Whole Lives in His
Rest
After the terrible
split in the church at Asuza Street,
"Spirit-filled" or "Pentecostal"
Churches gradually came into
being. These have a different
view of the place of the Holy Spirit
in the Christian's life: All genuine
conversions involve the Holy
Spirit coming to
indwell. This means that
nothing new is given with the
"laying on of Hands" to be "filled
with the Spirit". Instead, this
"stirs up" what was already there
-to manifest in gifts of service
such as miracles. More
If you come from a "Pentecostal"
background you are used to a
theology which is at root
Baptist and opposed to
Holiness teaching. This
is revealed by some obscure history
of Asuza Street: More
Also see the story of John Fletcher
below.
So please do not be confused by
these unedited stories that use
terms like "the Spirit came"
to describe the moment when the Holy
Spirit reaches down to cleanse the
heart. Also they often
just used the word "sanctification"
- assuming that the reader
understands the context enough to
refer to the finishing
sanctification rather than the
initial one. Not theologically
correct, but that is what they did
to avoid repetition.
Throughout the website I have tried
to edit this confusion out, but not
here. I have also left the
old-fashioned language intact to
save work. Be aware.
W. B. Godbey
A fiery Preacher of the Holiness Movement.
Ben Abbott
In 1772 a 40 yr old Ben has two vivid
life-changing dreams. First a dream about
hell, and then one about heaven. He
is saved and becomes a sanctified circuit
rider.
Earnest
Coryell
The neighborhood is shocked when this
tough old sinner is saved. Later he
is sanctified and leaves his beloved farm
to go preaching.
Father Reeves
A much-revered Methodist Class Leader for
34 years.
John
Fletcher
33 pages
John
Fletcher's Full Story
A
much longer and more detailed story of
Fletcher's life. He would have been
Wesley's successor except that he passed
away first. 415 pages
The Calvinists and
Baptists had been issuing vicious open
letters denying the validity of Wesley's
teaching. Fletcher defends Wesley
until all the numerous Calvinists are
finally left without a reply. These
juicy letters were eagerly grabbed by
the newspapers, and closely followed by
the public.....
See
Fletcher's important Checks
to Antinomianism
Why was it needed? Modern Baptists
have had a lot of time to become
reasonable. Before this, it was often
very tough to get genuinely saved among
the Calvinists. Read the amazing
story about a "perplexed boy" and
the weird "Hardshell Baptists": F. A. Powell
Note: Baptist opposition to
Holiness was rebuilt on a different
foundation by John Darby and his
heretical Plymouth Brethren many decades
later. See: Gnostic
Church In turn, this rebuilt
Baptist foundation was passed down to
today's seminaries through John
Durham .
Susan Fitkin
At 17 Susan was dying of cancer until the
Lord raised her up and called her to the
ministry.
Joseph
Dempster
This Catholic seminary student reads the
forbidden Douay Bible, sees through all
the erroneous dogma of his church, and
becomes a sanctified evangelist.
J. A. Wood
The much-acclaimed author of "Perfect
Love" and other books on this website.
Charles B. Jernigan
A tireless
Holiness worker and singer.
William Burke
Important pioneer Holiness preacher of the
Thirteen Colonies and the Cane Ridge
Awakening among the huge floods of new
settlers come across the Appalachians
replete with great poverty and religious
ignorance.
Bud Robinson
This uneducated and handicapped hillbilly
boy with a heavy pistol on his belt
becomes one of the premier preachers in
America.
William Carvosso
For Sixty years he was an admired Class
Leader.
Rev. P. F. Bresee
"A Prince in Israel" Founder of the
Church of The Nazarene 313 pages
H. C. Morrison
133 pages by
himself. An itinerant Texas
Holiness preacher who was persecuted and
then taken to church court by the dead and
formal M. E. Church. This encouraged
even larger crowds to come....
M. W. Knapp
A Hero of Faith and Prayer 164
pages. A prominent author on the Entry
page.
W. M. Tidwell
The Faithfulness of God 9
pages 1946
Adam Clarke
Together with Fletcher this early
theologian and Greek scholar helped Wesley
get the message of heart holiness firmly
established. 119 pages
M. L. Haney
J. T. Hatfield
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