Re: snippets from the hard copy universal reconciliation library of Rodger Tutt -- The Christian Paradigm

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Subject: Re: snippets from the hard copy universal reconciliation library of Rodger Tutt

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Date Posted: Sat, Apr 14 2012, 5:57:15
In reply to: Rodger Tutt 's message, "snippets from the hard copy universal reconciliation library of Rodger Tutt" on Mon, Mar 26 2012, 14:53:02

#20 - THE GOSPEL FROM OUTER SPACE � ROBERT SHORT

�The gospel of love heard from the churches is at bottom a gospel at gunpoint. This gospel claims to speak of a great love, but only one step behind this �love� is an unspoken, or often very vocal great threat � the threat of eternity in �hell� if we refuse this love. What a travesty of love, even human love, not to mention God�s! For one would think that God�s love ought to be at least as great as what human beings are capable of. It is precisely the implied or expressed threat of eternal perdition that compromises the churches� �gospel of love,� and gives this �gospel� the lie to ordinary people, and is in fact behind by far, most of atheism.

On the other hand, this is not the quality of mercy I see in God. I get the strong feeling of an infinite, unconditional, no-strings-attached love for all people. At the same time this love is all-powerful and sovereign. It is not so flimsy and pitifully weak that it can be finally frustrated or defeated by mere human whim or by meagre man�s arrogant illusion called �free will.� �

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Date Posted: Sun, Apr 15 2012, 6:19:30

#21 - THE GREAT REVELATION OR GOD�S LOVE, PURPOSE AND PLAN � JOHN H. PATON

�Some say that if it can be proved that the punishment of the wicked will have an end, the same argument will prove that the life of the righteous will also end. But this is too much to take for granted on such a premise. Aionios does not of itself indicate either the limited or unlimited duration of anything, but its duration in each case depends on the nature of that to which it is applied.

Colored glasses give color to whatever men look at, and it is difficult for many to divest themselves of the influence of former teaching so far as to be willing to look at a thing from the standpoint of another.

Some of us have done this however. Though trained in the old school of thought, we have been enabled, by a careful examination of the Scriptures, to throw off the old idea and to accept the larger and better hope. And we are assured that the plan of the ages with its progressive revelation, and the general scope and spirit of the gospel as a revelation of the infinite love and wisdom of God, are far stronger evidence of the final victory of Christ in saving all men, than the mere definition of any word could be.�