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Charles Finney

Man-Made Revivals Charles Finney hoped to usher in Christ’s millennium in three years

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  • Peter Barnes

This article is a biography on Charles Finney. It looks at his theology, and the impact it had on the practice of his ministry.

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Charles Finney's Doctrine of Justification

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  • David H. Linden

In this review of the theology of Charles Finney, the author focuses on his doctrine of justification. He takes note of Finney’s strange teaching that justification is a governmental pardon and not a judiciary acquittal. There are also multiple conditions for justification, according to Finney, and not simply faith as the Protestants claim. His view of atonement undermines the centrality of the cross of Christ as the one single act of God in atoning for sin.

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The Disturbing Legacy of Charles Finney

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  • Michael Horton

Charles Finney can be known as the father of altar call. This article examines Finney's views of salvation and shows how his view of man's nature and salvation distorts the biblical view.

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Why did God give men “free will”? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. C. S. Lewis
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