Essentially Samantha

 It seems to me that the angel of light known as universal reconciliation has crept into the Church via the unguarded back door and has taken root amongst the pews firmly. I have seen a lot of clergy and laity alike confess to believing in universalism. I admit I looked at the sources, I reasoned with myself and others as to why a loving God would throw anyone into hell, that it should be that love wins in the end. I also looked at the different names in the bible namely hades, sheol, the pit that are used to describe hell, but convinced myself they are in fact different locations, meaning different places we go to when we die. Universalism is a inclusivity doctrine. Its inclusive because lets face it if we throw hell out of the basket, it doesn't half make Christianity look appealing to the masses!  Why believe in the doctrine of hell at all? Well that's simple. I believe in hell and all of its thorny outplaying's because I believe in the teachings of Jesus. Jesus Himself ...