Five Views on Sanctification
Paperback – Unabridged, October 10, 1996
Zondervan Academic · Paperback · September 28, 1996
Christians generally recognize the need to live a holy, or sanctified, life.
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- Who it’s for
- Compare five Protestant accounts of sanctification, each defended and answered by the other contributors.
- Themes
- Sanctification and holy living, Protestant views of sanctification
- Genres
- Soteriology, Spiritual Growth, Systematic Theology
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Christians generally recognize the need to live a holy, or sanctified, life. But they differ on what sanctification is and how it is achieved. How does one achieve sanctification in this life? How much success in sanctification is possible? Is a crisis experience following one's conversion normal--or necessary? If so, what kind of experience, and how is it verified?
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Five Views on Sanctification--part of the Counterpoints series--brings together in one easy-to-understand volume five major Protestant views on sanctification: - Wesleyan View – represented by Melvin E. Dieter - Reformed View – represented by Anthony A. Hoekema - Pentecostal View – represented by Stanley M. Horton - Keswick View – represented by J. Robertson McQuilkin - Augustinian-Dispensationalism View – represented by John F. Walvoord Writing from a solid evangelical stance, each author describes and defends his own understanding of the doctrine sanctification and then responds to the views of the other authors. The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.
Five Ways to Weigh
Compare five Protestant accounts of sanctification, each defended and answered by the other contributors.
Come here for
- A clear entry into disagreements about holiness and spiritual growth
- Questions about crisis experiences, possibility, and how change is recognized
Expect
- Five distinct views, presented and defended by their proponents
- Responses that let you weigh the disagreements for yourself
Where it sits
| Soteriology | 74% |
|---|---|
| Spiritual Growth | 36% |
| Systematic Theology | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Spiritual Growth
- Protestant Christianity
- The Holy Spirit
- Soteriology
- Authors
- Melvin E. Dieter, Anthony A. Hoekema, Stanley M. Horton
- Publisher
- Zondervan Academic
- Published
- September 28, 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Sanctification and holy living · Protestant views of sanctification
- Reading lane
- Spiritual Growth