Elective course

Holiness, Sanctification, and Christian Perfection

Interim elective written from within the Methodist, Wesleyan and Nazarene tradition.

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About the course

• Author: Dr. Wayne Cook
• Languages: English, Spanish, and French.
• Units: 10
• Counts toward: Certificate of Ministry; Associate of Divinity; Master of Theology (Th.M.); Master of Divinity (M.Div.). These are internal ministry recognitions, not official degrees.
• Textbook: A Plain Account of Christian Perfection — John Wesley
• Required readings: Holiness, Sanctification, and Christian Perfection: Required Readings

Units

1. 1. Unit 1 - "Be Holy, for I Am Holy": The Biblical Call
2. 2. Unit 2 - Initial Sanctification and the Continuing Struggle with Sin
3. 3. Unit 3 - Wesley's Christian Perfection: Perfect Love, Not Sinless Perfection
4. 4. Unit 4 - Entire Sanctification: Instant and Gradual, the Methodist View of Growth in Perfect Love
5. 5. Unit 5 - Phoebe Palmer, the "Shorter Way," and the Holiness "Second Work" View: Presented Fairly, Then Weighed
6. 6. Unit 6 - Objections Answered: Reformed, Keswick, and Pentecostal Views
7. 7. Unit 7 - Holiness of Heart and Life: Spiritual Disciplines and the Means of Grace
8. 8. Unit 8 - Holiness without Legalism: Outward Standards and the Danger of Rules without Love
9. 9. Unit 9 - Social Holiness: Wesley on the Poor, Slavery, and the World
10. 10. Unit 10 - Living and Preaching Holiness Today