03188nam a2200493Ii 4500 ocn892483179 OCoLC 20200709060217.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 141007s2014 oru ob 000 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781630872151 electronic bk. 1630872156 electronic bk. 1625647549 9781625647542 (OCoLC)892483179 834381 (N$T) BT837 .J46 2014eb REL 067060 bisacsh 236.25 22 N$TA Jensen, Dennis. Flirting with universalism : resolving the problem of an eternal hell / Dennis Jensen. Eugene, OR : Resource Publications, 2014. 1 online resource (xvi, 109 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109). Theological foundation -- The Hebrew view of the afterlife -- The New Testament view of the afterlife of the righteous -- The New Testament view of the afterlife of the lost -- Limited potential restorationism -- Arguments regarding universalism, eternalism, and annihilationism -- Semi-restorationism -- Other forms of inclusivism -- Practical consequences for Christianity. It's likely the most difficult problem in the Christian faith. It was a major reason that Bertrand Russell, John Stuart Mill, and countless others rejected Christianity. It was an ax that began to chip away at Charles Darwin's early faith. How could he accept that his closest relatives and loved ones would be spending an eternity in agonizing torment? Yet the Christian doctrine of an everlasting hell has turned out to be a completely unnecessary problem. A close examination of the Bible rejects any form of universalism that trivializes personal obligations to God or denies the possibility of permanent condemnation. Yet Christians can fully affirm the goodness, justice, and love of God. They have no reason to believe in a never-ending hell of excruciating suffering. This study reviews the biblical and philosophical evidence behind the various Christian views of the afterlife for those who reject their God: universalism, eternalism or traditionalism, and annihilationism. It concludes by taking a position between universalism and annihilationism: God will forever honor the final choices of those who reject God, and yet, in the end, all things will be reconciled to God. Print version record. Hell. Universalism. Salvation Christianity. RELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Jensen, Dennis. Flirting with universalism 9781625647542 (OCoLC)880966186 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=834381 EBSCOhost EBSC 834381 cpp2010 02 N$T 55375 55375