{"id":1725,"date":"2021-05-17T03:52:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T01:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2021-06-19T05:09:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T03:09:12","slug":"wesley-and-sanctification-a-study-in-the-doctrine-of-salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/?p=1725","title":{"rendered":"Wesley and Sanctification: A Study in the Doctrine of Salvation"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harald Lindstr\u00f6m\u2019s<em>\u00a0Wesley and Sanctification<\/em>\u00a0is a well-articulated theological text that offers a profound understanding of Wesley\u2019s\u00a0<em>Ordo Salutis<\/em>\u00a0and situates the Wesleyan doctrine of \u201cSanctification\u201d in the broader Protestant theological context. Lindstr\u00f6m proficiently creates conversations between the Wesleyan theology on one hand, and the Lutheran and Calvinist theologies on the other hand, and engages other scholars and theologians; such as M. Piette, F. Loofs, and Eicken, in the dialogue as well. Lindstr\u00f6m\u2019s methodology depends primarily on examining many of Wesley\u2019s books, sermons, and journals, in addition to Wesley\u2019s letters (covering the years from 1721 to 1791), while considering the year 1738 \u2013 Wesley\u2019s Aldersgate experience \u2013 as a pivotal event in the development of Wesley\u2019s thought.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\u00a0<em>Wesley and Sanctification<\/em>, Lindstr\u00f6m offers a clear explanation of Wesley\u2019s understanding of the original sin, in terms of total corruption and the need for healing. Wesley understood the original sin not only as a guilt that needs justification, but also as a corruption that needs healing and restoration. By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin, while by sanctification we are saved from the root of sin and restored to the image of God. Through his emphasis on the therapeutic perspective of the Wesleyan theology, Lindstr\u00f6m, perhaps unintentionally, stands at the same camp of other scholars, such as Ted A. Campbell, K. Steve McConnick, and Randy L. Maddox, who emphasize a Greek\/Eastern perspective of Wesley\u2019s theology. Among many other noteworthy emphases, Lindstr\u00f6m\u2019s emphasis on the distinction between \u201cprimary justification\u201d and \u201cfinal justification\u201d in Wesley\u2019s thought (and in Fletcher\u2019s thought as well) opens significant trajectories in understanding the centrality of the second experience (second blessing, second rest, etc.) in the Wesleyan theology. This crucial distinction could also enrich the discussion on the subsequent Pentecostal distinction between the \u201cnon-Spirit-filled believers\u201d and the \u201cbride\u201d in the early Pentecostal movements.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harald Lindstr\u00f6m\u2019s\u00a0Wesley and Sanctification\u00a0is a well-articulated theological text that offers a profound understanding of Wesley\u2019s\u00a0Ordo Salutis\u00a0and situates the Wesleyan doctrine of \u201cSanctification\u201d in the broader Protestant theological context. Lindstr\u00f6m proficiently creates conversations between the Wesleyan theology on one hand, and the Lutheran and Calvinist theologies on the other hand, and engages other scholars and theologians; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[22,15,18],"class_list":["post-1725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theological-studies","category-wesleyan-studies-book-reviews","tag-book-reviews","tag-theological-studies","tag-wesley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1725"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1756,"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725\/revisions\/1756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heavenuponearth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}