Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We Made Up

by Francis Chan

Then there are Christian Universalists, some of whom call themselves hopeful Universalists. They believe that Christ is the only way, but they hold out hope that God will end up saving everyone through Christ in the end. But they go beyond simply hoping this will happen (don’t we all?). They’re hopeful, and they see strong biblical support for this view, though their view is often tempered with caution.