TY  - BOOK
AU  - Naselli,Andrew David
TI  - No Quick Fix: Where Higher Life Theology Came From, What It Is, and Why It's Harmful
SN  - 9781577997283
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Ashland
PB  - Lexham Press
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- I Tried to "Let Go and Let God" -- Evaluating Higher Life Theology -- Why Is Higher Life Theology so Popular? -- Who Should Read This Book? -- How This Book Evaluates Higher Life Theology -- Part 1: Where Higher Life Theology Came from and What It Is -- Chapter 1: What Is the Story of Higher Life Theology? -- 1. Where Did Higher Life Theology Come From? -- Wesleyan Perfectionism: Perfect Love toward God and Humans -- The Holiness Movement: Modified Wesleyan Perfectionism -- 2. Who Initially Popularized Higher Life Theology? -- The Higher Life Movement -- The Early Keswick Movement -- 3. What Are Some Influential Variations on Higher Life Theology? -- The Christian and Missionary Alliance: Founded by A. B. Simpson -- Moody Bible Institute: Led by D. L. Moody, R. A. Torrey, and James M. Gray -- Pentecostalism: A Product of Wesleyan Perfectionism, the Holiness Movement, Higher Life Theology, A. B. Simpson, D. L. Moody, and R. A. Torrey -- Dallas Theological Seminary: Bastion of the Chaferian View of Sanctification -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: What Is Higher Life Theology? -- Day 1. The Diagnosis: Sin -- Day 2. The Cure: God's Provision for Victorious Christian Living -- Fundamental Proposition: There Are Two Categories of Christians -- Problem: Wrong Views on Sanctification Result in Defeat (Category 1) -- Solution: Sanctification by Faith Results in Victory (Category 2) -- Day 3. The Crisis for the Cure: Consecration -- Step 1: "Let Go" (Surrender) -- Step 2: "Let God" (Faith) -- "Let Go" + "Let God" = Consecration -- Day 4. The Prescription: Spirit-Filling -- Is Spirit-Filling Different than Spirit-Baptism? -- Who Can Experience Spirit-Filling? -- What Is Spirit-Filling? -- What Are the Conditions and Results of Spirit-Filling?; Day 5. The Mission: Powerful Christian Service -- Conclusion -- Part 2: Why Higher Life Theology Is Harmful -- Chapter 3: The Fundamental Reason Higher Life Theology Is Harmful -- 1. All Christians Are Both Justified and Being Sanctified -- 2. All Christians Are Spiritual -- None Are Permanently Carnal (1 Corinthians 2:6-3:4) -- 3. All Christians Are Spirit-Baptized (1 Corinthians 12:13) -- 4. All Christians Are Spirit-Filled to Various Degrees (Ephesians 5:18) -- What Does "Be Filled" Mean? -- What Does "With the Spirit" Mean? -- What Are Results of Spirit-Filling? -- How Do You Obey the Command "Be Filled with the Spirit"? -- Are All Christians Spirit-Filled? -- Doesn't a Command Imply that You Either Obey It or Disobey It? -- 5. All Christians Abide in Christ to Various Degrees (John 15:1-10) -- What Does the Metaphor of Abiding Mean (John 15:1-6)? -- What Does Jesus' Command to Abide Mean (John 15:4a)? -- What Reasons Does Jesus Give for Abiding (John 15:4-6)? -- How Does Jesus Explain Abiding (John 15:7-10)? -- Chapter 4: Nine More Reasons Higher Life Theology Is Harmful -- Reason 2. A Form of Perfectionism -- How Christians Should Deal with Sin -- Old Self vs. New Self -- Old Nature vs. New Nature -- Three Problems with How Higher Life Theology Views Sin in the Christian -- Reason 3. A Form of Quietism -- Reason 4. A Form of Pelagianism -- Reason 5. Misreading -- Reason 6. False Assurance -- Reason 7. Methodology -- Reason 8. Addiction -- Reason 9. Abuse -- Reason 10. Spin -- Conclusion -- Afterword (John MacArthur) -- Appendix: A More Excellent Way: Recommended Resources on the Christian Life -- Acknowledgments -- Subject and Name Index -- Index of Scripture -- Old Testament -- New Testament
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