest to some of you. It concerns how readable different Christian authors, past and present, are. My thanks to Eric McCarty for the graphic. The methodology...

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Cyril Hovorun's welcome prophetic critique of the church

I am currently editing a fascinating book from Cyril Hovorun, an Eastern Orthodox Christian and a senior lecturer at Sankt Ignatios Academy/Stockholm School of Theology in Sweden.  The book is about...

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New online course on universal salvation and Christian theology. Starts April 1

NEWS FLASH: I will be teaching a seven-week online course on "Universal Salvation and Christian Theology" for the newly launched School of Peace Theology. The course will run from 13:00 to 14:30 EST...

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Holding on to Hell is Hard

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How the prophetic books came to us

Professor Daniel Block offers some helpful thoughts on the complex stages by which the prophetic books of the First Testament came to us:1. The prophetic event: the prophet receives his message from...

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Eric Reitan explains "White Privilege"

I thought the following comment from a Facebook discussion by the Christian philosopher Eric Reitan was so good it ought to go on the blog. Without more ado, here is Professor Reitan: *** Here's how I...

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Kevin Miller's long-awaited new book about the Hellbound? movie is now out.Hellrazed? Edited by Kevin Miller (Kevin Miller XI Productions Inc., 2017). 220 pages.In September 2012, the feature-length...

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Christian Universalist conference in Providence, RI (April 2018)

There will be a Christian universalist conferenceentitled "Door Standing Open" on 27–29 April in Providence, Rhode Island. More details can be found here. There is a really good lineup of speakers,...

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Carlton Pearson and Christian universalism: appreciations and concerns

Netflix have just released a new movie about the story of Bishop Carlton Pearson—a wonder-kid Pentecostal preacher and Gospel singer who gave it all up when he came out as a universalist. I have not...

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He knows me better than I know myself: Smith on Parry

Alex Smith has kindly put together a page that lists all sorts of things I have written (with links) and talks I have done (with online videos and podcasts for your "delectation and delight"). So if...

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Michelle Amirault, Rest in Peace

Michelle Amirault, age 69, passed through the veil July 31, 2018. Michelle Amirault is survived by her husband Gary, her daughter Elena, her brothers Mark, Robert, and Fred Aaron and her step sister...

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Ilaria Ramelli's forthcoming book on PATRISTIC UNIVERSALISM

In the minds of some, universal salvation is a heretical idea that was imported into Christianity from pagan philosophies by Origen (c.185–253/4). Ilaria Ramelli argues that this picture is completely...

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A response to Michael McClymond's theological critique of universal salvation

This year has seen the publication of the most thoroughly researched critique of Christian universalism ever published—Michael McClymond's two-volume work The Devil's Redemption: A New History and...

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Universalism—The Perennial "Heresy"

I recently published a book on belief in Christian universalism from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. It was my attempt to explore some of the diverse versions of universal salvation that...

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Gospel of Relentless Love Conference

Peter Hiett has alerted me to a conference that the folk at The Sanctuary in Denver, CO are running. They are good people. The Gospel of Relentless Love Conference October 4–6 2019 Speakers:Wm. Paul...

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Schleiermacher and universalism

"[F]or although Christians are still empowered and called to a special love of brothers and sisters among themselves, we indeed know most certainly—the power of redemption being universal—that between...

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