concept of ‘universalism’ determines the emphasis and articulation of almost every other theological truth; it ultimately reduces the mission and effectiveness of the church to impotence and it reduces the God of the Bible to a mere caricature and idol, carefully constructed from basic ideas of man. It is difficult to over emphasise the far reaching effects of his type of thinking, or to over stress the urgency of the need to present a clear, biblical alternative. Often the debate is seen as yet