5/10/2023 0 Comments The shack book authorWe can’t build a trusting relationship with grim determinism. Jesus is the One elected in whom we all died and rose (II Cor 15). No, I don’t believe in limited atonement, that Jesus died for only a few who God had previously elected. I stated that clearly in Lies We Believe About God. Yes, I believe that what God accomplished in the power of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus’ death, resurrection and ascension effects and includes the entire cosmos and every human being ever conceived. Otherwise, the Incarnation and the Passion of Jesus would be meaningless. No, I don’t believe all roads lead to God, but I do believe that God goes down any road to find us – this I stated clearly in The Shack. I greatly appreciate it when someone actually takes the time to ask me personally and relationally what I am saying or writing, rather than assume what I mean. It usually means that we had further to go and have built up years of not asking questions for fear of being made to feel like a fool. Of course, I know to be gentle with those who get stuck in these ruts along the way I was one of them. It’s easier to categorize someone than get to know them, their children, their friends. We are in a time of intense transitions in the landscape of Western Theology.ĭuring such times it is no surprise that precious people will jump to conclusions rather than spend the relational labor to explore a dearly loved assumption.
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