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Five Views on Sanctification From the Counterpoints Series

Series Edited By: Stanley N. Gundrey

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 the views of five major Protestant traditions: Wesleyan, Reformed, Pentecostal, Keswick, and Augustinian-Dispensational. Written 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.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Five views on sanctification / Melvin E. Dieter . . . [et. al.] p. cm.—(Counterpoints)

Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN 978-0-310-21269-01. Sanctification. I. Dieter, Melvin Easterday. II. Series: Counterpoints

(Grand Rapids, Mich.)[BT765.F58 1996]234'.8—dc 20 96-9067

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Books in the Counterpoints Series

Church LifeEvaluating the Church Growth Movement Exploring the Worship Spectrum Remarriage after Divorce in Today’s Church Understanding Four Views on Baptism Understanding Four Views on the Lord’s Supper Who Runs the Church?

Bible and TheologyAre Miraculous Gifts for Today? Five Views on Apologetics Five Views on Law and Gospel Five Views on Sanctification Four Views on Eternal Security Four Views on Hell Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World Four Views on the Book of Revelation How Jewish Is Christianity? Show Them No Mercy Three Views on Creation and EvolutionThree Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond

Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament

Three Views on the Rapture Two Views on Women in Ministry

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Five Views on Sanctification From the Counterpoints Series

Series Edited By: Stanley N. Gundrey

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