The discussion of Christian universalism continues. Money quote: "There are universalistic sounding passages (no one disputes they "sound" universalistic) and there are hell passages. Big question: Why has the tradition shaped the universalistic sounding passages by the hell passages and not the other way around?"
David Fitch looks back at the top ten posts of 2009. All of these are wonderful. I've probably linked to at least some of them individually, but this is a worthy link as well.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.