Greater Emmanuel International
HERE (http://www.greater-emmanuel.org/)
Dr. Albert Jenke
HERE (http://www.tlchrist.info/universl.htm)
Dr. Ernest L. Martin
The Recognition Of Universal Reconciliation Part 1
HERE (http://www.askelm.com/news/n020806.htm)
Part 2
HERE (http://www.askelm.com/news/n020812.htm)
Part 3
HERE (http://www.askelm.com/news/n020820.htm)
Hope Beyond Hell: The Righteous Purpose Of God's Judgment
HERE (http://www.hopebeyondhell.net/song.php)
Let's sing together with Randy....
I see an army - I hear a song
rise in the nations, beautiful and strong.
A song of mercy that shatters pride,
a song of great love that purifies.
I see warriors with hands upraised,
holding no weapon, but their swords of praise.
Strongholds shatter. Kings bow down
before the Master and yield their crowns.
And every eye will see Him as Love wins through at last.
And every heart be drawn unto the Lamb.
Every voice will cry out what every heart will know
and before the throne we stand.
I see the earth now, its groanings cease.
Creation lifts praise to the Prince of Peace.
Wars have ended and weapons fall.
An invitation to one and all.
I see the Church now as a passionate Bride.
I see her Lover with His fiery eyes.
All His longing and her desire
join as one flame in heaven's fire.
And every eye will see Him as Love wins through at last.
And every heart be drawn unto the Lamb.
Every voice will cry out what every heart will know
and before the throne we stand.
I see a kingdom that never ends.
I see a Judge now who calls sinners 'Friends'.
Who gathers rebels and overwhelms
Them with His mercy so He can dwell
in hearts He's captured and rules in love.
He wraps around them a robe dipped in blood.
His tears are washing their fears away
and then He lifts them to see His face.
And every eye will see Him as Love wins through at last.
And every heart be drawn unto the Lamb.
Every voice will cry out what every heart will know
and before the throne we stand.
All will gaze in wonder at the reach of heaven's plan.
How could mercy touch the lowest man?
Drawn from every nation, every voice,and every tongue, amazed at what the Lord of Love has done.
amazed at what the Lord of Love has done.
I see a King now and I believe.
I hear His voice now and He's calling me.
Links For....
The Christian Universalist Association
HERE (http://www.christianuniversalist.org/)
The Truth About God
HERE (http://www.hearingthetruthofgod.com/)
Christian Universalism
HERE (http://christian-universalism.com/)
Tentmaker
HERE (http://www.tentmaker.org/)
Martin Zender
HERE (http://www.martinzender.com/)
Robert Rutherford
HERE (http://robertrutherford.org/)
Merciful Truth
HERE (http://www.mercifultruth.com/)
What the Hell is Hell?
HERE (http://www.what-the-hell-is-hell.com/)
Destined for Salvation
HERE (http://www.destinedforsalvation.org/)
Inclusion
HERE (http://www.inclusion.ws/)
Universalism and the Bible
HERE (http://pantheon.yale.edu/~kd47/univ.htm)
Thomas Talbott
HERE (http://www.thomastalbott.com/)
The Inescapable Love Of God
HERE (http://www.thomastalbott.com/)
•Preface, Table of Contents, and Chapter 1 : From Universal Publishers
•Chapter 3 : A Legacy of Fear and Persecution
•Chapter 5 : St. Paul's Universalism
•Chapter 11 : God, Freedom, and Human Destiny
Christian Universalism Articles
HERE (http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/univart.html)
Ray Prinzing
HERE (http://www.sigler.org/sirius8/rpredemption.htm)
Elwin Roach
HERE (http://www.godfire.net/)
J. Preston Eby
HERE (http://www.godfire.net/eby/saviour_of_the_world.html)
Terry Crisp Good Seed Publications
HERE (http://www.goodseedpublications.com)
http://www.goodseedpublications.com/
Dr. Harold Lovelace
HERE (http://www.haroldlovelace.com/)
Terry Miller
Finding Friends for Fellowship
Universal Peace / Ultimate Reconciliation
A Directory
HERE (http://www.angelfire.com/dc/universalism/form.html)
The Glory Road: A Kingdom Highway -Jan & Lenny Antonsson-
HERE (http://thegloryrd.com/)
Robert & Charlotte Torango: The House Of The Lord
HERE (http://www.thehouseofthelord.com/)
The One Purpose Of God
HERE (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=glnVftANWQAC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq='The+One+Purpose+of+God'+by+Jan+Bonda&source=bl&ots=txxBIbJdIO&sig=_9e93Y5DcU1Se5rQDB2KH2wgEJg&hl=en&ei=QuytSv7-E435-Aaks6C9Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false)
Savior Of All
HERE (http://www.savior-of-all.com)
"Union with Christ Ministries" (Peter Gray, Australia)
www.unionwithchrist.com (http://www.unionwithchrist.com)
Quote from: FineLinen on March 09, 2008, 04:53:05 PM
Hope Beyond Hell: The Righteous Purpose Of God's Judgment
HERE (http://www.hopebeyondhell.net/song.php)
Let's sing together with Randy....
I see an army - I hear a song
rise in the nations, beautiful and strong.
A song of mercy that shatters pride,
a song of great love that purifies.
I see warriors with hands upraised,
holding no weapon, but their swords of praise.
Strongholds shatter. Kings bow down
before the Master and yield their crowns.
And every eye will see Him as Love wins through at last.
And every heart be drawn unto the Lamb.
Every voice will cry out what every heart will know
and before the throne we stand.
I see the earth now, its groanings cease.
Creation lifts praise to the Prince of Peace.
Wars have ended and weapons fall.
An invitation to one and all.
I see the Church now as a passionate Bride.
I see her Lover with His fiery eyes.
All His longing and her desire
join as one flame in heaven's fire.
And every eye will see Him as Love wins through at last.
And every heart be drawn unto the Lamb.
Every voice will cry out what every heart will know
and before the throne we stand.
I see a kingdom that never ends.
I see a Judge now who calls sinners 'Friends'.
Who gathers rebels and overwhelms
Them with His mercy so He can dwell
in hearts He's captured and rules in love.
He wraps around them a robe dipped in blood.
His tears are washing their fears away
and then He lifts them to see His face.
And every eye will see Him as Love wins through at last.
And every heart be drawn unto the Lamb.
Every voice will cry out what every heart will know
and before the throne we stand.
All will gaze in wonder at the reach of heaven's plan.
How could mercy touch the lowest man?
Drawn from every nation, every voice,and every tongue, amazed at what the Lord of Love has done.
amazed at what the Lord of Love has done.
I see a King now and I believe.
I hear His voice now and He's calling me.
I would love to buy this song,but I do not know where to get it.Can any one tell me where I can get this song and others like it.Thank you Crlnray.. :bigGrin:
I can ask the Author's wife about this.
If I forget to get back with you- just send me a PM.
Quote from: crlnray on April 19, 2008, 01:04:00 AM
I would love to buy this song,but I do not know where to get it.
Hi, crlnray!
The author's wife said this:
She should be able to right click and choose save target as on the link on tentmaker and download it to her windows media player.
Liberty;
Quote from: Liberty on April 02, 2008, 09:24:30 PM
"Union with Christ Ministries" (Peter Gray, Australia)
www.unionwithchrist.com (http://www.unionwithchrist.com)
You may want to pass it on to brother Gray that his blog link is dead. Either his blog doesn't exist, or there is a syntax problem in the link code.
Also, as far as The Restoration of All Links goes:
Enduring Grace (http://enduring-grace.com)
and
Glad Tidings Chapel (http://twsj.ws/)
Why I Am A Universalist By P. T. Barnum
http://www.pacificuu.org/publ/univ/writings/barnum_why.html#barnum
I am a convinced universalist. Dr. William Barclay
Author Of Many Witnesses One Lord & Barclay New Testament
I believe that in the end all men will be gathered into the love of God.
In the early days Origen was the great name connected with universalism. I would believe with Origen that universalism is no easy thing. Origen believed that after death there were many who would need prolonged instruction, the sternest discipline, even the severest punishment before they were fit for the presence of God. Origen did not eliminate hell; he believed that some people would have to go to heaven via hell. He believed that even at the end of the day there would be some on whom the scars remained. He did not believe in eternal punishment, but he did see the possibility of eternal penalty. And so the choice is whether we accept God's offer and invitation willingly, or take the long and terrible way round through ages of purification.
Gregory of Nyssa offered three reasons why he believed in universalism.
First, he believed in it because of the character of God. "Being good, God entertains pity for fallen man; being wise, he is not ignorant of the means for his recovery." Second, he believed in it because of the nature of evil. Evil must in the end be moved out of existence, "so that the absolutely non-existent should cease to be at all." Evil is essentially negative and doomed to non-existence. Third, he believed in it because of the purpose of punishment. The purpose of punishment is always remedial. Its aim is "to get the good separated from the evil and to attract it into the communion of blessedness." Punishment will hurt, but it is like the fire which separates the alloy from the gold; it is like the surgery which removes the diseased thing; it is like the cautery which burns out that which cannot be removed any other way.
But I want to set down not the arguments of others but the thoughts which have persuaded me personally of universal salvation.
First, there is the fact that there are things in the New Testament which more than justify this belief. Jesus said: "I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32). Paul writes to the Romans: "God has consigned all men to disobedience that he may have mercy on all" (Rom. 11:32). He writes to the Corinthians: "As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive" (1 Cor. 15:22); and he looks to the final total triumph when God will be everything to everyone (1 Cor. 15:28). In the First Letter to Timothy we read of God "who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth," and of Christ Jesus "who gave himself as a ransom for all" (1 Tim 2:4-6). The New Testament itself is not in the least afraid of the word all.
Second, one of the key passages is Matthew 25:46 where it is said that the rejected go away to eternal punishment, and the righteous to eternal life. The Greek word for punishment is kolasis, which was not originally an ethical word at all. It originally meant the pruning of trees to make them grow better. I think it is true to say that in all Greek secular literature kolasis is never used of anything but remedial punishment. The word for eternal is aionios. It means more than everlasting, for Plato - who may have invented the word - plainly says that a thing may be everlasting and still not be aionios. The simplest way to out it is that aionios cannot be used properly of anyone but God; it is the word uniquely, as Plato saw it, of God. Eternal punishment is then literally that kind of remedial punishment which it befits God to give and which only God can give.
Third, I believe that it is impossible to set limits to the grace of God. I believe that not only in this world, but in any other world there may be, the grace of God is still effective, still operative, still at work. I do not believe that the operation of the grace of God is limited to this world. I believe that the grace of God is as wide as the universe.
Fourth, I believe implicitly in the ultimate and complete triumph of God, the time when all things will be subject to him, and when God will be everything to everyone (1 Cor. 15:24-28). For me this has certain consequences. If one man remains outside the love of God at the end of time, it means that that one man has defeated the love of God - and that is impossible. Further, there is only one way in which we can think of the triumph of God. If God was no more than a King or Judge, then it would be possible to speak of his triumph, if his enemies were agonizing in hell or were totally and completely obliterated and wiped out. But God is not only King and Judge, God is Father - he is indeed Father more than anything else. No father could be happy while there were members of his family for ever in agony. No father would count it a triumph to obliterate the disobedient members of his family. The only triumph a father can know is to have all his family back home. The only victory love can enjoy is the day when its offer of love is answered by the return of love. The only possible final triumph is a universe loved by and in love with God.
Many Witnesses One Lord
http://www.religion-online.org/showbook.asp?title=1112
The Cross & The Ages To Come -G. Campbell Morgan-
HERE (http://tentmaker.org/forum/arguments-against-universal-salvation/the-cross-the-ages-to-come/)
The Christian Universalist Association
http://www.christianuniversalist.org/resources/articles/
Mystical Religious Experiences and Christian Universalism
HERE (http://www.christianuniversalist.org/resources/articles/mystical-experiences/)
The restoration is the completion of all things to do with the two bruises from Ge:3:15. When Jesus said, 'It is finished.' just before He died on the cross He was referring to all things associated with the 'bruise to the heel'. When He says, 'It is done.' as He pours out the 7th vial He is referencing all things to do with the bruise to Satan's head.
Ge:1-3 and Re:20-22 are the Scripture being referenced when God says,'It is done.' in Re:21.
Isa:66:22:
For as the new heavens and the new earth,
which I will make,
shall remain before me,
saith the LORD,
so shall your seed and your name remain.
Various Authors
http://www.beaconofgrace.com/?subpages/Hell-Studies.shtml
Wow! Great lists! And awesome poem! :HeartThrob:
I have to go back and read the post about early fathers.. (after I do some chores! :)
It's very interesting to hear others top reasons for being convinced of Universal Reconciliation.
:gsmile: