For
the first 500 years after Christ, Church leadership and laity believed that God
would ultimately redeem all of His creation.
Then beliefs changed.
And
for the last 1,500 years, Christians have been told that the majority of the
billions of people who have lived on this earth will suffer in hell forever.
So
which view is correct?
"Hell is real," says George W. Sarris, award-winning author and speaker, "but it doesn't last forever, and its purpose is to transform sinners, not torture them for all eternity."
The
Door Standing Open Conference 2018 will be held the First Universalist Church
in Providence, RI April 27-29. Promising
to challenge many traditional beliefs about heaven and hell, it addresses
Church teaching from the time of Christ till the present from a historical and
Biblical perspective.
Speakers
include Peter Hiett, Lead Pastor of The Sanctuary in Denver, CO. As former Senior Pastor of one of the largest
and fastest growing churches in his conservative denomination, Peter was forced
to step down because of his belief that God will ultimately restore all.
W.
Scott Axford, 19th Pastor of the nearly 200-year-old First
Universalist Church in Providence, says he often finds himself a lone voice
upholding the Bible and the historic creeds of the Christian Church in his
generally liberal denomination.
Other
featured speakers include prominent scholars in the areas of Church history,
ancient languages and Biblical studies.
David
Konstan is Professor of Classics at New York University, Professor Emeritus of
Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University, and co-author of Terms for Eternity: Aionios and Aidios in Classic and Christian Texts.
Thomas
Talbott is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Willamette University, author of
The Inescapable Love of God, and lead
contributor to Universal Salvation? The
Current Debate.
Brad
Jersak teaches New Testament and Theology at St. Stephen’s University New
Brunswick and is the author of Her Gates
Will Never Be Shut.
George
W. Sarris, author of Heaven's Doors . . .
Wider than You Ever Believed! is conference coordinator. His book is the 2018 Illumination Awards
Silver Medal winner in Theology.
"Evangelicals
congratulate themselves on their willingness to submit to the final authority
of scripture. Yet they also have
cherished beliefs that they defend to the hilt . . . Quite rightly, George
Sarris insists that even these beliefs should be subjected to the test of
scripture," says Nigel Wright, Principal of Spurgeon's College, London,
and Council Member of the Evangelical Alliance, UK.
2 comments:
I’ve waited for years for someone to address this. If all men died through the sin of Adam, and Christ is the second Adam, all men will live through the work of the second Adam!! Thank you, George!!! You are brave and I am so proud of you!!! The truth , finally. Hope to see you and your lovely bride one of these days 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Thank you, Loylam for your encouragement. Great to hear from you. By the way, have you read my book? I think you would find it very encouraging to your faith. If not, let me know an address and I'll send you a copy. God bless.
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