Skating and Universal Salvation

Gilbert and I changed out some storefront glass and made lots of money. The best part was that the storefront was for lease, so inside was just a huge open space. Even the floor was stripped bare. I came prepared with my skateboard. It was premium. I manualed the length of the store.

I candidly expressed some universalist inklings at a home bible study. No one kicked me out. I think most related to my struggles. If universalism would have any substantial argument, surely it would appeal to the New Testament, to the atoning death of Jesus Christ. The result of that "one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men," (Rom 5:18). Patronizing talk of "whatever feels right for you" seems a feeble attempt to dismiss an impossibly difficult question. Karma would have us recycled here forever. Allah promises a fire, an "evil resting place" for wrongdoers (Koran 18:29). The mosaic law would have had me stoned multiple times by now. The cross is my only chance. It's anyone's only chance. So I begin to wonder just how big God's grace in Jesus Christ is. Will it cover our denominational differences? Major ecclesiastical differences? Those who've never heard the story of Jesus? Those who doubt? Those who reject him vehemently and condemn His people's attempts to share His truth with others? For now, I trust only God to judge others, and not even to judge myself apart from the Holy Spirit and the scriptures. Maybe that's the only answer.