The Narrow Path Ministries

Hi Homer, You wrote: Awaiting the universalist exegesis of the Hebrews 12 text. Though I am not a universalist, I do have an understanding of Hebrews 12 that would fit as well into the universalist's eschatology as into any other. I have no awareness of any universalist who shares my view of this. ...

I was traveling all weekend, without opportunity to post, but Todd answered quite correctly on this. Paul is not saying anything about dead people having or not having hope. He is addressing the mood of survivors. Christian survivors, informed by the Gospel, have hope for their dead. The belief sys...

Thanks Homer.

So you are answering "no" to my original question, correct? That dead unbelievers have no hope of salvation?

David

Can someone who doesn't believe in universal reconciliation please post an answer?

Thanks,
David

Todd,

So do you believe in universal reconciliation?

David

I have no specific biblical data to answer this question. Some take the silence as a negative. Others find it encouraging. Steve, What about this verse? 1Th 4:13 Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who ...

This question is for Steve Gregg, although I welcome anyone else to post their answer supported with scriptures:

Q: Does the unbeliever who dies without Christ have any hope of repenting or salvation after death?

Thanks,
David in Wichita

All, How would you respond to someone who stated that Jesus was insensitive and rude in the following circumstance? Luk 9:59 Jesus said to another, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." Luk 9:60 But Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for y...

Follow this: 1. The Word was God - John 1:1 2. The Word (God) was made flesh (Jesus birth) - John 1:14 3. God raised the Word (Jesus & God) from the dead - Acts 13:30 4. The Word was God - John 1:1 Therefore, The Word (God) raised the Word (Jesus) from the dead. How could the Word raise himself from...