As I argued in my theory of Christian inclusivism, I believe that God must give people the ability to ultimately reject him. Those who do so will be thrown into the lake of fire and suffer the punishment of eternal destruction (i.e., annihilation).

In my previous post, I answered …

As I argued in my theory of Christian inclusivism, I believe that God must give people the ability to ultimately reject him, and those who do so will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction (a.k.a, annihilation).

However, the only people who will be eternally destroyed are those who …

In my previous blog post, I explained why I think that God truly wants to save everyone.

Yet the fact that the Bible says that God clearly wants to save everyone doesn't necessarily mean that God actually will save everyone.

But why not? If God truly loves everyone, and if …

If you have ever attended a Christian church, I hope that you would have heard things like:

• "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
• "God shows his love for us …

In a previous post I talked about the 'problem' of believing that God is fully good and loving while accepting that sometimes God punishes people with death because of their sins, and how I make sense of that.

Another frequent accusation against God's goodness is that if God was really …

One of my highly recommended books is Does God Love Everyone? The Heart of What is Wrong with Calvinism by Jerry L. Walls.

Walls has a very good introduction to the debate between Calvinists and Arminians, and good insight into what he thinks the debate is ultimately about.

I do …