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diamondd
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Date Joined May 2002
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| Posted 8/30/2002 9:56 PM (GMT -6) |   | hey Dr. Boyd,
my name is David and i am currently a student at North Central U in minneapolis. i actually met with you last spring at WHC regarding issues of the unevangelized, hell, God's love and justice and the extent to which God reveals himself to us. From that conversation and from some of your books i've gathered that you believe in a form of inclusivism. is this a fair assessment? I just wanted to ask because there have been several threads regarding the issue lately and i had kind of assumed in one of my post that you were. i just wanted to make sure i had you labeled right , thanks.
David
ps. thanks for conversation we had at WHC, it was very beneficial, eye-opening and helped spurn me to further research on the topics. although, i am still working through some issues and ideas, which most of us probably always will be, it was helpful and encouraging, so thank you.
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 9/1/2002 3:07 AM (GMT -6) | | HI David. Most generally, the term refers to the belief that people who don't explicitly know the historical Jesus can be "included" in salvation. It contrasts with restrictivism which says that salvation is restricted to those who consciously make Jesus Lord of their life. In this sense I am an inclusivist. I hold it is possible that people who never heard the gospel to be saved. They are in the same B.C. position as people in the OT. They are still saved THROUGH JESUS -- Jesus is the only way to salvation -- but they don't know it.
Still, I take from Scripture that the only people we can KNOW are saved are those who consciously embrace Christ.
For a discussion and defense of all the positions, see Across the Spectrum.
Blessings
Greg
"In Christ...the ONLY THING that matters is faith energized by love." Galatians 5:6 | | Back to Top | | |
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