Ultimate Restoration (Apokatástasis)

Across every eon (αἰών) of human history, billions of men and women have lived and died without ever hearing the name of Jesus — born in the wrong place, the wrong century, the wrong culture. What does the gospel of…

The following chapter is from the book The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment by Thomas B. Thayer, written in 1855. It is often said that man needs the doctrine of Hell as a place of endless punishment to…

Why live a good life if God plans to save everyone in the end — no matter what they have done? It’s amazing how often folks ask that question without giving more thought to it before they voice it. My…

As evangelical Christians, we have not been true to our trust and responsibility for the spread of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have complicated it and made it into something Jesus (and Paul) never thought of. We…

“If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding, if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hidden treasures, then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of…

“The words he spoke cut me like a knife and I will never forget them: ‘Daddy, I try to be a good boy, but I can’t be good like you.'” “Gary, Many times I have considered writing to you and…

Here is my story, or rather the bit that relates to hellfire terrors. When I was growing up, my understanding of God was that it was very important to believe that the world was created in six 24-hour days and…

“9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under…

Like a golden thread woven through the Bible, so runs the doctrine of the restoration of all things. While not immediately apparent, once visible, it stands out as a central doctrine of both Old and New Testaments. In the same…

The early Christians of the first few centuries knew what the Greek word “ta panta (τα πάντα)” meant. It meant “all.” They took Scriptures listed below and believed what they said. To the early Christians, “all” meant “all.” This Greek…

On a farm near a small town in central Minnesota, February 21, 1909, I entered this world. My mother passed from this life one week later of complications from childbirth. My father was raised in a Baptist family but after…

A SERMON Delivered at the University in Philadelphia, January 4, 1782. To the Members of the BAPTIST CHURCH, who have been rejected by their Brethren, for holding the Doctrine of the final Restoration of all Things. By Elhanan Winchester.Published at…

Dear Gary, I want to tell you again what a tremendous impact this “New Gospel” (actually “Original Gospel”), of Jesus as the Saviour of the whole world, has had on my life. When my friend Irven Gerbrandt brought up the…

Note from the editor of Tentmaker Publication [Gary A.]: Those who embrace Universal Salvation are often accused of believing in a doctrine which has no Biblical basis. The following pages will thoroughly refute such an opinion. Since the book from…