Dennis Franklin Kinlaw (June 26, 1922 – April 10, 2017), was a Wesleyan-Holiness Old Testament Scholar, former President of Asbury College.

Biography

Kinlaw was born in Lumberton, N.C. on June 26, 1922.

He held a B.A from Asbury College (1943), an M.Div from Asbury Theological Seminary (1946), and M.A. and Ph.D. from Brandeis University.

He was President of Asbury College from 1968 to 1981 and 1986-1991 and Chancellor of the school in 1992. Prior, he was a professor of Old Testament Languages and Literature at Asbury Theological Seminary (1963-1968) and a visiting professor at Seoul Theological College, Seoul, South Korea in 1959.

He was the founder of the Francis Asbury Society and authored several books. The Kinlaw Library on Asbury College's campus is named in honor of both the late Dennis Kinlaw and his late wife, Elsie.

Theology

Kinlaw was a Wesleyan theologian.^[1][2] He had Wesleyan-Holiness views.^[3]

Publication

Books

• Preaching in the Spirit (Francis Asbury Press, 1985)
• The Mind of Christ (Francis Asbury Press, 1998)
• We Live as Christ (Francis Asbury Press, 2001)
• This Day with the Master: 365 Daily Meditations (Francis Asbury Press, 2002; Zondervan, 2004)
• Let's Start with Jesus: A New Way of Doing Theology (Zondervan, 2005)
• La Mente De Cristo, Spanish translation of The Mind of Christ (Francis Asbury Press, 2006)

Chapters

• Kinlaw, Dennis F. (1963). "Old Testament roots of the Wesleyan message". Further insights into holiness : nineteen leading Wesleyan scholars present various phases of holiness thinking. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press.