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100	1		_aJensen, Dennis.
245	1	0	_aFlirting with universalism : _bresolving the problem of an eternal hell / _cDennis Jensen.
264		1	_aEugene, OR : _bResource Publications, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 109 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 107-109).
505	0		_aTheological 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.
520			_aIt'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.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
650		0	_aHell.
650		0	_aUniversalism.
650		0	_aSalvation _xChristianity.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aJensen, Dennis. _tFlirting with universalism _z9781625647542 _w(OCoLC)880966186
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