Description
This subject is designed to introduce the student to a biblical theology of holiness. It will expose the student to the ideas of John Wesley on holiness as well as contemporary writers on the subject.
Textbooks
Coppedge, Allan. Portraits of God: A Biblical Theology of Holiness. Downers Grove: Inter Varsity Press, 2001.
Wesley, John. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1966 (also available through London: Epworth Press / Philadelphia: Trinity Press, 1990). The complete text is available online at http://gbgm-umc.org/UMhistory/Wesley/plainaccount.stm
De Neff, Steve. More Than Forgiveness: A Contemporary Call to Holiness Based on the Life of Jesus Christ. Indianapolis: Wesleyan Publishing House, 2002.