What is James Flanders Teaching?

I've been listening to James Flanders audios on the internet for a while now and have realized that in many ways I have missed the point of Scripture, sold Jesus short, and basically had a very limited and cloudy view of what God is doing in the grand scheme of things.

When I heard that he had changed his views from traditional orthodoxy/fundamentalism to a belief called Universal Reconciliation, I thought that meant he no longer believed the Bible, didn't think the death and resurrection meant anything, and that he though there was no such thing as future judgment.

However, after taking some time to actually listen to what he had to say, with Bible in hand, taking careful notes, and then following the example of the Bereans to search the Scripture to see if these things are so... I discovered that I had been wrong about more than I ever thought. The truth is I had taken way too much for granted and had never actually searched the Scriptures on the topics of hell, justification, and the Evangel of Paul (it turns out it is different than what Peter was teaching and what Jesus was teaching before His death and resurrection).

I didn't realize that there were several different words that had all been translated as hell, but none of them fit the picture of Dante's inferno, and in fact some of them simply mean "the grave" and were actually translated that way in Scripture when it talks about the death of so called good people.

Anyway, I decided to put this blog together primarily for myself to make notes of some of what I have learned from James Flanders. If other people want to take a look at what I've been learning, then I consider that great!

If you are brave enough, the first teachings I would recommend  listening to are on the topic of hell.

Here is a link to his website: http://www.jamesflanders.com/3/category/hell/1.html

I also found some teachings on YouTube, but I think they are the same as what is on his mainsite.

Here is a link to a really good teaching about "the secret" that Christ shared with Paul after Hi resurrection from the dead. This stuff is mind blowing to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_uU04wNa9M

I hope you enjoy it!

 Also, here is James Flanders Facebook link:

https://www.facebook.com/james.flanders1