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January 1: I wanted to thank you for putting that link [to this website] in your signature. I was raised in a Catholic household, so naturally I was taught that most people will go to hell. I questioned it, I always have, but I was afraid to say anything without proof, or knowledge, or even research. Unfortunately, all the searches I did for hours and hours were people telling me what I'd been taught all my life and honestly, I was beginning to lose hope. So, thank you for showing me I was right about something, just one thing in my life - that God is loving. ... I'm actually very interested in Universalism, I just wish I could actually manage to get to a church. I'd really love to learn more, but the worst part is having to be very careful about keeping it quiet, because of my situation at home. (Let me put it this way -- if my dad knew I was on this board, simply for the non-Catholic nature of it, I'd probably have my internet taken away faster than I could blink.) It's tough, but I'm willing to keep going. ... You've already helped one person find their faith back, at least! I'll do my best to spread the word, too. God bless you! Thank you again, January 20: I have great love and respect for Jesus, even though I don't describe myself as a Christian. (Man-made religions aren't my cup of tea). That aside, I really liked your website. If more Christian churches had a Universalist philosophy, I think attendance would go up! I don't understand why more Christians can't understand God to be always loving and non-judgmental! Sincerely, January 23: I wanted to tell you, I went to your website, and that makes much more sense to me than what I've seen elsewhere. A little "background" if you will.. I thought of myself as "Christian" for years. But recently, I have somewhat "deconverted" from it. Mainly due to the plain "meanness" of fundamentalists! To most, its viewed as an exclusive club where only a few can be members.. the rest are doomed. The concept of "hell" for those who don't follow each and every little rule and regulation.. well, the stress of all that was more than I could take. I just wanted to say, I appreciate your site.. and linked a friend to it also. Thank you.. peace and blessings, February 25: Great web site.... you have a really good collection of links and well organized. I'm just starting to read through it all. I grew up in a conservative Christian home and always had a lot of fear of God because of my sins, and always asking myself am I really saved? The church I was raised in was charismatic and focused a lot on tongues and gifts of the spirit. I never was able to speak in tongues or feel the way some other people said I was supposed to feel if I was really born again in the spirit. I'm going through a time of questioning all my beliefs right now... not even sure I'm a Christian anymore, but your web site has given me a reason to start reading the Bible again and try to figure out if what you say is true, that Jesus was a universalist. I hope you're right but I need to do some more studying to be sure. Anyway, thanks again for your excellent site. David March 27: certainly enjoyed your site. i will be returning frequently to read other sections. i find your prose extremely easy to read and comprehend. are you a minister of the gospel? if not, you should be! L.G. Kirkpatrick March 29: As if all the years of searching, praying and piece by piece discovery in my own heart, combined with my wifes even more radical beliefs includingf the redemption of any true searcher, whether Christian, Muslim, Buhdist, etc could have been found all in one place. When I accepted in my heart that "God is Love" was literal, and that his love was the same as I feel fior my children, I discovered that while still infinte beyond understanding, I am no longer afraid of God, but feel his warmth and love directly, and not just through Jesus Christ. My questions began when the teachings of my church on homosexuality conflict with all I knew from my life. My homosexual freinds did not choose it, they were in many ways more decent and loving than the norm, the media hyped sterotype of bathhouse, back hall sex, gloryhole promiscuity was a result of rebelion against the inssistance by Christianity that a homosexual could only be saved by living celebate. Instead many rebeled in an act of animalistic and purposely overt promiscuity. Instead of celebacy, they choose orgy. I discovered Gods love, and that he will suffer none of his children to be lost... but only when I had my own child, and could understand what love truely means in the purest form I know, for my child. After years of despair for the church, 30 mins here [at your website] and I am a believer Kendell Davenport April 15: Greatings, I'm so happy to have found another great Christian Universalist site. I want to thank you for your part in spreading the truth of our loving Savior. I was actually harassed by a fundementalist today, he gave me a Jack Chick comic book, of course it's all about hell. I got such a bad feeling, not for me but for him. He's so blind, that he cannot see when he does that he is turning people away from God by scaring them. He is living in a lie based on God's "love" by torturing souls. Hopefully one day he'll come across a site like this and he will read the truth. God Bless, April 25: Thank you for your website. Thank you for BEING BOLD IN THIS DAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED AND ARE SEARCHING FOR DOCTINE THAT IS TRUE TO God's Word. I'm sure that you are being blessed by God for reaching out to others; that is the Christian spirit! Praise the Lord for all things. YES, what Christ did will cure all that the first Adam brought upon mankind and our world! Dave Hester April 26: Hi Eric, I'm Gary Jessup who put up the hellbusters site that you have several links to. Just now found your site and love the way it lays it all out. .... Will put a couple of links to your site on the Reconciliation Link page as soon as possible. .... Thank you for your excellent site. God Bless, May 15: Hi, I just wanted to email you and thank you for your sight on Universalism. I have been raised a Unitarian Universalist but my extended family, which I am very close to, is very Christian so I have a strong connection to Christianity and the teachings of Christ. It is heartening to see that Christianity is turning away from the idea of everlasting torment, which is the primary reason I have never been able to fully accept Christianity despite my respect for the teachings of Christ. Also, I am a High School student am in a Western Heritage class and we are writing a paper on the topic of Hell. I chose to write about why I, as a Universalist, have rejected the common view of Hell. You're website was extremely helpful in constructing this paper and I wanted to thank you for that (I have sited your website properly in my bibliography, so you have recieved credit where it is due). Thanks again, May 30: You have done a nice job of putting the case forward for the salvation (eventually) of all. Traditional believers are too arrogant, are only looking out for their own skin, and believe the "bad guys" should roast forever. There is little love, if any really, in their hearts. They don't understand a thing about the AGES and God's purpose in their existence. How can they when they would read the KJV or listen to a traditional pastor instead of searching the Scripture themselves? But this too is still all part of God's plan. Eph 1:11. Blessings, May 31: Hey, I thought you make some outstanding points. People who say, "believe in Jesus or roast," to me seem well meaning but undiscerning. For example, what about non-Christian children, unrepentant Alzheimer's patients, holocaust Jews, Gandhi, Beethoven, 98% of Japan, and Albert Einstein? Are all these people being "burned at the stake" in hell...for eternity? Come on! Christians claim that children have an age of accountability because of what Jesus said, "theirs is the kingdom of heaven." But they refuse to take His words literally when He says that the kingdom of heaven also belongs to the poor in spirit. Let's stop picking and choosing verses. I'm not saying that I don't believe in hell. But it's not all cut and dry like so many Christians would have one believe. For example, there's also a place called Hades, where Jesus has been known to preach. I just believe in a temporal hell that purifies us for heaven, when Christ will "draw all people unto Himself." In His Grip, June 3: Hello Brothers/Sisters in Christ our Lord, First of all, Amen to the Father Almighty who Loved us while we were still sinners, and then some. Second, my name is Miroslaw. I go to a State University in Buffalo, NY. I have also recently (2 months ago) realized the Truth of God's love for ALL. ... Thank You, June 4: There is sound study here on this site.... God be with you brothers and sisters, June 7: Thank you for your labor concenring this bright hope for all of humanity,truly we are being constituded " ministers of reconciliation", i'm 78 now and tired I wish I had seen this sooner,but praise the Lord there are ones like you who are spreading the word. It was just three years ago that we were blessed with this truth thru our friend Al Knoch the grandson of A.E knoch who published the Concordant version of the Bible Al has suffered a lot of grief because of his truth. Harry June 8: yeah, i've been praying to God to abolish hell. hey, He is GOD after all, right "nothing is impossible..." etc. slavery was abolished in most countries and now there is prison reform... i was hoping the universal tyrant known as the christian God (love me... or else! burn, sucker burn!) would catch up. you see how hell and damnation doctrines can lead to blasphemy, which is, after all, the "eternal sin." I do love jesus but sometimes He is mean. like throwing people in hell. forever unto the eons of the ages. so i went on a google search for the place i am supposedly destined to go, unless Jesus changes his mind (i said all sorts of bad things about those people who jump and scream... whoops). but anyhow, God still talks to me and heals me and answers my prayers, because, I was praying for the end of all damnation and now I run into this site full of intelligent proof positive evidence that that theory could have been chalked up by those same people that really thing people with AIDS deserve it because they are gay or african or that my brother is mentally retarded because of some "secret sin" my parents never confessed. I feel blessed. AnonymousJune 13: I am mostly convinced God does not want to torture his disobedient or uniformed creation for eternity. I read a book authored by Phillip Gulley, a Quaker minister from Indiana, about God's saving grace. He states he can not prove Universalism by Scripture alone. He has to reconcile that all Scripture may not be inerrant and he has to include his own experience and observation, along with Scripture to come to the conclusion that all men will eventually be saved. I would like to think Universalism can be proved completely by Scripture, but I am not sure it can. I have enjoyed your website and will consider it a great resource for my future learning and sharing with people who are ready for this Good News. I am wondering if there are any churches in Central Illinois that are Christian- Universalist? All I can find are Unitarian Universalist churches. My Baptist brothers and sisters may be upset if they find out their Chairman of the Deacons thinks the way I do. Phillip Hermes June 18: God is good. The bible obviously teaches that punishment is limited (Romans 5), although so few see it because of our desire as people to have something someone else doesn't. The desire to prop up the failed unbiblical carnal belief that God endlessly tortures people is, indeed, straight from hell. To attempt to get God "off the hook" by saying we have absolute free will is to rob God of His will. Besides, the bible clearly teaches no one can resist his will. Oh we try. But in the end, God always wins. (Rom. 9). I appreciate many of your articles, as we have posted many on our site as well (www.fellowship.to). To God be the Glory as He reconciles all things to himself as the scripture plainly teaches. Dave Parkhurst June 22: First off...I love the new format for your site, very clean and easy to navigate. .... I come from a fundamentalist Baptist background, and while I don't want to abandon that system...I DO find myself believing your arguments towards the temporality of hell. .... thanks again for your marvelous website, it is an invaluable source of information and I'm so happy I came across it. Jonathan Hamilton June 23: MANKIND WILL ALL ENJOY GODS GLORY !!! THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR LOVE !!! Walter June 29: I have been a universalist for most of my life against any idea of hell. However, after recieving the grace of GOD I have come to the truth that Universalism and Hell go hand in hand. For the ones who THINK that hell is eternal are hypocrites. And those who BELIEVE in conditionality would dedicate every ounce of their life to saving those who have not been saved. God shows us that the kingdom of heaven is perfectly united and perfectly protected and nothing else will prevail. The TRUTH is that we ARE his kingdom... and we are as God created us in his Likeness(composition:light and love) and Image(how he is percieved.) I appreciate your website profusely, as I venture on my realization of enlightenment. Thanx, July 2: Nice site. i dey ooooooooooooo Dr. Mugu July 5: I think your site makes some very interesting points. For pretty much all my life I have heard that the most important thing for a christian to do is love Jesus and I should love Him with all my heart, mind, and soul. So, quite naturally, the image in my mind was one where He was holding my trembling body over a huge opening to a volcano and demanding "love me or else!!" This site has helped to clear up some confusion and a lot of fear I have had for quite some time. I am still in the process of reading all of your articles and I just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to post all of them. They have been a great help to me as I am trying to study the gospel for myself instead of just agreeing with everything a preacher has to say. Christian July 6: Eric, My name is Eddie and I also beleive in universalism and want to thank you for spreading the "real good news". .... thanks for preaching that God is loving and great enough to save his ENTIRE creation. Love in Jesus, July 15: Thanks for being here ! I am growing all the time and my perceptions always get challenged. I am not always happy about this but processes are rarely asked to be liked. Yahweh Speed ! Right on Time ! Jason July 16: Good morning, Eric: Loved your article Hell: Satan's Biggest Lie. .... I'm heading back now to read more of your articles. In Christ, July 24: Hey! I'm really glad that I found this website, I'm truly amazed that I'm not the only christian universalist out there. I was so sure that my beliefs were based around heresies and were completely unscriptural it is rather relieving to find out that they aren't. A lot of people are trying to disprove what's taught on this site. It's really funny because most of the issues that they raise are actually adressed right here on the site. Seeing this isn't a debate forum, I shall refrain from attempting to 'disprove' them or prove anything. Besides logic rarely changs someone's mind, accepting and loving them does. Thanks a lot for this site! Tim July 29: Nice site, thanks... Anonymous July 30: Good Site Anonymous August 2: A large number of VERY good articles and information. ... Al Jenke August 4: Good site. Huvati August 6: Mr. Stetson, I just want to thank you for opening my eyes to the truth; which is Universalism. I used to be a Christian Fundamentalist but I was always discombobulated about the idea of Eternal Hell. I never really loved God. I just followed Him because I was afraid of Eternal Damnation. I even found myself doubting the existence of God. But thanks to you and your site, I have found what I've been searching for. I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my heart. Regards, John R. August 15: Just found this site tonight, can't wait to read everything. I was brought up Catholic 20 years, Pentecostal 20 years, yet never really believed in my heart the doctrines of hell or the unreasonableness of God that the 'normal' gospel presents. People would always argue with me saying that I shouldn't try to understand God with human paramaters, or that we should trust him. Never mindthat most people would end up in hell forever, let him look after all that. I feel many Christians; nearly every one I know and love, have a smug sort of attitude. "We're OK, we know Jesus, and we witness occaisionally when it comes up or if the church organises an outreach. but most of the time we are very busy(working; call it what it is; "making money") going about our everyday lives while somewhere in the back of our minds we know that nearly everyone at work, all of our neighbours and many members of our families will spend eternity in torment and pain." It doesn't even make sence, I don't think people think at all. I've never believed it. Now I'll be informed and happily more able with my sword. Thanks so much for your clarity of thought and your thorough research. Here's to the GOOD NEWS to the GOSPEL OF PEACE Gerardine August 16: Thank you so MUCH. Im 15 and for the longest time I was struggling with what I believed in, I knew I wanted Christianity, but I didn't undertsand why all my non-Christian friends would end up in hell. Then it hit me..."duh..what hell?" It really upset my bouyfriend and now he thinks im going to be damned to hell for not believing in it. This web site is PERFECT for me. Thank you SO SO SO much! Milea August 19: I was a Jehovah's Witness for 27 years. In 2002, I became a Bible Student (Russellite). Now I am a Unitarian Universalist, representing the Universalist wing and beliefs. I believed that all people will eventually be saved. I founded a sub-group under UU congregation in Manila and we named it CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALIST BIBLE STUDENTS. If you are a Filipino living in the Philippines or in abroad and wanted to contact me or attend our worship services, please contact my email address: united_biblestudents@yahoo.com Greg August 19: Greetings from Sharon Schools in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. I'm enjoying your website. You'll be interested to know that the main body of believers coming into being as a result of the outpouring and revival of 1948 at N. Battleford are walking in the truth of the restoration of all. A tape entitled THE GREAT RECONCILIATION (from one of the Sharon Camp Meetings) may interest many. It's a Biblical look at this important Truth. Contact me directly: sharonbroadcast@yahoo.com Terry Miller August 24: Dear Eric Stetson: I wanted to thank you for your walk with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit. My testimony is somewhat similar but I had left the Catholic Faith to trust God and Jesus Christ personally. I became born-again 3 years ago and I am thankful even in the trials of my husband and entire family who are trying to come to terms with my leaving their faith. But it is those very trials that God has taught me to trust Him and that He loves me. His free gift of grace and salvation I am so grateful. ... Yes the walk of following Christ has not been easy, but we know it includes the trials because Jesus told us so. I am so glad that I don't have to "earn" God's love or salvation, for it is a free gift to us, and I am eternally grateful. I encourage you to continue being His faithful servant and sign-post. We help plant the seeds and God waters them and causes them to grow. Because you endure, I can too. I will pray for you. Yours in Christ Jesus, August 28: I dont have any fancy words to say except I was a traditional biblethumping Christian but some of those beleifs never sat well with my conscience. Whenever I tried to discuss these feelings with "Christians" I was greeted with double talk and hostility (typical) I notice in all the "con" letters in this forum most of them are either patronizing or angry or downright hateful. I cant begin to tell you about the hatred from "loving Christians" I have recieved for simply asking these questions. May God bless you and your site for daring to bring reason and common sense to the gospel Tony August 31: Great website! It's nice to see Christians spreading love and reconciliation in God's name, instead of division and hate. Keep up the good work. Aletheia September 1: Hi Eric, Just a quick note to tell you how impressed I am with the quality and content of your website. You've done a terrific job of designing a first-class site and providing excellent resources for folks whom God has prepared to see the "good news" of the reconciliation of all. If you don't mind, we've just added your site to the Gospel For Today Ministries links section of our main web and our discussion forum. Hopefully, you'll get quite a bit more traffic through those links. All glory and all praise to the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ! Peace, John N. Moneypenny, President September 6: I don't know what to say except i really really hope you people are right! With all the thousands of different religions and interpretations of the bible these days i don't know what to believe anymore and sometimes i wish some one had just killed me before i reached the magic split-second in time known as the "age of accountability" if such a thing even exists. Or that me and my loved ones could just not exist so at least them we would not hafta worry about each other being tormented for all eternity if one of us happens to be slighty misguided in this life time. I am terrified of God and feel like i must keep my distance so i don't end up angering Him. oh well, at least you guys have given me a ray of hope. Michaela September 9: I want to commend you on a job well done. I've been searching and searching and searching for something that made since for a long time. I used to be a baptist, but then found out about mistranslations and became an advent christian believing in annihilation. After reading this it made so much sense to me that almost all my doubts are gone, if any at all. I feel happy that i will no longer have to walk around blind looking for the truth, im glad to know that my God is not a tyrrant and my friends woun't burn with their families forever. Anonymous September 12: Dear Brother in Christ!. I am writing to tell you what a blessing your website has been to me. I grew up in an anglican background where hell and eternal torment were ingrained in us from a young age. However, the theory had many loose ends as it had been fabricated by the church. I am able to love God more now that I see him as a savior of all and not as a person who burns people in hell forever. Thank you! you are doing a wonderful job. I was surprised that this doctrine of restoration was the original doctrine of the Christian Church before it was uprooted by the doctrine of damnation. I only pray that more people will come to understand God's wonderful plan for the salvation of all of humanity. Christ is truly savior of all mankind and as Isaiah says He will truly see his travail and be satisfied. Thanking you! Keep up the Good work Yours in Christ September 14: Just a note to say thanks. I'm an M.Div student at Brite Divinity School. A professor asked us to write our definition of 'salvation'. I was stumped. Have been for years. Christian Universalism will help me define my "theology of salvation." While I've been quite willing to throw the worst of the worst into the lake of fire, eternal damnation for minor sin, for those of other faiths, for those who do not believe 'the truth' (however defined)and the like has always seemed, well wrong. And now I see that eternal fire even for the worst of the worst is also wrong. Thanks for your insight. And thanks for the site! David September 15: NICE JOB AND GOD BLESS Mr. Mugu Joe September 20: Eric: I am the pastor of a church that teaches Universalism or Ultimate Reconciliation. Our number is growing. Not as quickly as I would like, but it is obvious that God is doing a work. I received my M.Div. and D.Min. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Southern Baptist) in Fort Worth, TX. I pastored two Baptist churches before going to a hospital as chaplain. I did not accept Universalism easily. In fact, I was dragged kicking and screaming. I studied for a year before ever saying anything to anyone about my "discovery." Now everything fits. I don't see nearly as many conflicts in Scripture as I did before. It brings hope, joy, and peace. Now it seems so obvious, that I have had to apologize to my flock for teaching what I formerly taught. I wonder how I missed it for so many years. Our church information is: Community Chapel God bless you in your ministry. Your website has the best overal explanation of Christian Universalism I have seen. G.A. Roach September 20: Hi, my name is Robert, im 19 and living in Alabama. I currently do not have a religion. Sounds funny huh? Well i grew up part wikken, christan, and buddhist. Weird sort huh? Well, I had this really weird thing happen to me and to me it kinda made me think of god. Problem is, its not that i dont believe in god, but it feels like i haven't found him or him find me. Me and a friend debated heavily on the matter of god. He's an extreamist as you have described. You know, yah dont believe in him you go straight to hell type of guy. I aint saying im not open to god, recent events have proved maybe he is there but he hasnt proven himself to me or anything like that. I believe Jesus was real, i was taught that, and raised to try and be alot like him. ... I havent found my religion. But doesnt mean im not looking. I read your site about Jesus (real or idol) and i found it made alot of sence. ... R.J. September 21: Dear Eric, Hi! Enjoying your answers on the Christian Universalist FAQs. ... John T. September 30: Finally a Christian website that spreads real Good News and doesn't threaten hell and damnation for eternity. This is absolutely the best religious website I've ever seen! God Bless you. I have read your website and I am so glad I found it. It is totally awesome! I have struggled for years with my beliefs because of all the talk about hell and eternal damnation from preachers, evangilists, etc. This website makes perfect sense! Both my husband and I never believed in an eternal hell and this just confirms our beliefs even further. I need to recommend this website to my family and friends and anyone else who has doubts about a loving God and Jesus Christ. Thank you! The more people that are exposed to your website, the better. When I found Christian universalism, and read everything on there, it has brought me a lot of hope and a lot of peace. For a long time I didn't know that there were a lot of other people out there who believed the same way that we do. I didn't even know that there was a name for the way we believed. Keep up the good work! Sarah Van Vlake September 30: Greetings, to all. My story is long, but ill keep it short. at age 22 I heard the word of God on my little radio.... anyways years it took me to understand things, even my church didnt tell the whole truth, i was so lost, for many many years. Well my friends im now 40, first time i emailed a preacher in texas said he tought the truth in the word, he is christian, runs a little church.... He sent me a book called gods true word. like your site i found today, he tought the same thing and showed me the truth. Now my eyes see, and my heart feels good, knowing the truth feels so great. why any would think a GOD would let the ones he made die in hell forever, is so dumb.it even dosent make any sense at all. He loves us all. Hell is more like a prison for sins, once we pay back our sins we have done, God lets us all in heaven, as it should be. without sin, sins will be no more. Anthony October 2: [Some other Christian websites] portray the horrors of hell which doesn't make sense to me that a loving inteligent God will do such things to human beings that did not measure to His standard. Such beliefs portrays God worst than the worst torturer this world has ever known. The world needs needs your website to spread the real truth about the true God. Thanks and good job. You have my support. Emmanuel Cabrera October 5: I am so thankful that there are people who believe as I do out here. I attend a very conservative independent Baptist church. I have attempted to share this information with an elder from my church but he refuses to even consider it, calls it anathema and that it is a distortion of God's word. I have never really believed in hell, but had no proof or evidence that it did not exist, so I went along with it because the Bible truly does seem to support it clearly on the surface. Until I read "The Restitution of All Things", by Andrew Jukes, I had no idea of the full glory and depth and power of the love of our savior Jesus Christ. I will see you all in heaven!!!!! Love your sister in christ October 11: Eric, Your Christian-Universalist sight is beautiful. ... When my aunt died (she was a New Ager) her memorial was held at an Assembly of God church in Tacoma, and all the Pastor could say way, "Her loved ones will meet her again on the other side" yahda yahda. After the service I went up to him and asked him if he knew she was a New Ager. He said, "yes". I asked, "Is she going to Heaven?" And he said, "Well,..." but finally, "No!" I asked, "As an unbeliever, will she burn in Hell for all eternity?" He finally admitted, "Yes." I asked him why he told her sons (my cousins who were born-again) that they would meet her on the other said. He said, "Well, I didn't want to upset them." Lies...lies...lies....all in the name of Jesus. ... I can't believe in an eternal Hell for people who didn't even have a chance to hear the name "Jesus". Take care, October 11: Thanks for an inspiring and helpful site. Dennis October 12: i see all your points of view, your questions are well thought out, Great Job!!!! Gene October 17: I already know about this [Christian Universalism], being a member of a UU parish. But, my sister, who considers herself "born-again" doesn't understand my thinking and, instead, believes in the wrathful God you described. I wanted to be able to e-mail her something to the contrary. Thank you. Don October 27: Mr. Stetson, I was delighted to find your site concerning Christian Universalism, however I think you are too quick to dismiss UU churches as a place to find fellowship and welcome. It has been my experience that UUs welcome and accept each person’s path to enlightenment and I have had the honor to preach the good news many times from my congregation’s pulpit (and to toot my own horn, please see http://www.nuuc.org/PetrasSermon.html). It was may experience that UCC and Disciples churches simply avoided confronting you about your “heretical” ideas, but they were neither accepting nor forgiving of your different views. Thank you for your site and your work in spreading the good news. Best regards, October 28: Sir: I found your website recently, and found the information you've provided to be quite interesting. It's nice to see that there are those out there that are doing their best to rescue the teachings of Jesus from the fundamentalists. Tony S. October 30: was looking at your site and think its real good David B. October 31: This is an awesome website!! It spreads the TRUE Gospel. God be with you and yours! Sarah October 31: I have been reading your website and find it quite interesting. The take on eternity and the true translation is quite intriguing. Mike November 1: "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news,who proclaim peace."I am so glad that send this holy greeting for you from my the bible and hope that you may find good pleasure and joy of grace today.Help and pray for blessed revival.Thanks and bless. Keijo November 1: Mr. Stetson, I truly want to believe what you preach. I've even looked up the Scripture references to universal salvation that you have laid out, and they do look like they promote this doctrine. I've read some other links that explained how the Church has covered up the fact that the early Christians believed in universal salvation. … How can I be 100 % sure that Christian Universalism is the way, the truth, and the life? Mr. Stetson I want to believe you, and common sense tells me to... But I can't enjoy Christmas, or anything, or even simple love of my family because I think of these images of them burning forever, my baby brothers who are my best friends in the world, burning forever. I have grown to hate God and Christ. Please pray for me. It seems like you truly know Christ. Ask him to reveal his unconditional love for me. Thank you, God Bless. Jon November 3: I just found your site, and am glad. I had been theorizing on the same ideas your site describes. As a child, I could not accept that the kind and merciful God i had been taught about could condemn anyone to eternal damnation. I have freinds who are Jewish and Muslim, and they are just as kind and good as the best Christians. I realized under fundamentalist Christian teachings, these good people would be condemed to hell. I couldent accept that. I began to believe god would save all in time and began to research it. I was somewhat suprised but heartened to find out so many people share these oppinions. I hope more people discover this site. I think the church strayed in the past, but now we are getting on the right track again. God Bless You! A.J. November 4: Hi Eric, I've put your website on my favorites list. It's great! I was saved in a very legalistic baptist KJV Only church. As time went on, God gracciously weaned me from their teachings and finally brought me into Christian Universalism thru the Moneypenny's website. Your struggles touched me and I'm very empathetic to what you've gone thru. ... I breathe so easy when I think of the magnitude of God's grace, I haven't told my family yet what I believe, though I try to introduce tidbits of grace. I just felt moved to write you and encourage you to keep doing a fine job, you're a blessed brother to me. Love November 10: Hello, I have been a Christian since the age of twelve, I was brought to my faith because I did not want to burn in Hell forever. I am now thirty-seven years old and I am having a hard time reconciling Gods Love and Grace, which I know and feel on a daily basis, with the eternal damnation of my family and friends who don't believe. I am a little hesitant to take what you are teaching to heart. It seems such a radical concept; I hope it's true. I was raised in the Assembly of God and spent the majority of my Christian life scared to do anything outside the box. I am not sure if I believe what you are teaching, but I believe you are a Christian and sincere. I will pray about and study what you are teaching. Chris November 11: Awesome! I'm so glad to have found your site. I had discovered another wonderful Universalist site about 4 1/2 years ago, Tentmaker.org. I'm glad your site is out here also, spreading the True Gospel, not the perverted, Satanic-inspired doctrine of a God either so powerless or so uncaring as to most of His Creation burn forever. To those who visit this site and have doubts, keep this in mind. #1, apply a little logic. If God is all-powerful and loves us all more than we comprehend, how can any of us be lost? God bless. November 11: I came across your Web-Site and found you think as I do with the same scriptures, I found myself to be so happy that I am not a lone in this world.... Thank you, and many Blessings from the Lord Jesus. Joy November 14: I want to tell you thank you for your website. I cannot tell you how often I have thought that eventually I would have to choose NOT to be a Christian before I found Christian Universalism as a doctrine. And then, someone shared your website. I've been reading and reading and I've just been so comforted by what I have found there. It's like coming home. Once again, thank you. Debra Masters November 14: This website is a God-send. As a child, I would often pray, "God, save everyone in the world." Then, I learned about how most people would be tormented eternally in hell. Several years ago, I heard about the doctrine of Ultimate Reconciliation, but still didn't believe it. But, "God is longsuffering to usward, not willing that ANY should perish, but that ALL would come to repentance." God will have ALL men (and women) be saved and come to a knowledge of the Truth." "If I asked ANYTHING according to His will, I know that He hears me, and if I know that He hears me, I know that I have the petition I have asked of Him." When I asked God to "save everyone in the world", that prayer was in accordance with the will of God, and therefore, I am ASSURED that He will grand that request. Peter J. Shepherd November 25: i'm glad that i found this website. even though i am an adventist i agree with what you guys were saying about the suppossed 'eternal hell'. who wants to worship a god who will just fry u in the end? i dont!! thanks for creating such an interesting website!! Iris Rodriguez November 25: there is no such thing as an eternal hell but the wicked will have to suffer the consequences of their sin. ... in my opinion i think everyone will burn according to their sins. the more they sinned the longer they burn... Thyra November 28: Interesting site.... Ray November 28: Eric, I am glad to see a Universalist site which upholds the Deity of Christ, rather than promoting some form of Semi-Arianism. I believe that such theological watering down is what ruined the American Universalist Church, before its merger with the Unitarians. I like how you present your views on the site without sounding superior, domineering or controlling. I think that by the things you have suffered in life, it has produced in you humility, compassion, and understanding. I appreciate that you give homosexuals a fair evaluation. Bill November 30: Dear Eric, It is so refreshing to find someone who is proclaiming the pure "gospel of the grace of God (Acts 20:24). I have enjoyed reading your execellent articles. I was raised in a church that taught the traditional idea everlasting punishment for unrepentent sinners. I am considerably older than you and I confess that I struggled from my youth in trying to reconcile this teaching with that of a perfectly loving God. It is impossible to estimate the strength of the influence of something taught a person from childhood. I'm sure you are aware of this. I am so thankful for the wonderful service the Internet provides for people seeking information and especially that concerning God's salvation of all His creation. It has been terrifically difficult, but I am finally becoming able to throw off the error of my traditional instruction and breathe the fresh and pure air of truth. I can now look at everyone I see and think of them as children of God who will someday live in intimate union with Him forever. The idea of universal salvation has given me an entirely new and comforting attitude towards life. What joy! I could go on and on about this, but will close for now. I admire your courage in your ministry and sincerely hope that many people will be enlightened by it. May God be with you, brother, in your service to Him. Dale December 5: I am amazed that a message so profound and powerful as the ultimate reconciliation of the world does not exist in any denomination or movement. What is keeping this truth from breaking out? ... Eric, I can certainly understand your delay from health issues, I've been pretty much sidelined for a couple of years myself. It's been a big struggle with all the "why" questions. On the other hand, if I hadn't been sidelined I never would have discovered universalism - I'd have been too busy doing church-y stuff and leading groups. I strongly agree that many pastors are cowed into preaching what their congregations want to hear, or what their denomination insists is true. I've seen it too many times. It's so, wrong! It's so ironic that at the moment of the church's greatest ability to communicate the truth about Jesus, we've descended into squabbling and posturing and politicizing our message. The church needs a revolution, maybe house churches will be the means??? Personally, I really hate the idea of being outside of "mainstream" Christian teaching, but I just can't escape the truth of universal reconciliation. Something has to give! Your brother in Jesus, December 9: What a great service this website does! I found it through Google because I was looking for something to bandage my bleeding soul. My hometown is the city of Jerry Falwell and Liberty University. For the whole of my life all I've heard about is condemnation, exclusion, "we're in - you're out" religiosity. It wears you down like a grain mill grinding wheat. All the churches here typically believe the same thing, so when you grow up being exposed to that from every side, you accept it as truth. It's so wonderful to find another viewpoint that is just as plausible as theirs. A candle in the window... Ellen December 12: Accidently, oh well, not really, I am big curious to find the truth about the hell doctrine that led me to the Christian Universalism. More I found about the truth, more I am relaxed about my assurance for eternity after death. I am so glad that I don't belong to any churches since I had seriously researched about the universal salvation especially the doctrine of hell, that I may understand more about God's Love to all men and women. I don't know how happy I am to share with you so much. Right now, I am willing to share the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus to many people and share the truth with many Christians who believed in the Doctrine of Hell. Ya know. Thanks for letting me to post what I am so glad about what I learned and shared with you. I am happy that the curiousity did not kill me. Brotherly love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Prairie Hawk December 14: Eric, thank you for your work. Judy B. December 15: Good Morning Eric, It is an exciting time that we live and one that is unveiling truth. ... Thank you for your ministry. Abundant Blessings and Joy, December 16: Eric, I applaud your work. Gwen T.
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Christian Universalist Testimonies -- Christians Transformed "From Hell to Hope"
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Heavenly Father, please bless this ministry, lead multitudes to this website, and help them see the truth of Your love and forgiveness for all people through the power of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of the whole world. Open their eyes to Your true nature, take away their fears, and fill their hearts with the Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. |