The Inescapable Love of God, Thomas Talbott
The Inescapable Love of God, Thomas Talbott
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The Inescapable Love of God
Second Edition

Author: Thomas Talbott

Narrator: George W. Sarris

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/20/2015

Synopsis

Will the love of God save us all? In this book Thomas Talbott seeks to expose the extent to which the Western theological tradition has managed to twist the New Testament message of love, forgiveness, and hope into a message of fear and guilt. According to the New Testament proclamation, he argues, God's love is both unconditional in its nature and unlimited in its scope; hence, no one need fear, for example, that God's love might suddenly turn into loveless hatred at the moment of one's physical death. For God's love remains the same yesterday, today, and forever. But neither should one ignore the New Testament theme of divine judgment, which Talbott thinks the Western theological tradition has misunderstood entirely. He argues in particular that certain patterns of fallacious reasoning, which crop up repeatedly in the works of various theologians and Bible scholars, have prevented many from appreciating St. Paul's explicit teaching that God is merciful to all in the end. This second edition of Talbott's classic work is fully revised, updated, and substantially expanded with new material. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alan on July 05, 2013

The "Inescapable Love of God," by Christian philosopher and California university professor Thomas Talbott, is a solid treatment on the subject of 'ultimate reconciliation' or Christian universalism - the belief that in time, over the 'aions' (eons = ages) - whether on this side of death or the oth......more

Goodreads review by Jack on September 16, 2020

Kant wrote of Hume: "He [Hume] awakened me [Kant] from my dogmatic slumber. Talbott awakened me from my dogmatic tempest. Other than the Bible, this has been the most important work I have ever read in any genre or discipline.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 03, 2012

I love this book! Talbott takes us on a journey to find the real heart of God and shows us how off many of the Western theologians throughout history (Augustine, Calvin, Edwards, Acquinas, and modern conservative scholars) are. He makes a overwhelmingly persuasive plea that traditional theology is o......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on July 08, 2015

In this book, Talbott makes a persuasive case for Biblical Christian Universalism. He not only goes into great lengths, biblically and logically, to explain why it is the viewpoint most consistent with Biblical teaching, but he also delves deeply into both the Augustianian/Calvinist and Arminian vie......more

Goodreads review by Robert on December 08, 2009

Good apologetic for Christian Universalism.......more

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