Checking out Brian McLaren’s website today (A New Kind of Christian….he has a book by that name)

I love this point:

One more thought on universalism. I feel about universalism much the way I feel about pacifism: anyone taught in the ways of Jesus Christ, if they aren’t a pacifist, should be a pacifist sympathizer – hoping that even if pacifism isn’t true yet, it will be someday. Similarly, if universalism isn’t true, nobody should be happy about it, but should wish that it could be true. After all, Scripture tells us, God doesn’t wish for anyone to perish, but wants all to come to the knowledge of the truth. But once again, I think that the question that universalism answers is not framed wisely, and so I would rather focus on other – to me, better – questions. | Link to article