The Holiness Revival of the Nineteenth Century
The Holiness Revival of the Nineteenth Century

Author: Melvin E. Dieter

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1996-04-09

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1461672945

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This new edition expands and updates the only general interpretation of the rise and influence of perfectionist revivalism in America and Europe. Fifteen years of expanding research on the holiness movement reinforce this volume's continuing seminal value to cultural and social research. The new concluding essay describes the history of the revival through the turn of the century. This book expands our understanding of the fragmentation and coalescence of American religion by analyzing the factors which created numerous new holiness denominations. Dieter also outlines the historical and theological factors that separate this largely Wesleyan and Methodist wing of evangelicalism from the fundamentalism of Reformed evangelicals. The identification of such nuances will prove especially helpful to those struggling with the extreme diversity in American religion, especially in evangelicalism. For students and scholars of American religious movements as well as students of the feminist, temperance, abolitionist, and populist movements in American society.

Pray Every Day
Pray Every Day

Author: Mary E. DeMuth

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Published: 2020-07-14

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0736980091

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How well do you understand prayer? No matter how long you’ve been a Christian, you probably still have questions about what it means to talk with God. How formal should you be? What are you allowed to ask from Him? Why should you pray if His plan is already set? Pray Every Day is a 90-day journey through some of the most timeless and powerful prayers in the Bible, sure to better your understanding of what prayer is and how you can do it. You’ll learn how prayer has worked in the lives of God’s people from Genesis to Revelation, while also enriching your own walk with Him. Mary DeMuth’s heart is to empower you to experience the Holy Spirit in a profound, life-changing way. In Pray Every Day, she helps you… Examine God’s devotion to His children throughout the Bible Better understand God’s nature as you grow closer to Him Approach God with humility and gratitude as you watch His plan unfolding in your life There’s no better way to develop your faith than to dive into the Scripture and spend time with God. Pray Every Day will give you the caring nudge you need to challenge yourself daily to walk in His Word.

Holiness in Hidden Places
Holiness in Hidden Places

Author: Joni Eareckson Tada

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780849953675

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Through vignettes of vulnerable holy moments in her life, the author offers a lesson plan for the pursuit of holiness. Illustrations.

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 Argument for Holiness
The Argument for Holiness

Author: Charles Rhodus

Publisher:

Published: 2021-07-28

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13:

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In this book, I expose the lies of the hour saying that holy living and separation from the world are not necessary. The spirit of Jezebel is prominent in so many churches, flaunting its lust and opposition to true righteousness. The charismatic spirit promotes loose living and a wrong definition of grace. For many, grace has become a license to sin. If you are born again, you must also live a holy lifestyle. Holiness is required to make Heaven just as much as the new birth is. You can be born again, but if you are not holy, you will not be saved. Does not the Bible say that without holiness, no man shall see the Lord? Your definition of holiness is not needed nor wanted. Holiness is plainly defined by scripture. Holiness has everything to do with our lives. It includes the teachings of hair, dress, entertainment, the company we keep, our conduct, conversation, how we dress, and much more. This book is not so much about those details but does give a strong defense and voice for the need to be holy. Sadly, so many men that stand behind the pulpits in churches will not preach the message God so requires. The blood of these precious souls will be on the hands of the compromising preachers.

Five Views on Sanctification
Five Views on Sanctification

Author: Melvin E. Dieter

Publisher: Zondervan Academic

Published: 2011-04-19

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0310872286

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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? 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.

The Way of Holiness
The Way of Holiness

Author: Phoebe Palmer

Publisher:

Published: 1843

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13:

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Phoebe Palmer's excellent Christian devotional is filled with lessons on attaining spiritual closeness to God, and living a life of a true believer with the Bible close to heart. Superb for her thoroughness in selecting the finest lessons from scripture, Phoebe Palmer begins each chapter of this book with a short yet poignant verse or quotation. This work is an account of the author's own discovery of faith, given in the order of spiritual awakenings she received in the process of becoming a good Christian. With her talent for plain explanation through both poem and text, the author mentions chapters of the Bible most useful for readers to reference. Part of this work is introspective, as Palmer observes the gradual change in her spirit as she endeavors to attain true nearness to God. Yet her narration is also part-biographical, recounting incidents and encounters with people who had a lasting effect on her spiritual journey. As one of the first female Christian writers, Palmer is conscious of her gender and the potential that this book might inspire and awaken the spirits of fellow women. Above all however, she is focused upon the path and way to holiness; a journey on which all believers must walk in mindful reverence of the divine.