"All" by Keith DeRose (March 2011)

[Alex_Smith]

Thanks James Jones for pointing me to Tony Jones The Post You NEED to Read about Universalism, who pointed me to Keith’s latest post on universalism

(http://prosblogion.ektopos.com/2011/03/07/all/) , Keith"]There are many ways by which non-universalists try to evade the universalist implications of the New Testament passages typically cited as teaching universalism (like those presented in section 2 of my on-line defense of universalism). Sadly, one of the most common is to claim that ‘all’ (and its Greek equivalent) does not always mean “all without exception”, but has some other, weaker sense, and to urge that the passages are only saying that all will be saved in one of these weaker senses of “all”…

I’m delighted to see Keith has found the time to write again on this topic!

[amy]

Thanks for pointing me too it Alex. Maybe I can point others to it instead of trying to explain myself. So much easier to point to what’s already been written.

Keith Derose says.I’m not entirely clear about what that “all without distinction” sense is supposed to be - I think that varies a bit from evader to evader.

He calls thems evaders.

[Alex_Smith]

His comments on both blogs are worth reading too

I really hope he joins our forum one day, it would be a huge blessing.

[javajames]

I really hope he joins our forum one day, it would be a huge blessing.

Amen! Of course, what you have contributed to the discussion is monumental, from my point of view. Thank you and others for spreading the word.

James