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Author

Despite the American spellings used throughout the book, Jean Wyatt is in fact a British author and a long-standing member of the Anglican community. She practised as a doctor in Africa and Asia for many years, before becoming a GP in Liverpool. Since retiring, she has been an active lay member and reader for the last 25 years.   

Content

The book considers the various issues raised by universalism, with each chapter leading with different sections of Lord’s Prayer. There are lots of interesting extra-biblical quotations in the book, although it is worth noting that C.S. Lewis was a firm believer in everlasting punishment.      

Dear all,

I know some of you do not celebrate Christmas at all, because of its connections with a pagan festival.

I hope you agree, however, that it is good to focus our minds on different things during the year and it must be a good thing to set aside some time to meditate on and celebrate the birth of Jesus and the incredible prophecies it fulfilled.

Unfortunately, none of our carols to my knowledge were written by universalists. To put this right, I'm sharing some pieces I wrote when I was 19 when I was trying to set up a local church in Wallasey. I hope you like them.

May God be with you,

The Author

Gregory McDonald is the pen name of Robin Parry, which he used due concerns at the time about the book’s potential effect on his employment and his reputation in orthodox circles.

Chapter Summary  

The first chapter looks at the problems of an eternal hell, including its injustice and how the saved could be happy if this happened. This is followed by some detailed analysis of the philosophical issues around freewill.