dwight92070 wrote:Apparently he's respected by you but when he makes the statement: "I have never seen a "Hollywood" movie that presented the gospel so clearly and unequivocally.", I would put him in the category of those who Paul is describing in Galatians 1:6-9.
Actually, he's a super well respected theologian and Christ-like follower of Jesus
Actually, there are a bunch of verses in Scripture that do make it sound like all will be saved. I don't happen to interpret those verses in the same way as Young, but we shouldn't pretend they don't exist.There's no place in the Bible where we are told that all will be saved and that there are many paths (beside Jesus) to God.
And he never says there are paths to God other than Jesus. He says Jesus will travel any path to find you. Huge difference.
God is never called a female - He is always referred to as a male. He is never called "she" or "her".
Female metaphors are used... but I think the bigger question for you to answer is: Do you actually believe that God is a male?
Jesus is always shown submitting to His Father. God never submits to man, but we must always submit to Him.
Do you consider the idea of mutual submission within the inner-working of the Trinity to be heresy? Or do you just not agree that it happens?
On the second point, I"m pretty sure you just don't understand Young's use of the word submit. It seems to me rather obvious that God works within the context of (even bad) human choices all the time. That's what Young is getting at. God doesn't utilize meticulous sovereignty. It's just Young being a non-calvinist.
Young believes in judgment (carefully defined) and he believes in hell. He agrees that we all need to experience forgiveness for our sins and that salvation is found only in Jesus.God will judge sin and there is an ultimate place of judgment, called the lake of fire. All individuals must receive forgiveness for their sins or they cannot be saved.
It seems you are reacting to a caricature moreso than to the actual author/book.