Dear Karl Barth, What does Election mean to Individuals? (August 28, 2016)

In Karl Barth's Doctrine of Election, Jesus Christ is the only elected individual, and no other individual is elected like Jesus (Act 4:12), but in him (c.f. Eph 1:4) all people are included in his election (1 Cor 15:22). Since Barth was not a Universalist, this syllogism indicates that there may be individuals […]

Related: doctrine of election, dystopian gospel, election, Hypothetical Universalism, John Calvin, Karl Barth, predestination, Universalism

Hans Urs Von Balthasar on Dare We Hope for Universal Salvation (April 16, 2014)

Hans Urs Von Balthasar Hans Urs Von Balthasar's short book, Dare We Hope: That All Men May Be Saved (With A Short Discourse On Hell), is an excellent introduction into the question Universal Salvation. Balthasar argues that Hell is a 'real possibility', however, there is good reason to hope that in the end, […]

Related: Dare We Hope, Dare We Hope: That All Men May Be Saved (With A Short Discourse On Hell, Eschatology of Hope, Fra Angelico, Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Hell, Hypothetical Universalism, Michelangelo, The Last Judgment, Universalism

B.B. Warfield against Amyrauldism (Hypothetical Universalism) (January 31, 2014)

Moïse Amyraut (1596 – 1664) was a Huguenot, as my own ancestors were as well, and this name means French Calvinist. Moses Amyraut was of the school of Saumer, and this man is interesting because of his modified Calvinism, that allowed for Hypothetical Universalism and hence became the eponymous founder of Amyrauldism. A […]

Related: Amyrauldism, b.b. warfield, calvinism, French Calvinists, Huguenot, Hypothetical Universalism, Jürgen Moltmann, Karl Barth, Moïse Amyraut, Moses Amyraut, Universalism