Every Knee Shall Bow: A Defense of Biblical Universalism

This book gives a full, positive defense of conservative biblical universalism as the most coherent and biblically faithful account of God’s purposes for humanity. Rather than only rebutting rival views, it builds a cumulative case for the restoration of all things.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1—Common Ground and the Road Ahead
CHAPTER 2—What Is Conservative Biblical Universalism
CHAPTER 3—The Character of God
CHAPTER 4—The Nature of Hell: Gods Purifying Presence
CHAPTER 5—The Nature and Scope of the Atonement
CHAPTER 6—The Meaning of Aionios
CHAPTER 7—Kolasis, Apollymi, and the Language of Judgment
CHAPTER 8—The Fire of God
CHAPTER 9—Judgment and Restoration in the Old Testament
CHAPTER 10—The Prophets on Universal Restoration
CHAPTER 11—Sodom and Gomorrah
CHAPTER 12—Jesus on Gehenna and the Narrow Way
CHAPTER 13—The Parables of Judgment
CHAPTER 14—The Sheep and the Goats
CHAPTER 15—Johns Gospel: Drawing All People to Christ
CHAPTER 16—Romans 5: Adam and Christ
CHAPTER 17—Romans 9–11: The Mystery of Mercy on All
CHAPTER 18—1 Corinthians 15: The Last Enemy Destroyed
CHAPTER 19—Cosmic Reconciliation and Every Knee
CHAPTER 20—1 Timothy & Titus: Gods Universal Salvific Will
CHAPTER 21—The Mystery of His Will
CHAPTER 22—Hebrews: Discipline, Warning, and a Better Hope
CHAPTER 23—The Petrine Epistles
CHAPTER 24—Revelation 20–22: The Lake of Fire and the Gates That Never Shut
CHAPTER 25—Universalism in the Early Church
CHAPTER 26—The Fifth Ecumenical Council, Augustine, and the Trajectory of Church History
CHAPTER 27—The Biblical Case for Postmortem Salvation
CHAPTER 28—The Mechanism of Universal Restoration
CHAPTER 29—Why Every Knee Will Bow Willingly
CHAPTER 30—Free Will, Problem of Evil, Talbotts Trilemma
CHAPTER 31—Body and Soul
CHAPTER 32—The Better Hope: An Invitation
Appendices
APPENDIX A—Scripture Index
APPENDIX B—Annotated Bibliography
APPENDIX C—Glossary of Key Terms