A specter is haunting the United States—the specter of universalism! At least, according to Fox News.
In a surprising op-ed for their website, the Rev. Max Lucado warns:
A shadow has set upon American society. The Christian faith is in decline. Spiritual indifference is everywhere. Addiction is up. Church attendance is down. . . . On the rare occasion that spirituality is discussed, the Gospel is often under attack. The authority of the Bible is questioned. Universalism is suddenly in vogue. No one is a sinner. No one will be lost. Everyone will somehow be saved. There is no eternal punishment. The idea of judgment is archaic and barbaric.
“This,” Lucado tells us, “is not good news.”
He’s right, of course. We all have anecdotal evidence: relatives at funerals who are sure Uncle Nicky’s in Heaven, even though he fixed horse races for a living… and hit his wife… and his goomah… and his kids… and died coked up to the eyeballs in a Tijuana brothel.
See the full article by Michael Warren Davis, December 9, 2022