Topics
The questions he kept returning to
Across six decades of sermons, lectures, and papers, Frank Carver's work circled a handful of enduring questions. Each topic below gathers his writing on one of them.
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Holiness & Entire Sanctification
What did Frank Carver teach about holiness and entire sanctification?
The doctrine at the center of Carver's tradition and his scholarship: the biblical foundations of entire sanctification, the 'secondness' question, and the life of holiness.
13 documents
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The Holy Spirit
What did Frank Carver teach about the Holy Spirit?
From 'When Jesus Said Goodbye' to decades of sermons and studies: John's witness to the Spirit, the Spirit's work in sanctification, and life in the Spirit.
11 documents
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Wesleyan Theology & Hermeneutics
How did Frank Carver approach Wesleyan theology and biblical interpretation?
Carver served as President of the Wesleyan Theological Society (1986–87). These papers work out what it means to read Scripture within the Wesleyan tradition.
24 documents
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2 Corinthians & Pauline Ministry
What was Frank Carver's contribution to the study of 2 Corinthians?
Carver wrote the 2 Corinthians commentary in both the Beacon Bible Commentary (1968) and the New Beacon Bible Commentary (2009). His lifelong engagement with Paul's most personal letter runs through this archive.
58 documents
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Peter & the Way of the Cross
What did Frank Carver teach about Peter and the way of the cross?
The theme of his first book, 'The Cross and the Spirit: Peter and the Way of the Holy' — Peter's transformation and the cruciform shape of the holy life.
38 documents
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John's Gospel & Letters
How did Frank Carver read the Gospel and letters of John?
The Fourth Gospel and the letters of John were among Carver's most-taught texts, from seminary lectures to his Wiley Lectures on 1 John.
25 documents
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The Contemplative Tradition
Why did Frank Carver study John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila?
For the last decades of his life Carver read the Christian mystics — John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila — asking what the Wesleyan quest for holiness could learn from the 'darkness of God.'
8 documents
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Exegesis & Teaching the Bible
How did Frank Carver teach biblical exegesis?
Thirty-five years of teaching Greek and biblical theology at Point Loma: working models for exegesis, the discipline of moving from text to sermon, and the craft of Bible translation.
120 documents