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NAME	Norm Cochran
COMMENTS	The Bible never interested me because nothing in it was literal to me until two years ago when the verses on Universal Reconciliation jumped up at me in a very literal way along with the truth about our so-called freewill. It's the greatest thing that's ever happened to me Rodger. And now God's true words are all I'm interested in. You would think that the good news gospel would wear off by now, but not with me, it's better than any drug I've ever tried. That eternal hell doctrine needs to be shoved back down Satan's throat. You can lead a blind man to the word, but you cannot make him think. Only God can do that. I'm very familiar with Gary Amirault and Tentmaker, a lot of truth on that site. http://www.tentmaker.org/ Norm Cochran Long Beach Ca.
DATE	Sunday, April 13th 2008 - 09:58:09 AM

NAME	CHAELA
URL	http://pub15.bravenet.com/forum/1253848711
COMMENTS	Hi, Rodger! I noticed you posted some UNIVERSAL RECONCILIATION material on my Bravenet Forum. Actually, I see you've been to just about all of them with the REALLY Good News of the Redemption of all creation. Thank you for stopping by! My Forum, in case you need to find it again, is here: http://pub15.bravenet.com/forum/1253848711 Blessings, and thanks again! CHAELA
DATE	Tuesday, April 8th 2008 - 04:58:26 PM

NAME	Vinay Kumar
COMMENTS	Dear Brother Rodger: Greetings to you in Christ's Name. I appreciated all of your writings. They are good and give lots of information in their messages. I enjoyed reading them. I pray that God will bless you. In Christ's Service Vinay Kumar
DATE	Thursday, February 7th 2008 - 03:49:28 AM

NAME	Guide Makombo
COMMENTS	Hello Rodger, I greet you in the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. His Grace is enough. I read and understand your writings. You are blessed my friend. Your writings are quite inspirational to me. Keep on doing Our Lord's work. Grace and Peace
DATE	Friday, February 1st 2008 - 05:49:51 AM

NAME	Orly
COMMENTS	Hello, Rodger. I have read your messages on the forum. Your messages are extremely precious and give a valuable account of the unconditional love of God in Jesus Christ. You are an oasis in the desert, a blessing in Jesus Christ to Mankind. Keep doing your job of preaching the unconditional love of God. Your testimony is helping many people around the world thanks to the Internet. May God in Jesus Christ keep blessing you. Thanks. Orly
DATE	Wednesday, January 16th 2008 - 07:06:11 PM

NAME	Peter
COMMENTS	Hi Rodger. I was very bothered by hell for about 10 years. It was hard for me to smile at people as God seemed so unmerciful. I noticed in the Bible however that Jesus says after He rose that whomsoever you forgive they are forgiven. Logically if man can give forgiveness to others God has already done it. I think that God loves all of us and is into rehabilitation much more than punishment. The religions that don't love people have no problem with a God that sets most of the earth's population on fire forever. God is love however and I believe that this type of punishment is not His way. The truth is within us all. As the Quakers say, the "light within" or the "Christ within". From this we can properly understand how God loves us. Listening to other people usually just messes things up.
DATE	Thursday, January 3rd 2008 - 03:11:41 PM

NAME	Anonymous
COMMENTS	A little test about the word "ALL" that's found in Scripture. Hi neighbor, If Truth is changed to not be all inclusive, when the context renders that it should be, it then becomes error. It is my wish for you, to reconsider the following Scriptures, without using any preconceived thoughts or forced interpretation upon them. This may be more difficult to do than first realized, because we all resort to an immediate interpretation of something based on our past understandings of the verse. The darkest doctrine ever devised by men was that of an "eternal suffering" for the billions of souls that die lost without Christ. Like wolves among the sheep, carnally-minded men within the church system found it very effective to use the fear of an unending hell to control the masses that enter their religion. Unfortunately this doctrine has remained at large in Christianity as a whole. The Lord Jesus said, "when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself." - John 12:32 LOOK AT THE VERSES WITH THE WORD ALL Savior of all, especially believers (1 Tim 4:9-11) Copy and paste the following two line url into the address bar. http://www.tentmaker.org/Dew/Dew7/D7-EspeciallyThoseThatBelieve.html God wills that all mankind be saved (1 Tim 2:4) Operating all in accord with counsel of His will (Eph 1:11) In Adam all dying; in Christ all vivified (1 Cor 15:21-23) One offense for all mankind for condemnation... (Rom 5:18-19) Lamb of God taking away sin of the world (John 1:29) Correspondent ransom for all (1 Tim 2:6) Every knee bowing (Phil 2:9; Is 45:23) And we know that anyone who acclaims that Jesus Christ is Lord, especially when it is to God's glory without any hypocrisy is saved for 1Corinthians 12:3 says so. Locks all in stubbornness; to be merciful to all (Rom 11:30-32) All created ... to reconcile all (Col 1:16-20) He should be tasting death for the sake of everyone (Heb 2:9) That the world might be saved thru Him (John 3:17) God was in Christ conciliating the world to Himself (2 Cor 5:18) For our sins, not ours only but the whole world (1 John 2:2) Making known secret of His will – head up all in Christ (Eph 1:10)
DATE	Wednesday, November 21st 2007 - 06:18:00 AM

NAME	Ken
COMMENTS	Rodger, I have enjoyed the materials on both yours and Gary's Amirault's TENTMAKER website at http://www.tentmaker.org I have been seriously struggling with my own salvation & that of others and am trying to recover from my second nervous breakdown in the last few years (mostly due to this issue). I want to believe it is true that He will save all and my heart knows no other peace than when I believe it. In Love & Christ, Ken Editor's note by Rodger Tutt: I am going to guide the guest book readers to the testimony of a man whose experience was almost identical to mine. Even the thought processes that took him into, through, and out of his breakdown are the same as mine. Only he is much more eloquent in telling his story than I am in telling mine. His name is Charles Slagle. http://www.tentmaker.org/books/Absolute-Assurance-in-Jesus-Christ.html People who have suffered like Ken and me find this testimony of Charles to be very helpful.
DATE	Tuesday, November 6th 2007 - 04:41:09 PM

NAME	John
E-MAIL	amicusdei@yahoo.com
COMMENTS	Hi Rodger. First time I have actually seen your website on a computer. It is really impressive. I've just visited it on my cell phone so far, and that doesn't do it justice. Keep up the good work! -John
DATE	Tuesday, October 30th 2007 - 12:03:25 PM

NAME	Orlando
E-MAIL	cristorly@yahoo.com
URL	http://jesus.50webs.com
COMMENTS	Hello, Rodger Tutt. Thanks for your universalist messages on my forum. My blog is cristorly.blogspot.com I will place a link to your site on my blog. Thanks a lot. Feel free to contact me anytime. Thanks in Christ Jesus.
DATE	Tuesday, October 16th 2007 - 10:48:01 AM

NAME	Sven
E-MAIL	svenandhelga@hotmail.com
COMMENTS	Rodger, I think we had a brief discussion of agreement one time on John Moneypenny's forum (back when it was available) concerning the outstanding teaching of James Coram's piece His Achievement Are We. http://concordant.org/expohtml/HisAchievement/index.html I've been very busy over the last few months so haven't had much time to discuss or reasearch the higher things of Christ but am ready to seek further on and farther up so to speak. From what I've read so far on your site, it seems we are very much like-minded regarding our theology. I thank GOD for this overwhelmingly wonderful knowledge of GRACE as I'm sure do you as well. Your Brother-in-Christ, Sven
DATE	Friday, October 5th 2007 - 09:06:45 PM

NAME	Manuel Munguia
E-MAIL	mmunguia@comcast.net
COMMENTS	I am surprised that the God of the Bible could ever had appeared to you as such a hateful being, although I know that we are often poor witnesses of God's grace and mercy. Do you remember when He asked the prophet to marry the prostitute to symbolize His incredible love? As the Apostle says, "nothing can separate us from God's love." Editor's note by Rodger Tutt: Since "nothing" can separate us from God's love that means that not even our so-called "free wills" can separate us from God's love.
DATE	Tuesday, September 25th 2007 - 07:51:11 PM

NAME	Gary Hawkins
E-MAIL	gshawkins22@msn.com
COMMENTS	Great site! Keep up the great work for the LORD.
DATE	Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 03:10:13 PM

NAME	Lily
COMMENTS	Glad to meet you, fellow traveller! I hope this note finds you well and hopeful, very far past the despair of your earlier nervous trials. One of the most valuable aids to my own recovery from crippling depression is Universalist thought and God saving all His creatures. I'm going to read on the Tentmaker site you listed at http://www.tentmaker.org Just last night I read the article you listed called HIS ACHIEVEMENT ARE WE by James Coram on the Concordant Publishing Concern site. http://concordant.org/expohtml/HisAchievement/index.html I felt new life begin to flow after I read that! God love ya, brother, Lily
DATE	Friday, September 7th 2007 - 12:31:21 PM

NAME	Einar & Aina Jensen
E-MAIL	aina.k@bluezone.no
COMMENTS	Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:28-30). We pray for you and your ministry and website. We thank God for you. God bless you in name of Lord Jesus Christ. Love from Einar & Aina Jensen Thank you and God Bless You.. Jesus Christ is coming soon!
DATE	Sunday, August 12th 2007 - 06:05:07 AM

NAME	Jess
URL	http://sgbc.faithweb.com
COMMENTS	Have saved your page for offline viewing. thanks... http://sgbc.faithweb.com/villamor.htm
DATE	Sunday, August 5th 2007 - 09:00:47 PM

NAME	Junefly
E-MAIL	PYXHJUOYBJXM@spammotel.com
URL	http://www.rampbbs.net
COMMENTS	Hi, Just found your site and have a lot more to check out, but so far I agree with you. I have bookmarked your site so I can come back and finish going through everything.
DATE	Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 10:14:11 AM

NAME	Victor
COMMENTS	I have read what you have written Rodger and I tend to agree with you. I have studied the New Testament and it comes down to universal reconciliation as you have been claiming. I do believe a hell exists but I do not believe it is eternal. I am a quadriplegic who is lucky I can move my arms and I have use of my right hand. Pardon the way my message comes across to you but it is hard for me to type and organize my typed messages out. I wish you well in your endeavours. Victor (Edited by Rodger Tutt)
DATE	Tuesday, July 3rd 2007 - 07:31:29 AM

NAME	Lee
URL	http://www.onlinetalkchristianradio.co.uk/..htm
COMMENTS	Thanks for letting me sign your guestbook. If you can get your testimony on mp3 I'd be glad if you would contact me and allow me to add it to the growing number that I already play on: onlinetalkchristianradio.co.uk/..htm to encourage and inspire others, thanks, Lee.
DATE	Monday, July 2nd 2007 - 06:54:08 AM

NAME	Byron
COMMENTS	Rodger, I read your testimony twice. I had the same torment as you as a teen because I'd heard about all those terrible after life things. The panic and fear was so bad I thought I would physically die. But, like you, God used the brokeness to open my heart. I saw a panoramic view of God's plan of the ages, the resurrection from this present darkness and death and saw the glory of God cover the entire earth like a rainbow. This was BEFORE I started studying scripture so was I ever surprised to see "as a bow appears in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the glory of God" I told my kids the truth when they were young so they wouldn't have that torment! But my stand for truth will surely be at a high cost. It's a big leap of faith because I will have to leave my job. But whatever the cost it will be worth it to have peace and freedom. Thank you for your work Rodger.
DATE	Thursday, June 14th 2007 - 03:02:59 PM

NAME	Barb
E-MAIL	Barbaraellen45@hotmail.com
COMMENTS	Dear Rodger - Your story is similar to mine. I also had breakdowns and was hospitalized because of the spiritual abuse I suffered at the hands of the cult in which I was raised. But - Praise God! All I went through was part of the bigger plan - and now, slowly I am beginning to see the light! I no longer believe in that eternal hell which tormented my mind for so long...It seemed like eternity while I was there - but now I'm free! Much Love - Barb
DATE	Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 11:08:13 AM

NAME	Santhosh Chellappan
E-MAIL	gospelindiamission@yahoo.com
URL	http://gospelindiamission.tripod.com
COMMENTS	Greetings from India Rodger. I visited your site and it is wonderful. We will pray for your ministry that God may lead you to reach many people with a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. God Bless you. Santhosh Chellappan
DATE	Saturday, May 26th 2007 - 04:26:03 AM

NAME	Stephen Rodgers
E-MAIL	steenrodgers@yahoo.com.au
URL	http://p075.ezboard.com/fgodsavesallfrm25
COMMENTS	What Rodger is saying is self evident to anyone who knows God as Love. The fear of God is ONLY the beginning of Wisdom not the end, the Last Adam brings to light not the God of Law but of GRACE. There is no such place as eternal hell, only "God sitting before a Refiner's fire" drossing all the rubbish of our Beast/ly nature in His Refiner's pit of fire, removing the "wood hay and stubble" so the Gold of His Only Begotten Son can shine forth in our life...the One Life, "Who alone has immortality." Belief in heaven and hell as separate places is still eating from the Tree of knowledge of duality.You are still in a state of death. The first step of spirituality is realise God's "Love can never fail", and if "He so loved the World"..He must truly be "Saviour of all men" and would "command and teach" the same. "Judge not lest ye be judged" .....to live in a state of judging others, is what sin ultimately IS.....separation! To see sin in another, is only your own sin and guilt projected onto another, as you have never truly judged yourself.....the Only Judgement! All this is commonsense, which is also spirituality. Sin belongs to a world that is temporal and passing and therefore not ultimate reality. If sin were truly ultimate reality it could never be forgiven or erased. We are school children under our school Master Law which brings us to Christ as apostle Paul said, even Christ had to "learn obedience through suffering," and do not these sufferings work out an eternal weight of Glory. Remember "whoever the Father does not chastise is a bastard." Christ was "sin apart" only as our High Priest as He entered the Holy of Holies, before that Isaiah tells us this Emmanuel Child " had to learn the difference between good and evil."
DATE	Sunday, May 13th 2007 - 04:09:16 AM

NAME	John Swanson - California
E-MAIL	amicusdei@yahoo.com
COMMENTS	Hi Rodger. I read your moving testimony. The idea of eternal torment bothered me terribly, too, for a long time. Worse are those people who look forward to sitting in the grandstands in heaven for eternity watching those in hell burn. The book most helpful to me was Thomas Talbott's 'The Inescapable Love of God,' with which I'm sure you're familiar. I have yet to read Jim Coram's online book HIS ACHIEVEMENT ARE WE, http://concordant.org/expohtml/HisAchievement/index.html but I will. I'm glad I ran across your name, Rodger. All the best! - John Swanson
DATE	Friday, May 4th 2007 - 04:14:17 PM

NAME	Allan Marisela
COMMENTS	Your testimony is indeed a beautiful testimony to God's love. In my own life the realization that God suffers every pain and sorrow that we do was plenty to convince me that Jesus Christ is Lord. Praise the Lord that He gave me the common sense to know Him! May the Lord be with you alway's and forever! Allan Marisela "In Jesus' pure and perfect love!"
DATE	Wednesday, May 2nd 2007 - 06:56:16 AM

NAME	Shirley Sloan
COMMENTS	Hi Rodger, Thanks for your testimony. We are blessed to have been given ears to hear this message. I've found that it is a message that we can sing about, but for the most part we are not free in Christian churches to actually embrace it...so I say...goodbye to the institution, and hello to the truth about our wonderful Father. His mercy endures forever!
DATE	Monday, April 23rd 2007 - 12:03:34 AM

NAME	Bruce Aspgren -Texas
COMMENTS	I would like to take a moment of your time to thank you for the wisdom that you share on your forum. I am new to this form of sharing this good news. While reading on the internet I came across your writings and I was touched by the wisdom that is spoken out of them. MAY GOD BLESS US ALL Bruce
DATE	Tuesday, April 10th 2007 - 07:37:58 PM

NAME	The Crusader
E-MAIL	CRUSADER1s@aol.com
COMMENTS	Mr Rodger Tutt, I have Lost Count on how many forums I have EXPOSED you on. Editor's note from Rodger Tutt. Gary, it's one thing to claim to have "exposed" me by repeating the old "eternal torment" arguments. But it's quite another thing to answer the arguments that prove that the Bible, correctly (literally, not interpretively) translated Bible teaches universal salvation through what Christ accomplished for us all by His death and resurrection, through the power in the blood of His cross. For anyone who is interested, this evidence can be read by typing in a word or phrase from any "eternal torment" argument or Bible verse into the search engine at the top of the front page at http://www.tentmaker.org Ten articles will come up refuting the "eternal torment" position. Then you can click to the next page and ten more articles will come up, and so on and so on for many pages. Why not check it out and see for yourself what I mean?
DATE	Tuesday, April 10th 2007 - 09:38:09 AM

NAME	Charity Ledesma
COMMENTS	Hi Rodger. I am still reading everything. The formating looks good.
DATE	Friday, April 6th 2007 - 07:22:47 PM

NAME	Caroline Ray
E-MAIL	toolpusher18@pldi.net
COMMENTS	I enjoyed your testimony. The good news is, "God is love." Keep up the good work. There are many of us who need you. Thank you Caroline
DATE	Thursday, April 5th 2007 - 10:00:02 AM

NAME	Angela
COMMENTS	I see a loving God in the Bible, not a god who punishes eternally in "hell." I know many Christians believe that if we do not agree with what they teach then we will go to eternal hell but that is not what I believe at all. Thanks for posting WHAT I WISH I HAD KNOWN DURING MY YOUTH and also for sharing your website sites with us on my forum.
DATE	Saturday, March 31st 2007 - 06:15:47 AM

NAME	Bob
COMMENTS	Thank you Rodger...I am really enjoying the information that you sent to me. I'm sure you've heard it before...I feel closer to God than ever before. The world is blessed with folks like you! Sincerely, Bob
DATE	Friday, March 30th 2007 - 03:23:09 PM

NAME	Miss Davis
E-MAIL	spiritfreewithin@yahoo.com
URL	http://www.inthearmsofgod.com
COMMENTS	Praise God! He is using me for His purpose. Praising site!
DATE	Thursday, March 29th 2007 - 07:38:00 PM

NAME	tisye kore
E-MAIL	ezeutis@yahoo.com
DATE	Thursday, March 15th 2007 - 06:13:12 PM

NAME	Rainshadow
E-MAIL	Tawnyseptember2@aol.com
COMMENTS	My story is very like yours, along with the journey into searching out what God REALLY had to say on the subject. I have never before. How wonderful that you are getting this message out to people. The idea of an angry God capable of mass eternal torture was the subject of childhood nightmares and a long adult search before I could truly believe that God was good, and not just big. Praise Him, that He IS good!
DATE	Thursday, March 15th 2007 - 12:14:47 AM

NAME	Lucy
E-MAIL	spiritualprincess@hotmail.com
URL	http://www.spiritualprincess.com
COMMENTS	It is such a pleasure to meet you. I will continue to check out your site. Love and Light...
DATE	Friday, March 9th 2007 - 09:01:43 AM

NAME	Lucy
URL	http://pub23.bravenet.com/forum/1966109846/
COMMENTS	I thank you for your great testimony on my forum, and I am truly sorry it took so long to get back to you. I have no direct link to my forum as I had to take it off my website when porn was being constantly advertised there. I am sorry for all your heartache but I truly believe we go through things to lift us up to a higher spiritual plain granting us wisdom and clarity to see life in the true light it was intended to be... Brightest blessings and God Bless you and yours! Lucy
DATE	Friday, March 9th 2007 - 08:47:48 AM

NAME	Pastor Cory P Pariseau
E-MAIL	revpariseau@crossroadswcc.org
URL	http://www.crossroadswcc.org
COMMENTS	Great! testimony,!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing
DATE	Thursday, March 8th 2007 - 07:39:28 AM

NAME	Debra
COMMENTS	Hi Rodger, I am reading HIS ACHIEVEMENT ARE WE by James Coram that you recommended http://concordant.org/expohtml/HisAchievement/index.html and I am more convinced than ever that God loves all of His creation and we all will be with Him after the next age. I, too suffered much from the eternal torment teachings of men. I suffered severe depresssion and anxiety attacks. If God hadn't had his hand on and in my life I would have killed myself a long time ago. But, praise to His name, He led me to a website that explained the lake of fire, hell, judgment, justice, wrath and all the other words that institutional churches use to cram their hate filled God down our throats. Now, I hear these men and they sound so immature and childish. They contradict themselves whenever they open their mouths. It is truly sad that the only way they can make a living is by threatening people with their twisted and demented idea of a "loving" God. Do they ever truly listen to what they say? Or do they care? Most of them I have talked to don't seem to care at all about their doctrines on eternal torment. Anyway, I can just be grateful that God got me out of that trash before I did myself in. God be with you, Debra
DATE	Wednesday, March 7th 2007 - 11:37:36 AM

NAME	S
E-MAIL	lvnfor1god@yahoo.com
COMMENTS	God bless your lovely site!
DATE	Thursday, March 1st 2007 - 10:46:54 PM

NAME	Tallulah Howard
E-MAIL	rozmarija3@excite.com
COMMENTS	The Church of England has long DECLARED that there is no such a place as HELL. Editor's note by Rodger Tutt: Hi Tallulah. Unfortunately, one of the most horrific sermons in support of eternal suffering in hell that I listened to was preached by the Anglican priest of the largest Church of England church in downtown Montreal. I wish it were not so, but there you go. He graphically illustrated how long eternal suffering is going to be for non-Christians. I have never heard such a horrific sermon before or since, not even in the many evangelical fundamentalist churches that I have attended through the years. I'm 68. I guess individual priests are allowed to preach what they believe whether or not it agrees with the churches' written doctrinal statements.
DATE	Tuesday, January 1st 2002 - 05:21:05 PM

NAME	Heather
E-MAIL	heavinny@yahoo.com
COMMENTS	"Judgment unto victory" - I discern that is correct! I think "hell" is on earth in the sense that we learn from our mistakes and possibly pay for them in fair restitution. Still, people suffer here for no reason sometimes. How about this poem I saw on the web somewhere: Anomaly Homily (c) T.L. Mayle Woe am I when all is well And have no need of grace; For when my life is full of ease I fail to seek God's face. So let the fiery trial heat up It's then I'm really fine; God's presence is abundant And His face is seeking mine. "Don't be afraid of the fiery trial that is to try you" - where is that Scripture? I think that is the kiln that God puts His clay (us) in to sanctify us perhaps.
DATE	Wednesday, February 21st 2007 - 04:52:45 AM

NAME	John Irwin
COMMENTS	I came to the conclusion that hell is not endless from studying the Scriptures while in my teens. And I have rejoiced in its truth now for more than 50 years. John Wesley said of those who promote the doctrine of "Eternal Conscious Torment". . . "Your God is my devil". It is a terrible thing to teach that a loving God would keep those who reject him eternally conscious so they could suffer eternally. Again my thanks for your efforts. John Irwin Editor's note from Rodger Tutt: I have several times read that Abraham Lincoln said to an evangelist who was preaching eternal torment, "Your god is my devil." But I have never before heard that John Wesley said it.
DATE	Tuesday, February 20th 2007 - 07:44:37 PM

NAME	Imah Jean Wilson
E-MAIL	ijwilsonc@valornet.com
COMMENTS	the Lord showed me several yrs ago that hell is not eternal. I studied every scripture on it in the old and new testament. That it is judgment unto Victory. Also revealed to me reconciliation of all and that Jesus tasted death for all mankind. But there are steps into His Glory
DATE	Friday, February 16th 2007 - 09:42:06 PM

NAME	Melchizedek
E-MAIL	0@john-14-6.info
COMMENTS	Nice testimony web page.
DATE	Tuesday, February 13th 2007 - 06:08:19 AM

NAME	Richard
E-MAIL	RET1000@aol.com
URL	http://profiles.yahoo.com/happymspage
COMMENTS	Rodger; I found your website very enlighting with spiritual thoughts. I did find it unusual that there is a not a lot of anti church connected to it. Maybe you just don't like fundamentalism. Neither do I. I'm a life long Methodist which allows us a lot of latitude in our thinking. I also consider myself a spiritually oriented person. Richard of happymspage
DATE	Sunday, February 11th 2007 - 02:17:01 PM

NAME	John
COMMENTS	You have a wonderful website...I have enjoyed my visit very much!
DATE	Friday, February 9th 2007 - 06:05:46 PM

NAME	Sheila
URL	http://groups.msn.com/Kaikuluotain
COMMENTS	Thank you ever so much for your testimonies! I do agree with you: My God is LOVE. God is not vindictive, God is good, He is my Father, He loves me so much... Oh, I cannot express my feelings while thinking of the great huge love of my Heavenly Father... My God is merciful, forgiving, gracious, charitable...etc. He could never for ever torture any of His creature... He loves His daughters and sons, He wants to save them and give them eternal home in the Heaven... He loves us so much that He gave His Son to die for us: So: how could He watch His creatures torturing in some flames of some hell??? May God show His love and richly bless you and your visitors!
DATE	Friday, February 2nd 2007 - 12:18:33 PM

NAME	allan
E-MAIL	allan@freedomfromfreedomto.com
URL	http://www.freedomfromfreedomto.com
COMMENTS	A beautiful testimony and a great site here to share the word of God with our very troubled world. Thank You for everything! May the Lord be with you always and forever! In Jesus' pure and perfect love! Allan
DATE	Monday, January 29th 2007 - 11:56:41 AM

NAME	Mike Sullivan
COMMENTS	Rodger I was touched by your testimony. Keep posting in the Cherokee Hills forum. I may post one or two messages in it during the next week too, not as good or as strong as yours but from my heart. You are in my prayers God Bless you !! Mike Sullivan
DATE	Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 07:37:03 PM

NAME	Rachel
E-MAIL	rachel.clarion@yahoo.com
COMMENTS	How wonderful to hear the Good News... if the new covenant is a better covenant (than the old) then it follows that eternal hell could not be a reality! I too have struggled with severe anxiety over my family going to hell if they don't "say the prayer"... many of them love Jesus but are what you call "new agers" so they don't believe the prayer is necessary. After 15 years of trying to change them, I believe God has shown me that He has saved New Agers and loves them dearly - as much as anyone who claims His name! I have found many websites about universal salvation and it rings true with the God I know as love. Now here is something else that is a major paradigm shift in Christian thinking, but I believe that in the next 50 or so years, every Bible reader will see this clearly: Preterism. It doesn't necessarily go together with the universal belief (in fact, some preterists are calvinists, who believe in pre-destination) and that almost gave me a nervous breakdown contemplating how God could play "eeny-meeny-miney-mo" with little babes in the womb, deciding who would be saved and who would forever be in agony, without their even having a choice! Uh-uh. That's not God. Anyway, try the preterist archive or planet preterist, do a google search... it is amazing how Scripture lines up and is understood better in light of fulfillment theology. It took me a year to swallow it, and understand how the new heavens and new earth are the symbol for the new covenant, and how scary times are in our past, not our future. I was a fundamentalist for years, checking my brain at the door, but I always knew something was amiss in Christendom, and that Christianity had become Churchianity. Together (preterism and universal reconciliation) has given me peace and not fear. It is the GOOD NEWS that will cause every knee to bow to God's amazing Savior, in both this life, and the next.
DATE	Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 10:01:35 AM

NAME	Dr. Golden Kerewi
COMMENTS	Almost everyone believes that the Bible teaches eternal torment because the father of Lies (The Devil) has blinded their eyes so they cannot see the truth. That is why I am preaching the truth in some of the cities of the nations in Asia and Africa, which I will keep doing all the days of my life. I will get back to you, as soon as I am through reading the online book "HIS ACHIEVEMENT ARE WE" that you recommended, and I will share with you my experiences about those who believe the Bible teaches eternal torment.
DATE	Saturday, January 13th 2007 - 09:01:32 AM

NAME	Cheryl Walters
E-MAIL	faithishome@yahoo.com
COMMENTS	Our Father is a redemptive One. His redemption involves everything we need to be changed into His Nature.That is our exceeding great reward.All adoration to Him...He is worthy all praise...Years ago He spoke these words to my mind...As you praise me you are becoming what you say about Me. Well, I am through arguing with Him...In fact He always gives me the Question so that He can give me the Answer...He IS the answer..Everything I ever longed for ..Glad to say Amen with you. Blessings to all...
DATE	Saturday, January 6th 2007 - 01:36:03 AM

NAME	Chris
COMMENTS	Rodger, I am very thankful for your testimony and insights that you have shared ! Isn't it GREAT that God rejected our rejection of Him?! Do you know where I could purchase the tapes that you mention by James Coram? Thanks again brother! Editor's note from Rodger Tutt to Chris: It is always so good to know that we are being a channel of blessing isn't it Chris! HUMAN CHOICE AND THE DEITY OF GOD - 8 tapes by James Coram. See http://www.concordant.org/recorded/index.html scroll down and see tapes #240 to #247 I have listened to the entire set dozens of times during years gone by. It will be a very worthwhile use of your money. And as you can see they don't cost very much. Personally, I would rather have listened to these tapes repeatedly than to have a million dollars. God bless you Chris!
DATE	Thursday, January 4th 2007 - 08:45:25 AM

NAME	mrwerew
COMMENTS	These forums are wonderful for so many of us who have broken ties with denominations and are shunned by many in these churches. I have thought about how much time and money is spent by so many hell-fire believing churches to relieve the pain and misery of those here on earth, yet they never talk about eternal hell. The only time they talk about eternal hell is when others refute it, then they get angry. I tried to talk to a few people about universal reconciliation but was told I was on "thin ice" and God wasn't very happy with the direction I was going in. But, I knew God was showing me these truths because He created me a truth seeker. I have to know the truth, no matter how hard it is to swallow. God has slowly shown me more and more truth in the past 2 years since I left Christiandom. I feel so free in the Lord now. I can ask anything about the Bible and God and won't be told that isn't the right thing to do. Anyway, God bless and thanks again.
DATE	Thursday, January 4th 2007 - 06:57:19 AM

NAME	Tigercat
COMMENTS	Rodger, I have also read your testimony on the tentmaker website, and I can certainly identify with some of the things that you have said. I know what it is like to come close to a nervous breakdown, because of the "Hell" (eternal torment) teaching. The problem was greatly aggravated by the psychological, emotional, and spiritual abuse that I suffered in the "institutional church" (especially, the fundamentalist movement). I have been studying UR since February 2004, and I'm grateful to God for the healing that it has brought to me. Thank you Rodger, you are an angel of mercy. You are a real survivor of spiritual abuse. God is using you to comfort others who have suffered spiritual abuse at the hands of "Hellfire teachers", with the same comfort that He has comforted you with. Keep up the good work, brother. 2 Corinthians 1:2-4
DATE	Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 07:50:54 PM

NAME	Jerry Boyer
E-MAIL	webmaster@heart-talks.com
URL	http://www.whatistruth.info
COMMENTS	Hello...I enjoyed visiting! In my opinion, all mankind has one Creator...and we all answer to Him. And I believe He judges from the "inside" while mankind judges from the "outside". I believe He judges according to what we understand and not according to what we don't understand. Thank you for sharing your understanding... His Love and Blessings to you and yours and your sharing around the globe!
DATE	Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 04:42:09 PM

NAME	Tracy
COMMENTS	My husband and I used to be pastors in an eternal torment believing denomination. We left there years ago and through the intervening years we have become utterly convinced of the reconciliation of all mankind through Christ. Thank you so much for your web site! Tracy
DATE	Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 11:19:16 AM

NAME	Jared in Colorado
COMMENTS	Just stumbled onto your page today Rodger, and I just wanted to say a real quick "Thanks!" I appreciate your testimonial. I've been on "this journey" for about a year now and everything to me has changed. I see everything differently: God, the scriptures (can't get enough of them now), the "lost", everything! I look forward to devouring more of your website as I get time to do so. Thanks again! Jared
DATE	Monday, January 1st 2007 - 08:23:04 PM

NAME	Christopher
COMMENTS	Thank you Rodger for posting on our forum the list of online books that show that the Bible teaches universal salvation. Had I discovered this truth sooner, I wouldn't have had to go through nearly 2 years of torment and anguish. I hope that those who need them most will find these books too.
DATE	Sunday, December 31st 2006 - 08:01:24 PM

NAME	The Crusader
COMMENTS	"...to testify the Gospel of the Grace of God." (Acts 20:24)"..... and TO MAKE ALL MEN SEE" (Ephesians 3:9) Believing Christ died, that's HISTORY. Believing Christ died "FOR" Your sins and rose again, that's SALVATION. Editor's note by Rodger Tutt: This is an excellent message Crusader. Isn't it great to know that based on the literal Greek text of the Bible (not the KJV) all fallen creatures everywhere will eventually benefit from the Gospel of the Grace of God and "see" the salvation of the Lord in an experiential way!! Luke 3:6 Now that's the real Christmas message! And isn't it good to know that eventually all fallen creatures everywhere will believe that Christ died for their sins and rose again! To this wonderful Saviour Whose love will not fail to achieve His heart's desire so that He will eventually save all of His fallen creatures wherever they may temporarily be, I commit my heart and soul without any reservations at all.
DATE	Saturday, December 23rd 2006 - 06:54:45 PM

NAME	Pam (from near Dallas)
COMMENTS	Dear brother Rodger, Just this morning I was "led" to read your testimony page on Fire Forums (tentmaker page, I think). And then I went to your own website and just read your tribute to Ray Prinzing. My name is Pam W. and I live in the Dallas Texas area. Just about 3 years ago, God began to 'unveil' to me the joyous truth of His amazing provision through His Son, Jesus for the reconciliation of ALL mankind. Wow, what a wondrous Truth! And also during this 3 years, I was introduced to the writings of Charles Slagle online. He and his wife and I have shared email messages during the last year (though I have not met them yet face to face). Also, I have read extensively, though not as much as you have--the writings of brother Prinzing, which I can hardly get enough of. And now, today--I met you on your website, which I will return to often and soon. Thank you for making available the fruitful bounty that God has given to you! Please pray for my continued faithfulness to and growth in certainty of this revelation. It was not despair or any pain that I recall that God used to bring me into this broader and more accurate view of Him and His Love for us all. Just continuing to let Him love me and desiring more and more to impart His Love to others is what He gave throughout the almost 40 yrs. now of my personal relationship of growing intimacy with Him. That God-given desire, I think is what He was able to use to prepare and then ushered me into this Light! Praise His Name! Your road of previous suffering encourages me for those I love who are suffering in any way right now, because they still have problems with a Father Who would forever punish any of us and refuse His Presence and Love to the same. Thank you again for your loving gift of your insights and life to the Body of Christ, His Bride (of which I am one)! Gratefully and sincerely, your sister-in-Him, Pam
DATE	Saturday, December 23rd 2006 - 11:00:29 AM

NAME	Matt Thomas
URL	http://www.tentmaker.org/visitorcomments.htm
COMMENTS	The belief in eternal torment may be partially to blame for a severe anxiety disorder I have suffered since age 17. I have seen testimonies of people that have gone nearly or completely insane due to this horrible teaching. Don't let it happen to you. Explore the wonderful truths of the salvation of all mankind found in properly translated Bibles. Learn what Christ meant when He said on the Tree of Crucifixion, "It is finished." Discover the wonderful promises He left for you, your friends, relatives, and loved ones. Seeing a God who lets people be tormented forever breeds contempt for our fellow man and turns a person into a hypocrite. Seeing a God of Love without hypocrisy, breeds forgiveness and sincerity. I've been there. It's your choice. Check out http://www.tentmaker.org and the materials available without price. It's not too late to love and be loved.
DATE	Friday, December 22nd 2006 - 12:46:08 PM

NAME	Gary Cottongim
E-MAIL	gary@hell-fact-or-fable.com
URL	http://hell-fact-or-fable.com
COMMENTS	I would just like to share one of my favorite quotes: "I am aware that when even the brightest mind in our world has been trained up from childhood in a superstition of any kind, it will never be possible for that mind, in its maturity, to examine sincerely, dispassionately, and conscientiously any evidence or any circumstance which shall seem to cast a doubt upon the validity of that superstition." - Mark Twain Haven't most of us found this to be true regarding our "eternal torment in hell" Christian friends?
DATE	Thursday, December 21st 2006 - 02:21:46 PM

NAME	Mahlon Wickey
E-MAIL	mrwickey@netzero.com
COMMENTS	I have come to believe in the "salvation of all" and also God's "plan of the ages". Recently I gave a sermon to our group entitled "The plan of the ages", and have since resigned as a teaching elder because I lost my credibility when I gave that sermon. Most in our group simply were not ready for this type of theology, if you know what I mean. Also I gave a five part series on the "Wrath of God."
DATE	Wednesday, December 20th 2006 - 09:49:37 AM

NAME	Les
E-MAIL	keane.gardeners@xtra.co.nz
COMMENTS	Hi Rodger, Les here from Churchonline. I know many people who have been through similar experiences as yours because of that false teaching, although they would not have been as intense as yours seems to have been . Also I have a friend here who believes the same as you and I am inclined to go along with what you believe. Your post is welcome on the board. Blessings, Les
DATE	Wednesday, December 20th 2006 - 06:40:37 AM

NAME	Bob Evely
E-MAIL	bob@graceevangel.org
URL	http://www.graceevangel.org/
COMMENTS	We who have studied God’s Word and who have been able to escape the “shackles” of the traditional church teaching of the horrendous doctrine of eternal torment must share the truth as we have opportunities. Yes we may sometimes be rejected … sometimes scoffed at … sometimes criticized … sometimes cast out; but as Christ’s Ambassadors we must share that which He has revealed to us! Too many within the traditional church and within the world have lost faith in God, or in His Word, because of this error within the church’s teachings. Can we simply sit back and remain silent as God is portrayed as one who is all loving and all powerful, yet willing to cast into eternal torment with no hope for repentance and restoration those who died in unbelief? Can we sit back when this falsehood preached in the traditional church drives people away from God, and from His Word? “Yet all is of God, Who conciliates us to Himself through Christ, and is giving us the dispensation of the conciliation, how that God was in Christ, conciliating the world to Himself, not reckoning their offenses to them, and placing in us the word of the conciliation. For Christ, then, are we ambassadors, as of God entreating through us. We are beseeching for Christ’s sake, ‘Be conciliated to God!’ For the One not knowing sin, He makes to be a sin offering for our sakes that we may be becoming God’s righteousness in Him.” (2 Corinthians 5:18-21)
DATE	Sunday, December 17th 2006 - 03:12:14 PM

NAME	Shane
COMMENTS	Amen, PRAISE GOD! Glad to have you on our forum Rodger.
DATE	Sunday, December 17th 2006 - 06:45:08 AM

NAME	Jason Worley
COMMENTS	Thanks for all the information Rodger. I am already familiar with the Tentmaker website, and that site has been a help to me in recent months. I will look into the other links you provided as well. I feel a little guilty that you seem to have put such a great deal of effort into answering my question. All I can say is Thanks & God bless you, sir. Have a truly wonderful day! Jason p.s. I don't know how you Canadians stand that COLD winter. Burrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!
DATE	Tuesday, December 5th 2006 - 12:17:16 PM

NAME	Rodger Tutt
E-MAIL	rodgertutt@sympatico.ca
URL	http://www.tentmaker.org/visitorcomments.htm
COMMENTS	I invite you to read the comments of many people who were helped by the contents of the tentmaker site. http://www.tentmaker.org/visitorcomments.htm
DATE	Monday, December 4th 2006 - 03:59:11 AM

NAME	V. E. Jacobson
URL	http://www.saviour-of-all.org/fifteenbombs.html
COMMENTS	I have quit preaching "everlasting torment." I have changed but in the same way as a grammar school boy changes when he goes to high school. Through the concordant method of Bible study, the Sacred Scriptures themselves have answered questions that neither college and seminary professors nor commentaries could or would try to answer. I am amazed and fascinated by the Word as never before. It sets forth one God Who is just, loving and loveable; for Whose person and work there is no need of apology for One Who is operating the universe in accord with the counsel of His will. I glory in being His slave and in being deemed worthy to suffer reproach for His Name's sake.
DATE	Sunday, December 3rd 2006 - 04:54:11 AM

NAME	Jeff from Arizona
COMMENTS	Rodger, Concordant Publishing Concern was a lifesaver for me about 5 years ago when I found one of their pages on the internet. http://www.concordant.org/ I wasn't having a nervous breakdown, but I was getting quite depressed and ready for something different than what I was seeing in Christianity or in my Bible. I had heard about universalism, but I thought it must be for people who didn't know or believe what the Bible said. Wow, I'm glad my Bible was wrong!
DATE	Sunday, November 19th 2006 - 02:05:03 PM

NAME	Tadd from Kentucky
COMMENTS	Rodger, I really sympathize with you, and I understand the road that you have traveled. I have seen people, happy productive people who knew a measure of peace, start going to endless-hell churches, join these churches, and within 6 months to a year, gain 50 or 60 pounds, can't sleep, chain smoking, on "nerve pills", families broke up, seeing a psychiatrist, and finally end up in the psych-ward or worst! And is it any wonder why??! I have seen this happen within my own family, I had a cousin. We grew up together, played music together, partied together, a born comedian, he was always a joy to be around, and now he's gone, . . .victim of the endless-hell system?, . . I don't know, can't say, can't prove it, but I have my own thoughts on it. One night he "shot himself in the head", . . . and I honestly suspect this endless-hell belief was at the very root of it because of something that was hinted at in the note he left behind. May GOD continue to Bless & comfort your heart through Him that Loved us and gave Himself for us. You and your family will always be continually in my heart & prayers! "To an unbelieving heart all the evidence in a million worlds will not suffice, but a believing heart needs no proof" ~ Hosea Ballou
DATE	Sunday, November 19th 2006 - 01:35:30 PM

NAME	Debbie Boutwell
URL	http://www.debosblog.blogspot.com/
COMMENTS	"Rodger, I would like to say that your website was very valuable to me about 5 or 6 years ago as I started to see the wonderful truth of universal salvation. I wanted universal reconciliation to be true so much when I first heard about it, I decided to try and refute it. I knew if I could refute it I should not look into it any further. To my delight, I was totally unable to."
DATE	Sunday, November 19th 2006 - 08:30:56 AM

NAME	Trecola Lowe
E-MAIL	trecolalowe21@aol.com
COMMENTS	Rodger, I know that there will be an end to hell for everyone. The way I see it is that the things we go through in this life before we come into the knowing of who GOD is within us is our hell. Hell is everything that keeps us out of the will of GOD. Once we are AWAKEND by the SPIRIT of the ONE AND ONLY LIVING GOD then and only then can we began to find our way out of our fears, delusions, unrighteousness thoughts, agreement with false teachings, torments, lusts, greed, addictions, low-self esteem, pride...... I thank GOD that he is such a loving compassionate Father, Who will eventually love us all right out of our hell, and into His Glory and Peace that passes all understanding. Your awakening sister in CHRIST Trecola Lowe P.S. may your ministry be blessed in spreading the truth
DATE	Wednesday, November 8th 2006 - 11:09:23 AM

NAME	Jacob
COMMENTS	Your following post on THE FULL BIBLE TRUTH forum was very profitable reading! Regarding the most common argument that the same word for "punishment" is also used for "life" see the following: All three of these articles should be studied with care, especially the third one. http://concordant.org/expohtml/TheEons/eon1.html http://concordant.org/expohtml/TheEons/eon2.html http://concordant.org/expohtml/TheEons/eon3.html also see: http://concordant.org/expohtml/TheEons/aion.html http://concordant.org/version/tranprin.html
DATE	Tuesday, October 24th 2006 - 08:14:08 AM

NAME	Jacob Israel
E-MAIL	willfillmore@gmail.com
URL	http://catholicmuslimbrotherhood.blogspot.com
COMMENTS	The time has come to realize redemption for the lion and the lamb. Come lie down together - there is peace. Light, Two Witnesses
DATE	Monday, October 23rd 2006 - 07:27:43 PM

NAME	David Dyball
E-MAIL	wolf_lord2002@hotmail.com
URL	http://groups.msn.com/GodSquadTeam
COMMENTS	Thank you very much my good man for your information about the new book HOPE BEYOND HELL by Gerry Beauchemin. http://www.hopebeyondhell.net/index.html It is very good to have you on the God Squad Team forum! I have never been taught that people will have ENDLESS suffering, in fact, at the Christian School I went to they taught that eventually everyone will be saved and God will create a new paradise for us all. I have encouraged anyone on the forum who disagrees to join in a discussion so we can bounce back ideas.
DATE	Sunday, October 22nd 2006 - 11:37:25 PM

NAME	Rodger Tutt
E-MAIL	rodgertutt@sympatico.ca
URL	http://www.hopebeyondhell.net/index.html
COMMENTS	HOPE BEYOND HELL by Gerry Beauchemin An excellent newly published book! Notice that the entire text of this book is online. http://www.hopebeyondhell.net/index.html gerry@hopebeyondhell.net (Gerry's email address) The Bible says that God is love. Love is not just one of God’s attributes. God is not just a loving individual. God is love in essence. What a travesty; what a revolting definition of love it is that God, Who is love personified, would grant any creature a will so strong that they can choose themselves into an irreversible state of never ending suffering! The blood of Jesus Christ guarantees that this will not occur, but instead, all will eventually be saved from everything from which they need to be saved, including their stubborn wills. For people who are suffering nervous breakdown symptoms over their inability to love a god who would allow anyone to suffer forever, I want you to know that all of the arguments and scripture quotes in THE TRUTH ABOUT HELL article, and all of the other scriptures that seem to support endless suffering in hell have been refuted through the more than 600 page search engine at the top of the front page on the TENTMAKER site. TENTMAKER is number one on Google's TENTMAKER list so you can easily Google it up. Just type in a key word or phrase from any argument or Bible passage and ten articles will appear that refute that argument. Remember, just because you don't have an answer to an argument right now, it doesn't mean that there is no answer. During my 69 years of living, I have discovered that there is an answer to every argument that has been conceived in support of the idea that the Bible teaches endless suffering for anyone. From Rodger Tutt in Toronto, Canada "That God may be All in all" 1Cor.15:28
DATE	Saturday, October 21st 2006 - 06:39:06 AM

NAME	Alan McSavage
E-MAIL	broal1@cogeco.ca
URL	http://greater-emmanuel.org
COMMENTS	I was caught up to the heavens on one occasion and was enveloped in God’s love. That love has never left me and has caused all fear of the past, present and future to vanish as a vapour in the night. I have found as I have grown older a new found love for all mankind has developed and I fully expect to see the salvation of all men. It all starts with a personal discovery of the Lord of lords and the King of kings. After all my searching I found that “He was here, all the time”
DATE	Monday, October 16th 2006 - 08:25:47 PM

NAME	Jeanne Tessier
E-MAIL	jmtess@yahoo.com
COMMENTS	Hello Rodger. I was happy to receive your email and thank you for keeping me on your mailing list. I have recently directed a few people to your website and they have found much food and encouragement there. Your work for all of God's people, every person on the face of the earth, is more than commendable. You serve selflessly and with only one thought; to bring peace to all those suffering the torment of denominational churchianity. Well Brother Rodger, blessings upon blessings in all you do and in your life in general. Love in Christ, Jeanne
DATE	Friday, October 13th 2006 - 10:55:53 AM

NAME	Dwayne Stringer
E-MAIL	Godsway@kjvmail.com
COMMENTS	I have truly enjoyed visiting your site and come away blessed. May God's best be yours. In Christ Jesus, Dwayne
DATE	Tuesday, October 3rd 2006 - 07:52:49 AM

NAME	GGG
E-MAIL	Mailwebsite7@aol.com
COMMENTS	Thank you for sharing your heart warming website. God bless you and yours.
DATE	Monday, October 2nd 2006 - 08:34:34 AM

NAME	Anonymous
COMMENTS	Thanks for the info Rodger. I read the article ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE by Charles Slagle that you guided me to. http://www.sigler.org/slagle/absolute.htm It is somewhat like my own transformation. I was on Paxil for nearly 6 years then Wellbutrin for two years because of the doctrine of eternal suffering in hell, but now I'm off both because I know that God loves all unconditionally and will eventually save everyone, not just a few. It has cleared my head of being judgemental and fearful. I copied and pasted some of the things that Charles wrote. Thanks again Rodger and feel free to send anything that might be useful. Love Anonymous
DATE	Wednesday, August 16th 2006 - 12:08:24 PM

NAME	Vivian
COMMENTS	Thank you, Rodger, for your helpful information. It is good to see others in the world serving by trying to free minds from this erroneous interpretation. Is it not obvious that the religion of Constantine set out to control the masses through theology, eliminating from Jesus' teachings all understandings that would loosen their control? Once one gives themselves permission to see differently than the masses, the freedom that Jesus promises starts to become a reality. Vivian
DATE	Sunday, August 13th 2006 - 10:23:18 PM

NAME	Char Tierney
E-MAIL	FreePictures@comcast.net
URL	http://www.OperationJesusPictures.com
COMMENTS	Thanks for posting on our message board Rodger. We are sorry to hear of the suffering you endured in the past, which we can see was very painful. Brother, we do not teach a God who puts people in hell with never a chance to come out. Rather, we teach as the Scriptures do that Jesus went to hell and preached to those who were there since the days of Noah, and then took them out. "When he ascended on high, he led captives in his train and gave gifts to men. What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions?" Ephesians 8. - The captives were the captives in hell to whom He had preached. I asked the Father about people going to hell "forever" and He told me that forever means, "as long as there is time". Hell is a place to repent, for those who did not repent on earth. Our God loves us (each person of the earth) and His nature is to save, to redeem, as Jesus illustrated so well when He came to bear the penalty for our sin. God bless you. Thanks again for your post. Char Tierney
DATE	Monday, July 31st 2006 - 03:42:09 PM

NAME	Michelle
E-MAIL	mayflour@gmail.com
COMMENTS	Rodger, over a month after you had posted your testimony at my forum on http://pub26.bravenet.com/forum/2205239445/, I happened to check in there today and discover it ... My aplogies for having taken so long to do so! I closed the account that forum is based in awhile back, which is why nothing's really going on over there .... Not long ago I became convinced of universal redemption and am now actively sharing about it in some Catholic-Protestant discussion groups I belong to in Yahoo. Am looking forward to checking out the rest of your site! Blessings, Michelle
DATE	Friday, July 28th 2006 - 11:34:32 AM

NAME	Sarah
E-MAIL	redtygrr@sbcglobal.net
COMMENTS	I have not suffered a nervous breakdown, but I have suffered from severe anger and depression because of the teachings of an "eternal" hell and suffering. I also found myself unable to truly love or respect a god that could send anyone to such a place. It has been said also that "we send ourselves to hell" but how can that be, if God is totally sovereign and in total control? This website is a blessing. Thank you for spreading the True Good News. May you be blessed always.
DATE	Wednesday, July 19th 2006 - 05:21:02 PM

NAME	Brenda
E-MAIL	boo24d@netzero.net
COMMENTS	For many years I never really questioned the idea of hell being eternal. I really think I put it to the back of my mind. Until God sent my husband and myself to another state to a new church, where the pastor didn't believe in an eternal hell. Personally to me this sounded wonderful. So I really prayed about it and asked God to tell me. And He did. He simply said there is a hell but it is not eternal. That was enough for me. I know as I grow and mature in God He will reveal deeper truths to me. But the truth of univeral reconciliation is quite wonderful. This is how I've come to see it. God's mercies are everlasting, His judgments are for but a season.
DATE	Friday, June 30th 2006 - 11:20:38 PM

NAME	Randy Cook