Universal salvation raises the critically important question of how we read the Bible—or ‘hermeneutics’. That is what Robin covers in this talk. He sweeps us through a big landscape in three succinct waves—each bigger than the one before. Firstly he confronts the foreground question of biblical texts—and he makes the point that everybody has problems here. How do we reconcile God’s love with his omnipotence? He then moves onto slightly broader terrain—we need the read texts in their context BUT the meaning of the texts will often be bigger than even the author intended or realised. And finally, he finishes with a new horizon of interpretation—the future. He talks about the ‘trajectories’ of the biblical canon, which stretch beyond themselves for future generations—like ours—to articulate. He uses the development of the doctrine of the Trinity as an example. So this talk is as much about how we read the Bible as how we do or don’t find ‘universal salvation’ in the Bible.
This is the second talk from our Hope and Hell conference.
Slides:
https://www.slideshare.net/gospelconversations/hermeneutics-and-hell-by-robin-parry
Living in the Light of the Future: Universal Restoration and Practical Theology—Robin Parry
The Story of Salvation: A Narrative Theology of Hell—Robin Parry
Universal Salvation: A Whistle-Stop Introduction—Robin Parry
Why Poetry Is A Way Of Knowing God—Gwen Harwood's Poetry
How to Design an Eternal Universe—Quantum Theory Implications
Incarnation: How the Incarnation Defines Humanity (Part 2)
Incarnation: How Descartes shrank our view of Humanity (Part 1)
How Einstein put the ghost back in the machine
Mind Over Matter: The mystery of language through the eyes of child (Part 2)
Mind Over Matter (Part 1)
James On First Fruits
Hope & Hell: The Panel (Part 7)
Hope & Hell: Apokatastasis—So What for Gospel and Evangelism? (Part 6)
Hope & Hell: Good News or Bad News—Who wins? (Part 5)
Hope & Hell: St Augustine's Code Errors (Part 4)
Hope & Hell: Gregory's Vision of World Reformation (Part 3)
Hope & Hell: Judgment—punishment or reform? (Part 2)
Hope & Hell: (Part 1) Q and A
Hope & Hell: Is 'hell' the answer to the wrong question? (Part 1)
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