The Heart of Holiness: Compassion and the Holy Life - Paperback

by Carl M. Leth (Editor)

What is the place of compassion in the life of holiness? It concerns not only the life of the individual disciple but poses important missional questions for the Church.Is compassionate ministry a distraction from the core message of heart of holiness?Are ministries of compassion best understood as effective tools to open doors for evangelistic outreach?Is compassionate ministry one of those specialized ministries that we may choose to do where we have interest and opportunity?As they draw from scripture, theology, the deep history of the Church, and the more recent history of the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, discover what scholars and ministry leaders believe is the place of compassion in the life of holiness.

Author Biography

Carl M. Leth is Dean of the School of Theology and Christian Ministry at Olivet Nazarene University. He holds a PhD from Duke University in historical theology and is the author of A Holy Encounter: Meeting God is His Word. He also serves as pastor of Wildwood Church of the Nazarene, a multi-cultural urban congregation in Kankakee, Illinois.