Sanctification in Reverse
Sanctification in Reverse

Author: Patricia Baird Clark

Publisher: Five Stone Publishing

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9781935018803

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This book is about good and evil...the greatest good and the greatest evil...both coming to fruition at the same time in the great end time harvest. These opposites, in type seen as two rivers, consist of people coming into the fullness of salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ, while at the same time others, many of whom are perpetrators of satanic ritual abuse, are coming into the fullness of evil. It may seem strange to see these opposites presented in the same book, but because they exist concurrently, each affects the other. Confronting the fullness of evil head-on causes us to draw closer to God and grow stronger in faith and power. At the same time, there are many innocent people held captive by this heinous evil who need help from those who have the love and power of the Lord to set them free.

Holiness
Holiness

Author: J. C. Ryle

Publisher: Sovereign Grace Publishers,

Published: 2001-11

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1878442333

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This book lays out the requirements and difficulties that will come with the pursuit of holiness in our Christian lives. Ryle starts out with the way to achieve holiness and the difficulties that arise with pursuing a holy life, and then going throughout the Bible giving true examples of the cost of holiness and the rewards it brings as the Bible promises us. To often we sing and pray for such a life without being willing to undergo the necessary life changes and adjustments to get there. This book lays out what we can expect in such a journey and what God will ask of each of us to get us to the point He wants us to be.

The Scripture Way of Salvation
The Scripture Way of Salvation

Author: Prof. Kenneth J. Collins

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1426729367

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Taking its title from one of John Wesley's most important sermons, The Scripture Way of Salvation explores the soteriological content of Wesley's entire literary corpus (sermons, letters, theological treatises, journals, and the notes on the Old and New Testaments). Fundamentally a doctrinal study, it is historically sensitive to the subtle shifts and nuances of Wesley's continuing reflections about the processes of salvation and the nature of Christian life. Collins provides a clear discussion of Wesley's emerging views about the development and maturation of Christian life, and in so doing highlights the essential structure that undergirds and provides the framework for Wesley's way of thinking about the processes of salvation.

Practicing Protestants
Practicing Protestants

Author: Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2006-08-28

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0801889324

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This collection of essays explores the significance of practice in understanding American Protestant life. The authors are historians of American religion, practical theologians, and pastors and were the twelve principal researchers in a three-year collaborative project sponsored by the Lilly Endowment. Profiling practices that range from Puritan devotional writing to twentieth-century prayer, from missionary tactics to African American ritual performance, these essays provide a unique historical perspective on how Protestants have lived their faith within and outside of the church and how practice has formed their identities and beliefs. Each chapter focuses on a different practice within a particular social and cultural context. The essays explore transformations in American religious culture from Puritan to Evangelical and Enlightenment sensibilities in New England, issues of mission, nationalism, and American empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, devotional practices in the flux of modern intellectual predicaments, and the claims of late-twentieth-century liberal Protestant pluralism. Breaking new ground in ritual studies and cultural history, Practicing Protestants offers a distinctive history of American Protestant practice.

Historical Theology: An Introduction
Historical Theology: An Introduction

Author: Geoffrey W. Bromiley

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2000-11-02

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 0567223574

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Introduces the reader to the views of the most outstanding theologians in the history of Christianity. The book's three sections deal with Patristic Theology, Medieval and Reformation Theology, and Modern Theology.

Holiness and Society
Holiness and Society

Author: Ronen Shoval

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-08-15

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1040123120

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Exploring the subtle political philosophy within the Biblical narrative, this book presents enduring insights that complement Ancient Greek philosophy for contemporary political distinctions – uncovering overlooked socio-political ideologies to provide a unique perspective alongside the classical philosophical tradition. By adopting a sociological approach, Ronen Shovel interprets the Bible as a reflection of perspectives and ideologies, emphasizing the intricate dynamics between rulers and subjects, balancing justice, and power within societies. A key focus is the examination of holiness as a distinct political category, influencing institutions, ethics, justice, and even the use of force. This perspective challenges traditional religious scholarship, merging sociology with the concept of holiness. Holiness and Society enriches political philosophy, religious studies, and sociology, broadening their boundaries and offering fresh perspectives, serving as a bridge between antiquity and modernity, providing valuable insights into contemporary political thought.

Justification
Justification

Author: Edward W. H. Vick

Publisher: Energion Publications

Published: 2022-03-14

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1631997866

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What is justification in Christian thought and theology? What does this mean for our thinking and living? Is grace enough? In Justification: By Grace Through Faith, Dr. Edward Vick looks at this with the eye of a biblical scholar, a theologian, and a philosopher, carefully discussing and integrating the various definitions to provide a precise depiction of the Christian doctrine of justification by grace through faith. This book resulted from notes made for a seminary class many years ago, and as such it is designed to answer the questions that seeking minds and likely to want answered. Rather than simply proposing and defending a specific theory, you will find here a detailed discussion of the important elements of this doctrine. Dr. Vick strives above all to center the discussion in Christ and to bring clarity by examining those issues that can distract a student, and dealing faithfully and fairly with various points of view. This text will be valuable for any one, or any group, that wants to make a serious study of salvation and particularly the place of justification.

DOCTRINE OF SANCTIFICATION
DOCTRINE OF SANCTIFICATION

Author: A.W Pink

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-11-30

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1618980904

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"The blessings of Sanctification and Justification walk hand in hand; and never were, never will be, never can be parted. No more than the delicious scent can be separated from the beautiful bloom of the rose or carnation: let the flower be expanded, and the fragrance transpires. Try if you can separate gravity from the stone or heat from the fire. If these bodies and their essential properties, if these causes and their necessary effects, are indissolubly connected, so are our justification and our sanctification"

What Does It Mean to "Do This"?
What Does It Mean to

Author: Michael Root

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2014-11-13

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1625644167

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Jesus' best-known mandate--after perhaps the mandate to love God and neighbor--was given at the Last Supper just before his death: "Do this in memory of me." Indeed, a case can be made that to "do this" is the source and summit of the way Christians carry out Jesus' love-mandate. Of course, Christians have debated what it means to "do this," and these debates have all too often led to divisions within and between them--debates over leavened and unleavened bread, reception of the cup, real presence and sacrifice, "open" or "closed" communion, this Supper and the hunger of the world. These divisions seem to fly in the face of Jesus' mandate, causing some to wonder whether this is "really" the Lord's Supper we celebrate (compare 1 Corinthians 11). Everything turns on just what it means to "do this." The purpose of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology's 2012 conference was to address at least some of the many aspects of this question--to address them together, as Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox pastors and theologians, and all participants in the Supper.