Anticipating Heaven below
Subtitle: optimism of grace from Wesley to the Pentecostals
By: Henry H. Knight III
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781620329603
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Grace (Theology); History of doctrines; Holiness; Christianity; Sanctification; Perfection; Holy Spirit; Holiness movement; Pentecostalism
Description: Wesleyanism is a movement of hope. Wesleyans and their Holiness and Pentecostal offspring pray and work with the expectancy that the love and power of God will transform hearts and lives, renew the church, and bring compassion, healing, and justice to a suffering world. In a variety of ways, from holiness of heart and life to bodily healing to the abolition of slavery, they anticipated the life of the coming kingdom of heaven to already be breaking into the present through the power of the Holy Spirit. Anticipating Heaven Below explores their optimism of grace, examining its pitfalls as well as its promise. Henry H. Knight seeks to enable and inspire present generations within Wesleyan, Holiness, and Pentecostal movements to proclaim with confidence the promise of heaven below, and to do so with passion and integrity. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259).