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Principles of Holiness: Selected Messages on Biblical Holiness
Selected messages on biblical holiness. Companion volume to Principles of Liberty and Principles of Victory.
- GenresTheology
274 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1984
About the author
Charles Grandison Finney
468 books70 followersCharles Grandison Finney was a leader in the Second Great Awakening. He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism. Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist, an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology, an advocate of Christian perfectionism, a pioneer in social reforms in favor of women and blacks, a religious writer, and president at Oberlin College.
He is not to be mistaken for his great-grandson, Charles G. Finney (1905-1984).
He is not to be mistaken for his great-grandson, Charles G. Finney (1905-1984).
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March 28, 2022
Finney was a really smart guy. He was a lawyer before he got saved and became a preacher. He knows how to lay out an argument, point by point, in a compelling way. Unlike a lot of preachers, his appeal is to the mind more than the emotions.
He was really passionate about the Lord, which is what makes his writing so good, but which also takes him out in left field occasionally.
For example, I take exception to this:
"...the Bible uniformly makes perseverance in holiness, that is, in obedience, just as much a condition of final acceptance with God, as repentance, or one act of faith."
My response to this would be:
"For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law."
--Romans 3:28 (NIV)
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
--Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)
And there are many other verses that make this same point.
It's quite possible that I've simply misunderstood Finney here... Here is the entire sermon if you would like to see this in context:
Justification
Anyway, for the most part I highly recommend Finney, but he does seem to dangerously approach legalism at time. I wouldn't personally share this book with a new believer because of this.
Finney is well out of copyright. You can read pretty much everything he has ever written here:
https://www.gospeltruth.net/cgfworks.htm
He was really passionate about the Lord, which is what makes his writing so good, but which also takes him out in left field occasionally.
For example, I take exception to this:
"...the Bible uniformly makes perseverance in holiness, that is, in obedience, just as much a condition of final acceptance with God, as repentance, or one act of faith."
My response to this would be:
"For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law."
--Romans 3:28 (NIV)
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
--Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)
And there are many other verses that make this same point.
It's quite possible that I've simply misunderstood Finney here... Here is the entire sermon if you would like to see this in context:
Justification
Anyway, for the most part I highly recommend Finney, but he does seem to dangerously approach legalism at time. I wouldn't personally share this book with a new believer because of this.
Finney is well out of copyright. You can read pretty much everything he has ever written here:
https://www.gospeltruth.net/cgfworks.htm
November 1, 2012
good for research purposes.
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