A Presentation of Perfection - Media Sabda Org
A Presentation of Perfection - Media Sabda Org
A Presentation of Perfection - Media Sabda Org
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Sunday newspapers, etc.), the use <strong>of</strong> intoxicating liquor as a beverage and tobacco, membership in<br />
oath-bound secret societies, divorce and remarriage, and secular labor on Sunday. A rigoristic view<br />
would support overt expressions <strong>of</strong> personal piety and expect a high degree <strong>of</strong> modesty in dress and<br />
behavior. A rigoristic position expects a literal interpretation and a strict enforcement <strong>of</strong> church<br />
rules.<br />
A contextual view <strong>of</strong> these issues would support moderating the rigoristic view to permit greater<br />
personal freedom <strong>of</strong> expression and more individual use <strong>of</strong> Christian judgment about entertainment<br />
and personal adornment and place few expectations on Sunday observance. Divorced and/or<br />
remarried persons would be welcome into membership and, in some cases, leadership positions. The<br />
prohibitions on liquor and tobacco would be maintained, but with little enthusiasm. Church rules in<br />
a contextual view serve as guidelines rather than as legislation.<br />
A separate analysis <strong>of</strong> Paragraph Five <strong>of</strong> the School's creedal statement was conducted to<br />
determine if it committed the institution and God's Revivalist to either a rigoristic or contextual<br />
stance.<br />
Sequence <strong>of</strong> Analysis<br />
The following steps formed the sequence <strong>of</strong> analysis for the project:<br />
1. God's Bible School's creedal statement was examined to determine the range <strong>of</strong> permissible<br />
expression <strong>of</strong> entire sanctification (Paragraph Four) and to determine its stance, rigoristic or<br />
contextual, on behavioral and appearance issues.<br />
2. The selected articles were classified according to the interpretive theological grid on their<br />
expression <strong>of</strong> entire sanctification and to determine their stance, rigoristic or contextual, on<br />
behavioral and appearance issues.<br />
3. If variation, or change, <strong>of</strong> expression for the doctrine <strong>of</strong> entire sanctification or in behavioral<br />
and appearance issues was discovered in Step Two, the connection between the condition <strong>of</strong> the<br />
School and changes in expression or stance was explored.<br />
4. Conclusions were developed concerning the expression <strong>of</strong> the doctrine <strong>of</strong> entire sanctification,<br />
both doctrinally and behaviorally, in God's Revivalist.<br />
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ENDNOTES<br />
1 Mildred B. Wynkoop, A Theology <strong>of</strong> Love (Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press, 1972), 150.<br />
2 John Miley, Systematic Theology, Vol. II (New York, NY: Hunt & Eaton Press, 1894), 358.