Pharisees Are Good People

• The Fly in Pharisaism’s Theological Ointment
• The Problem With Being Good
• Pharisaism Is Alive and Well

Sin: Original and Not So Original

• Original Sin
• SIN Is Love: The Core of SIN
• Sins That Are Not Sins
• Concluding Perspective

Unlawful Uses of the Law

• The Purpose of the Law
• Will the “Real LAW” Please Stand Up
• The Christian and the Law

Justification the Work of a Lifetime/Sanctification the Work of a Moment

• Getting What We Don’t Deserve
• Grabbing Hold of What We Don’t Deserve
• Justification and Related Topics
• The Issue of Universal Justification
• Now, What About Justification Being the Work of a Lifetime and Sanctification Being the Work of a Moment?
• Justification and Sanctification Can Be Relatively Meaningless Terms

More on Sanctification

• Growth in Christ
• The Tension in Christian Living Between the Ideal and the Real
• Moving Beyond “Clothesline” Sanctification
• The Holy Spirit’s Task in Sanctification
• What About Works?
• “Good” Works and “Bad” Works
• What About Human Effort?
• Works in the Judgment
• Sanctification and the “Means of Grace”

Sanctification, Perfection, and the Example of Jesus

• Moving Beyond the Bad News Interpretation of the Good News
• Imitating Jesus: A New Testament Imperative
• The Essence of Christ’s Temptation and Victory
• The Character of Christ

The Bible on Perfection and Sinlessness

• Being Perfect: A Bible Command
• Biblical Perfection
• Biblical Sinlessness
• Perfect But Not Yet Perfect, Sinless But Not Yet Sinless
• John Wesley and the Restoration of Biblical Perfection

Ellen White on Perfection and Sinlessness

• Methodological Confusion Between the “Lesser” and the “Greater” Lights
• Ellen White’s High View of Character Perfection
• Perfect Like Christ
• Perfection: A Dynamic Process
• Sinless But Not Yet Sinless
• The Character of Character Perfection

Perfection and the Final Generation

• The Bible on Final Generation Perfection
• Ellen White on End-time Polarization and the Cleansing of the Sanctuary
• Perfectly Reproducing the Character of Christ
• Standing Through the Time of Trouble Without a Mediator
• Possessing the Translation Faith of Enoch and Elijah
• Two Kinds of Perfection and God’s Final Demonstration to the Universe

Growth Toward Perfection Throughout Eternity

• The Nature of Earthly Perfection
• The Role of Resurrection and Translation in the Continuing Development of Perfection
• Dynamic Growth in Perfection Throughout Eternity