Peter Hiett on David Artman’s Podcast
David Artman, one of the breakout session speakers at our Gospel of Relentless Love Conference in 2019, is the host of Grace Saves All - The Podcast about Christianity and Universal Salvation. He has featured a number of authors in the field of Christian Universalism, including George Sarris, Wm. Paul Young, Brad Jersak, Diane Perkins Castro, Petri Tikka, Dr. Sharon Baker Putt, and Brian McLaren. Recently, he did two episodes with our very own Peter Hiett:
Ep. 47 Peter Hiett
How to Fail Spectacularly at Calvinism
(Which is Maybe Not a Bad Thing)
Ep. 48 Peter Hiett
Are We There Yet?
(Rethinking Eternity: Aion and Aionios)
Artman has also recently released a new book, Grace Saves All: The Necessity of Christian Universalism. Here’s the description from his website, davidartman.net:
Grace Saves All: The Necessity of Christian Universalism
Grace is amazing. About this all Christians agree. Yet nearly all forms of Christianity put significant limits on grace. Those forms of Christianity which proclaim grace alone actually saves typically don’t believe God gives grace to everyone; while those forms of Christianity which proclaim God gives grace to everyone typically don’t believe grace alone actually saves. Must grace either be that which saves alone but doesn’t go to all, or that which goes to all but doesn’t save alone? In Grace Saves All, David Artman argues that grace saves alone and goes to all. This inclusive approach to Christianity is variously called universal reconciliation, universal salvation, or perhaps most accurately, Christian universalism. He contends that the inclusive/Christian universalist approach is necessary because it offers the only Christian theology which successfully defends the goodness of God. For it logically follows that if God is all-good, all-knowing, and all-powerful, then God must also be all-saving.
Often dismissed as a modern feel-good theology, Christian universalism is an ancient, orthodox, and biblical theology which was expounded by early Christians and early church fathers. Artman brings much deserved attention to this wonderful spirituality.
