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It is because I believe in the work of God's Son on the cross, that I'm a universalist. Right then and there, He accomplished what He came for: save all the world. Again somebody else put it much more eloquently than I ever could: “Everything that goes wrong in Adam is restored in Christ.”...

While I respect your opinion, when I weigh various Biblical passages, I come to the conclusion that universalism has the stronger support. I believe that Jesus came to save the world and has the keys to hell. I believe that even after death people can still hear His words and believe in him. God...

Well, in my experience the contrary is the case: those who’ve experienced the mercy of Christ for themselves will pass it on to others and thus be less likely to do evil against them. These believers don’t just avoid evil because of fear of punishment, but because of the true love in their...

I'm still not quite sure, where you see the contradiction. Have a look at how Jesus taught the law: saying it’s not what goes into the mouth that makes people unclean, but what comes out of it; saying the Sabbath was made for men and not the other way around, summarizing the law under the two...

Mmmh, I always thought that the main point of the story was that Abraham demonstrated his faith through obedience by being actually willing to give up what’s nearest and dearest to him to God, not by believing God would deliver a substitute for Isaac all along. That God then did so was a...

Well, Luther somehow managed to overcome his aversions against the Epistle of James, so maybe so can you. The solution is that we can’t reach salvation via our good works, but only by God’s grace that we accept in faith. But when God gives us faith, this faith will make us want to do good...

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Seeing that Jesus even forgave those who crucified Him, my assumption is that His mercy and grace is endless. And when the Bible tells us He came to save all the world, I trust that He manages to do just that! How could a good shepherd lose even just one sheep?

Just telling by their actions it appears that a lot of Christians didn’t and don’t believe in "love your enemy" either. There’s precious few pacifists throughout Christian history.

It seems to me that the urge to put people into dichotomous boxes of male and female is only human, whereas God isn’t really all that bothered about our gender. See Gal. 3:28: „There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ...

... how exciting it is that these days we can communicate with fellow-Christians from around the world! I hope for inspiring conversations with interesting people here. God bless you all, junobet