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Dougan Clark
Dougan Clark
40 Sermons
Dougan Clark (1834-1903) was an American Quaker theologian influential in the holiness movement. He authored The Theology of Holiness, defending the doctrine of entire sanctification from a Quaker perspective.

Sermons 40

Proverbs 3:5 Inner Holiness

Dougan Clark preaches on the inner life of holiness, emphasizing the importance of union and communion with God through faith, knowledge, and love. He highlights the need for believers to se…

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Psalm 37:4 Faith And Obedience

Dougan Clark preaches on the outer life of holiness, emphasizing the transition from desire to faith as a key aspect of a believer's journey. He highlights the importance of seeking God's wi…

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Matthew 22:39 Holiness Living

Dougan Clark preaches about the outer life of holiness, emphasizing the importance of regulating our appetites, propensities, and affections rather than eradicating them. He warns against as…

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Malachi 4:2 Spiritual Growth

Dougan Clark preaches about the continuous spiritual growth in the inner life of holiness, emphasizing the expansion of spiritual graces without hindrance in the sanctified heart, leading to…

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Matthew 5:48 Christian Perfection

Dougan Clark preaches on the importance of Christian perfection, emphasizing the need to build on the foundation of fundamental doctrines like repentance, faith, baptism, laying on of hands,…

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Psalm 51:10 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches about the transformative power of the Holy Spirit through the baptism received on the day of Pentecost, emphasizing that the miraculous signs were not the baptism itsel…

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John 17:17 Entire Sanctification

Dougan Clark preaches on the importance of entire sanctification, emphasizing that it is a necessary and essential experience for all Christians to seek and obtain in this life. He addresses…

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James 1:4 Entire Sanctification

Dougan Clark delves into the teachings of James and Jude, exploring their perspectives on entire sanctification. James emphasizes the importance of faith demonstrated through good works, com…

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Matthew 5:8-48 Entire Sanctification

Dougan Clark preaches about the holiness of Jesus Christ, emphasizing His sinless nature and the expectation for His followers to pursue holiness. The sermon delves into the Sermon on the Mo…

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John 3:3-4 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches on the transformation of John, from a Son of Thunder to the apostle of love after Pentecost, emphasizing the importance of love for God and one another. The sermon delv…

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Romans 6:13 Entire Sanctification

Dougan Clark preaches about the apostleship of the Gentiles being committed specially to Paul, who provides a more complete exposition of the teachings of Jesus through his epistles. Paul hi…

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1 Peter 1:15 Entire Sanctification

Dougan Clark preaches on the endorsement of Paul's writings by Peter, emphasizing their unity in teaching about holiness and sanctification. Peter and Paul, both martyred in Rome, are portra…

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Genesis 5:24 Entire Sanctification

Dougan Clark delves into the progressive revelation of God's plan for holiness throughout the early patriarchal times, highlighting key figures like Enoch, Noah, Abraham, and Jacob who walke…

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Isaiah 1:16 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches on the Major Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, highlighting their prophecies about believers' sanctification in the gospel era under the reign of Christ. …

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Isaiah 61:1 Old Testament Typology

Dougan Clark preaches on the Mosaic dispensation, highlighting how the ceremonial laws and rituals in the Old Testament point to the substance and reality found in the gospel of Christ. He e…

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Romans 6:22 Entire Sanctification

Dougan Clark preaches on the necessity of entire sanctification as a crucial element for Christian privilege, enjoyment, and service, emphasizing its role in securing a place in the celestia…

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Deuteronomy 30:6 Sanctification

Dougan Clark preaches about the distinct states of grace - regeneration and sanctification, emphasizing that they can be imparted close together in time. He refutes the unscriptural idea tha…

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Romans 12:1 Consecration And Faith

Dougan Clark preaches about the importance of consecration and surrendering all to God in order to attain holiness. He emphasizes that without believing in the possibility of holiness and ma…

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Psalm 46:1 Spiritual Maturity

Dougan Clark preaches on the importance of meekness and quietness as outward manifestations of inward holiness. He emphasizes that maintaining meekness and calmness in the midst of trials an…

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Exodus 20:1 Christian Morality

Dougan Clark emphasizes the importance of living a holy life based on the universally recognized standard of Christian morality, the Ten Commandments. He clarifies that both the justified an…

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Genesis 3:4 Faith And Salvation

Dougan Clark emphasizes the importance of faith in the relationship between God and man, highlighting how Adam's fall was due to unbelief and the restoration of this bond through faith in Je…

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Matthew 5:48 Sanctification

Dougan Clark emphasizes the significance of being sanctified by God the Father, highlighting the involvement of each person of the Trinity in the sanctification process, underscoring the ess…

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Acts 15:8 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches about the role of the Holy Trinity in the sanctification of a human soul, emphasizing the distinctiveness of the Holy Spirit as the Sanctifier. The mysterious work of s…

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Romans 3:24 Justification

Dougan Clark preaches on the parallel between justification and sanctification, emphasizing that both are by God's grace, Christ's blood, and our faith. Just as we are justified by the grace…

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Psalm 51:6 Sanctification

Preacher Dougan Clark emphasizes the role of the Spirit in sanctification through belief in the truth revealed in God's Word. Sanctification is not achieved through our own efforts or works,…

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Job 42:5 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches about the significance of Christ's Baptism and the distinction between John's baptism of repentance and Christ's baptism of consecration and holiness. He emphasizes tha…

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Zechariah 4:6 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches about the Enduement of Power resulting from Christ's Baptism with the Holy Ghost, emphasizing its necessity to impress minds and win souls to Christ. This power is dist…

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Exodus 29:21 Sanctification

Dougan Clark preaches about the importance of being assured of the work of grace in one's soul, whether seeking Christ for pardon of sin or a clean heart for sanctification. He emphasizes th…

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Matthew 16:24 Holiness

Dougan Clark preaches about the inner life of holiness, emphasizing the need to extinguish selfishness through Divine Power, as illustrated by a Quaker's dream of overcoming the giant named …

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Proverbs 3:5 Faith And Trust

Dougan Clark preaches on the outer life of holiness, emphasizing the importance of habitually believing in God's promises and commands. He highlights the need to employ willpower to sustain …

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Psalm 91:1 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches about the characteristics of an entirely sanctified believer's inner life, emphasizing the transformation of the heart, hidden life, peace, resignation to God's provide…

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Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches about the promise of the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, who would abide with the disciples forever after Jesus' departure. The Comforter purified and empowered the discipl…

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Proverbs 3:5 Inner Holiness

Dougan Clark preaches about the inner life of holiness, emphasizing the importance of faith, trust, consecration, and the regulation of our desires and emotions. He highlights that faith gro…

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Psalm 37:4 Sanctification

Dougan Clark preaches about the inner life of holiness, emphasizing the importance of faith and love in the sanctified man's journey. Perfect love involves perfect faith, with both being opp…

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Psalm 37:3 Gods Providence

Dougan Clark preaches on the outer life of holiness, emphasizing the importance of joyful acceptance and harmony with God's providence, leading to a life of habitual obedience to conscience …

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Matthew 14:23 Prayer

Dougan Clark emphasizes the importance of prayer as a universal duty, highlighting how Jesus and other biblical figures were men of prayer. He delves into the mystery of prayer, explaining t…

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John 4:24 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches about the importance of Christ exercising His headship over the visible Church through the Holy Spirit, guiding both the service and worship of God's people. He emphasi…

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Mark 16:16 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches about the necessity of being born again through the work of the Holy Spirit. He emphasizes that conviction of sin, repentance, and faith in Jesus Christ are essential f…

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Luke 4:18 Entire Sanctification

Dougan Clark emphasizes the doctrine and experience of entire sanctification as clearly taught in the Holy Scripture, from the patriarchs to the apostles, highlighting God's requirement for …

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Matthew 28:19 Holy Spirit

Dougan Clark preaches about the Holy Spirit as a distinct person within the Trinity, emphasizing His deity, personality, and role in the Godhead. The sermon highlights the Holy Spirit's invo…

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