All my instincts are on the universalist side—Barth and MacDonald and Buechner and many others. But, you’re right, the Bible doesn’t allow for dogmatism or certainty on it. So what I think is, the ambiguity of scripture is deliberate on God’s part. It wouldn’t be good for us to be too sure of ourselves in this regard. The tenor and thrust of both scripture and theology and yes, life itself is universalistic. But no good writer is interested in explaining everything so we have it nailed down, but in involving us in the relationships and plot and imagination of the world he/she is creating. God
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