It absolutely baffles me how many non-universalists, even scholars like Wright, don't understand that universalism is not "people are saved without faith", but rather "all will eventually have faith". And the fact that his interpretations of Romans 5 and 1 Timothy are so extremely strained only further confirms in my mind the truth of universal salvation. And regarding 1 Timothy 4:10, I heard someone else phrase it well: "is God the Savior of those He does not save?" Wright just seems to be throwing things at the wall in the hopes that something sticks (such as claiming that 1 Timothy 5 has to do with final judgment!; it's ironic that he's the one complaining about others taking verses out of context), which to me is proof of the fact that most are supernaturally blinded to the truth, because otherwise no intelligent, thinking person (a respected scholar no less) would agree with these gold-medal mental gymnastics. Good stuff
Thanks Chris! I agree Wright is straining at gnats here. I wonder if he would write the same things today, but unfortunately we can't know since he hasn't written anything about universalism since the 70s.
It absolutely baffles me how many non-universalists, even scholars like Wright, don't understand that universalism is not "people are saved without faith", but rather "all will eventually have faith". And the fact that his interpretations of Romans 5 and 1 Timothy are so extremely strained only further confirms in my mind the truth of universal salvation. And regarding 1 Timothy 4:10, I heard someone else phrase it well: "is God the Savior of those He does not save?" Wright just seems to be throwing things at the wall in the hopes that something sticks (such as claiming that 1 Timothy 5 has to do with final judgment!; it's ironic that he's the one complaining about others taking verses out of context), which to me is proof of the fact that most are supernaturally blinded to the truth, because otherwise no intelligent, thinking person (a respected scholar no less) would agree with these gold-medal mental gymnastics. Good stuff
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris! I agree Wright is straining at gnats here. I wonder if he would write the same things today, but unfortunately we can't know since he hasn't written anything about universalism since the 70s.
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