The following statements summarize
our vision of the Story of God revealed to us in Scripture:
“God moves toward His world in care and
love. He is committed to every part of His creation,
loving it and upholding it. And though sin and evil have marred
the world, so it is just a shadow of its true self, at the
end of time, nature will be restored to its full glory and
we with it.”
“The whole world will be healed as it is drawn into
the fullness of God’s glory. Evil will be destroyed
and all the potentialities in creation, latent until that
moment, will explode with fullness and beauty.”
“Because creation was made in the image of a God who
is equally one and many, the human race will finally be reunited
and our racial and cultural diversity will remain intact in
the renewed world. The human race finally lives together in
peace and interdependence. Glory to God in the highest goes
with peace on earth.”
— Tim Keller "The
Reason for God" (pg 232-233)
"The goal of redemption is nothing less the restoration
of the entire cosmos. The scope of redemption
is truly cosmic. Through Christ, God determined ‘to
reconcile to himself all things’ (Col 1:20). Matthew
19:28 speaks of the renewal (the word is ‘regeneration’)
of all things. Acts 3:21 also indicates a cosmic regeneration
when it says that Jesus must remain in heaven ‘until
the time comes for God to restore everything’.
"Why must God regenerate, give new life and direction
to, all things? Because the entire creation has been drawn
into the mutiny of the human race (Rom. 8:19–24). Because
man’s fall affected not only himself but also the rest
of creation, redemption must involve God’s entire creation."
— Michael D. Williams "Far
As the Curse is Found"
"To speak of sin by itself, to speak of it
apart from the realities of creation and grace, is to forget
the resolve of God. God wants shalom and will
pay any price to get it back. Human sin is stubborn, but not
as stubborn as the grace of God and not half so persistent,
not half so ready to suffer to win its way.
"Moreover, to speak of sin by itself is to misunderstand
its nature: sin is only a parasite, a vandal, a spoiler. Sinful
life is a partly depressing, partly a ludicrous caricature
of genuine human life. To concentrate on our rebellion, defection
and folly — to say to the world, ‘I have some
bad news and I have some bad news’ — is to forget
that the center of the Christian religion is not our sin but
our Savior.
"To speak of sin without grace is to minimize the resurrection
of Jesus Christ, the fruit of the Spirit, and the hope of
shalom."
-- Cornelius Plantinga "Not
the Way It's Supposed to Be"
"God created both soul and body, and the resurrection
of Jesus shows that he is going to redeem both the spiritual
and the material. Therefore God is concerned not only for
the salvation of souls but also for the relief of poverty,
hunger, and injustice.
— The Gospel Coalition "Theological
Vision for Ministry"
"God's Love Wins" represents a community of individuals
who are followers of Jesus Christ by faith in His life, death,
resurrection and coming restoration of all creation. We represent
a diversity of theological backgrounds from Reformed (Calvinistic)
to independent and Baptist (Arminian). We are remaining anonymous
at this time to protect our families from the undue accusations
this view has shown to generate from some quarters of evangelicalism.

While we believe that God’s redemption is
indeed universal we renounce the spirit that uses this understanding
to lord it over others. This is nothing more than
just meaningless noise (I Cor 13). On the other hand, if an
individual says they believe in the eternal doctrine of hell
yet loves God, loves their enemies, and displays the mercy
and grace of God they are closer to the Kingdom than
any individual that claims they believe God will redeem all
mankind yet is not known for their love. True religion
will be demonstrated by the fruit of I Corinthians 13 and
“caring for orphans and widows in their distress”.
(James 1)