Five Views on Sanctification (Counterpoints)

by Anthony A. Hoekema; John Walvoord; Melvin Easterday Dieter; J. Robertson McQuilkin

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1 more

Publisher:

Zondervan

, 1987

Overview

Christians generally recognize the need to live a holy, or sanctified, life. But they differ on what sanctification is and how it is achieved. Five Views on Sanctification brings together in one easy-to-understand volume five major Protestant views on sanctification. Writing from a solid evangelical stance, each author describes and defends his own understanding of the doctrine, and responds as well to the views of the other authors.

This book addresses such practical questions as: 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?

Contents

• The Wesleyan Perspective, Melvin E. Dieter
• The Reformed Perspective, Anthony A Hoekema
• The Pentecostal Perspective, Stanley M. Horton
• The Keswick Perspective, J. Robertson McQuilkin
• The Augustinian-Dispensational Perspective, John F. Walvoord

Top Highlights

“His distinctive contribution was his conviction that true biblical Christianity finds its highest expression and ultimate test of authenticity in the practical and ethical experience of the individual Christian and the church and only secondarily in doctrinal and prepositional definition.” (Pages 11–12)

“We may define sanctification as that gracious operation of the Holy Spirit, involving our responsible participation, by which He delivers us as justified sinners from the pollution of sin, renews our entire nature according to the image of God, and enables us to live lives that are pleasing to Him.” (Page 61)

“The concept ‘faith working by love,’ as the ultimate hermeneutic for understanding God’s entire plan of salvation, strongly shaped his teachings on sanctification.” (Page 13)

“He never allowed that entirely sanctified Christians could become sinless in the sense that they could not fall again into sin through disobedience. He did teach that so long as men and women were the creatures of free will, they were able to respond obediently or disobediently to the grace of God. They would never be free from the possibility of deliberate, willful sinning in this life. They could, however, be delivered from the necessity of voluntary transgressions by living in moment-by-moment obedience to God’s will.” (Pages 13–14)

“Second, by faith we accept the fact that in Christ sin no longer has the mastery over us.” (Page 65)

Product Details

• Title: Five Views on Sanctification
• Authors: Anthony A. Hoekema, John Walvoord, Melvin Easterday Dieter, J. Robertson McQuilkin, Stanley M. Horton
• Series: Zondervan Counterpoints Series
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Print Publication Date: 1987
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Sanctification › Christianity
• ISBNs: 9780310493457, 9780310212690, 0310493455, 0310212693
• Resource ID: LLS:5VSANCTIFIC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:37:41Z

About Stanley N. Gundry

Stanley N. Gundry is executive vice president and editor-in-chief for the Zondervan Corporation. He has been an influential figure in the Evangelical Theological Society, serving as president of ETS and on its executive committee, and is adjunct professor of Historical Theology at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He is the author of seven books and has written many articles appearing in popular and academic periodicals.