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Be holy because I am holy. Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.

The Christian life includes many demands, but perhaps none are as challenging or as misunderstood as the biblical command to be holy (Leviticus 11:44 and 1 Peter 1:16) or to be perfect (Matthew 5:48). How should we understand these charges?

In this volume, three scholars from the Wesleyan tradition offer a collective treatment of the theme of holiness that includes:

exegesis of key biblical passages

a survey across church history

theological reflections on the relationship between entire sanctification and other doctrines

In addition, the coauthors constructively argue for a neo-holiness model that encourages the pursuit of Christian perfection but avoids the pitfalls of Pelagianism by incorporating historic understandings of grace and the work of the Holy Spirit with the best of the Wesleyan tradition.

Here, the commands to be holy and to be perfect take on new meaning. What may have been a burden becomes a blessing.

Author: Matt Ayars, Christopher T. Bounds, Caleb T. Friedeman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: IVP Academic
Published: 10/17/2023
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.2lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.20w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781514002308
Language: English