This video is a critique of universalism from a historical perspective. It advances three theses universalism in the early church:
- Universalism always had a rocky relationship with orthodoxy. From its emergence among 2nd century Alexandrian Gnostics, through multiple waves of controversy about Origen’s universalism, it never got a firm footing in the church.
- Universalism has tended to be more speculative/philosophical than textual/biblical in character and motivations.
- Universalism involved not just a different view of the final destination of reality, but a different framework for the entirety of reality—including creation and (sometimes) even the doctrine of God.
Book Recommendation: Sam Storms’ Understanding Prayer: https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Prayer-Biblical-Foundations-Practical/dp/0310171105/
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