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A PRESENTATION OF PERFECTION By Dr. Mark Eckart Preface This book came about as a result of the dissertation I did for my doctoral studies. It was interesting and insightful to study historically about the doctrine of entire sanctification. As the book title suggests, this study is comprehensive in that I researched the development of the doctrine of sanctification from the time that Methodism started in America. This manuscript is also specific in that I studied twenty years of articles in the God's Revivalist concerning sanctification. The years examined were 1906-1910, 1930-1934, 1956-1960, 1980-1984. Men like Martin Wells Knapp, A. M. Hills, Oswald Chambers, Samuel Brengle, E. E. Shelhamer, T. M. Anderson, Leslie Wilcox, and H. E. Schmul gave some interesting truths concerning this great doctrine of holiness. I have endeavored to change some of the language, so this book is not as technical as the dissertation. My prayer is that this book will help people to better understand the holiness doctrine; but, more importantly, that they may come to know the Holy Spirit in His fullness. In other words, to be entirely sanctified! Mark S. F. Eckart Cincinnati, Ohio July 1993
A PRESENTATION OF PERFECTION By Dr. Mark Eckart Chapter 1 Introduction The American holiness movement arose in a renewal of interest in the Wesleyan doctrine of entire sanctification among North American Methodists which spread beyond denominational structure, [1] to include numerous Christians concerned with social reform and personal piety. Since the late 19th century; a number of denominations, fellowships, connections, schools and colleges, mission organizations, and publications have been created to proclaim and present the movement's distinctive message of entire sanctification. God's Bible School and the serial publication God's Revivalist are examples of these entities established to uphold and promote the doctrine of entire sanctification. [2] God's Bible School was started in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1900 by Martin Wells Knapp, a Methodist minister. Affectionately referred to as GBS, the School was among the first Bible schools founded in the United States. The original curriculum was a short diploma course of Bible and ministerial practice. By 1936 the curriculum had developed into a regular four-year collegiate course. In 1986 God's Bible School became an accredited member of the American Association of Bible Colleges. In addition to its collegiate program the School since 1922 has operated a state-certified high school and for several years has also offered a non-college credit correspondence program. The official statement of institutional goals and objectives incorporates these various instructional programs with a ministry of publishing. The statement reads: The aim of God's Bible School, College and Missionary Training Home is to operate a Bible college, Christian high school, and non-collegiate correspondence course as parts of a holiness institution. It also aims to continue to publish high-quality holiness literature in the traditions of the God's Revivalist and Bible Advocate. The purpose of the School includes maintaining and enlarging a constituency through the periodical God's Revivalist and Bible Advocate, which has been published since 1888. [3] This statement clearly indicates the function and importance of the God's Revivalist to the School. While the periodical was begun before the School started, it has been the public voice of the School since 1900. The School is interdenominational, but its creedal statement reflects its commitment to the Wesleyan-Arminian theological position with a firm allegiance to the doctrine of entire sanctification. The spiritual heritage and commitment of God's Bible School is evident in all aspects of its educational programs and regulates much of the School's social life. Since the School is interdenominational, the God's Revivalist is the means by which ties are maintained between the School and its constituency. The relationship of holiness doctrine, especially entire sanctification, to the image of the School and the role of the God's Revivalist in communicating that image make
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and temperance. Wesley admonished t
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The demonstration is complete. The
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He concluded that the world was opp
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For years Roberts had attended meet
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In some holiness churches, and I am
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take God's Revivalist down to the p
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The term "inbred sin" is not a Scri
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1981 Two articles and one chapel me
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1984 As in 1982 the holiness articl
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When you depreciate the work of the
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Fannie Erb, H. E. Schmul, W. C. Bow
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J. M. Hames continued this theme of
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Christological-Substantive/1980-198
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