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Are you encountering \u201cevangelical universalists\u201d? How do they explain their views? How big of an issue do you think this is?<\/b>\n<\/div>\n
I\u2019ve said a number of times that I think this issue is one of the most pressing theological topics for emerging adults.<\/div>\n
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The oddity of this book: the author\u2019s name is a pseudonym<\/a>! But, he\u2019s now made public<\/a> and he\u2019s an editor at Paternoster Press, an evangelical publishing house, and he believes in universal restoration. His name is Robin Parry.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Next week we will begin a short series on the question of whether or not evangelicals can be universalists, and to help us with that question we will be reading through and blogging about Gregory Macdonald\u2019s book The Evangelical Universalist . Acquire the book if you can \u2014 all kinds of used and new formats. 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