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The following are provided as a record of teachings by the founder of this ministry over a period of many years. Ideas taught in past articles and messages are not all necessarily the same as the current beliefs of the author.

Articles by Eric Stetson (2022–2023):

• The Story of Christian Faith: Summary and Key Verses of the Bible (January 20, 2023)
• Yes, Resurrection: A 21st Century Case for the Miracle of Easter (April 17, 2022)
• Why Christianity Should Not Be Politicized (February 5, 2022)
• New Beginnings: The Future of Christianity and Our Church (January 9, 2022)

Sermons by Pastor Eric Stetson, The Universal Church of the Restoration (2021):

• Overcoming Evil: How to Heal and Break Free (December 5, 2021)
• The Mechanism of Evil: Strategies and Methods of the Dark Side (November 7, 2021)
• The Reality of Evil: What It Is and Why It Matters (October 3, 2021)
• The Simple Life (September 5, 2021)
• Faith, Doubt, and Spiritual Growth (August 1, 2021)
• A Righteous Nation (July 4, 2021)
• The Mystical Body of Christ (June 6, 2021)
• Come, Holy Spirit! (May 23, 2021)
• Ascension (May 16, 2021)
• Heavenly Mother (May 9, 2021)
• Technology and the Apocalypse (May 2, 2021)
• Seasons of Renewal (April 25, 2021)
• This Beautiful Planet We Share (April 18, 2021)
• Brothers and Sisters (April 11, 2021)
• He Is Risen! (April 4, 2021)
• The Incredible Power of the Cross (March 28, 2021)
• The Courage to Sacrifice (March 21, 2021)
• Rejoice! (March 14, 2021)
• Triumph (March 7, 2021)
• Temptation (February 28, 2021)
• Commitment (February 21, 2021)
• Repentance (February 14, 2021)
• Transformation (February 7, 2021)
• The Light of the World (January 31, 2021)
• The Ministry and Teachings of Jesus: Openness and Inclusion (January 24, 2021)
• The Ministry and Teachings of Jesus: Charity, Healing, and Forgiveness (January 17, 2021)
• Stepping Out in Faith (January 10, 2021)
• Seeking the Source (January 3, 2021)

Articles & videos by Eric Stetson (2020):

• The Baby and the Bathwater (December 25, 2020)
• God’s Family (December 20, 2020)
• Look Inward, Come Together (December 10, 2020)
• Thoughts on Founding the Universal Church of the Restoration (December 8, 2020)
• The Divine Feminine and Gender Equality (November 2020)
• Our Divine Nature and Calling (November 2020)
• God’s Plan for the Restoration of All (November 2020)
• Why Be a Christian? A Question for Spiritual Progressives (November 2020)
• Against Junk Food Religion: Cheap Grace, Prosperity Theology, etc. (October 2020)
• The Economic Mission of the Church: Early Christian Teachings for the New Millennium (May 2020)
• Reincarnation and the Resurrection: A Biblical View (April 2020)
• The Stages of Spiritual Growth: An Integral Christian View (April 2020)
• The Missing Institution: Envisioning a Zealous Progressive Church (April 2020)

Selected articles and sermons by Eric Stetson before 2020 (from newest to oldest).

• Religion and Economic Justice: Teachings of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (2019)
• A Relevant Faith: 10th Anniversary Message to the Christian Universalist Association (2017)
• Universalism and Economic Justice (2017)
• Rediscovering Jesus: A Universalist View of the Gospel (2017)
• The Power of Moral Courage (2017)
• Divine Justice and Reform of Sinners: The Biblical and Philosophical Arguments for Restorationist Universalism (2012)
• Globalization, Universalism, and the Future of Religion (2011)
• Excerpt from a Charter for Human Conscience (2011)
• The Meaning of Ministry (2010)
• Religion and Identity: Spiritual Growth Outside the Box (2010)
• Walking the Talk: Christian Universalism and Interfaith Reconciliation (2009)
• Is Jesus the Only Way? The Real Meaning of John 14:6 (2009)
• Toward the World We Dream Of: Globalization, Social Progress, and the Need for Visionary Thinking and Action (2009)
• A Charter for Compassion (2008)
• The Christ Within Us All (2008)
• The Body of Christ: A Universalist Perspective on Divine Manifestation and Human Destiny (2008)
• Key Questions about Christian Universalism (2008)
• Church Planting 101 — Thoughts on the Mormons (2008, updated 2020)
• The True Gospel Restored: Divine Humanity and God’s Plan of Universal Salvation (2008)
• Christian Universalism and the New Age Movement (2007)
• The Moment of Truth: Why Universalists Should Have a Sense of Urgency and a Plan of Action (2007)
• Beyond the “Hell” Issue: Universalism as a Comprehensive View of Spiritual Reality (2007)
• From Fundamentalism to Universalism: Navigating the Process of Spiritual Growth (2007)
• Augustine vs. Origen: Why Christian Universalists Should Abandon Standard Western Theology (2006)
• From Genesis to Revelation in a Month: What I Learned by Reading the Bible from Cover to Cover (2006)
• Hell: A Restorationist View — What the Bible Really Teaches about Sin, Judgment, and Salvation (2005)
• God’s Love Can Never Fail: The True Meaning of the Cross of Christ (2005)
  
  

Selected writings and sermons by historical religious leaders. (Note: These are offered for study because they contain some ideas similar to some of the teachings of our ministry. We do not necessarily endorse these sources, their ministries or teachings.)

• The Divine Incarnation — sermon by Jabez T. Sunderland (1901)
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