Christian Perfection
The Holiness Texts of John Wesley
Friday/February/2013 16:21 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
John Wesley taught that people cannot have the kind of the faith that brings them into a new or deeper experience of God's grace unless they first had "a Divine evidence and conviction... that God hath promised it in the Holy Scripture." Read More...Comments
Notes on Colossians 1:9-12 - Part 3
Friday/September/2012 11:46 Filed in: Bible
And, now, having gotten preliminary issues out of the way, some comments on the text of the prayer itself…. Read More...Outler on “Christian Perfection”
Tuesday/September/2012 12:45 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
Some comments by the late Albert Outler (1908-1989) about John Wesley’s sermon on “Christian Perfection” (and the fears it arouses)…. Read More...Wesley: A Sinful Body?
Wednesday/May/2012 16:54 Filed in: John Wesley | Christian Perfection
John Wesley responds to this objection: ‘But surely we cannot be saved from sin, while we dwell in a sinful body.’ Read More...Quotes from Cleansed and Abiding
Wednesday/May/2012 11:57 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology | Christian Perfection
Here are some quotes I recently shared on Twitter, from Cleansed and Abiding: A Proposed View of Christian Perfection by James-Michael Smith. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a fresh re-interpretation of Wesley’s doctrine of Christian Perfection — and for anyone who wonders about it.Read More...
Denney on the Atonement (1903)
Thursday/May/2012 15:35 Filed in: Theology
“The demand that the Atonement shall be exhibited in vital relation to a new life in which sin is overcome... is entirely legitimate….” Read More...A Perfect Walk
Tuesday/April/2012 12:01 Filed in: Psalms | Christian Perfection
Reflections and a Prayer on Psalm 15:2. Wesley: “Speak and Spare Not”
Wednesday/February/2012 09:29 Filed in: John Wesley
John Wesley said: “"Where Christian perfection is not strongly and explicitly preached, there is seldom any remarkable blessing from God….” Read More...Sanctification as a Central Theme
Wednesday/January/2012 14:01 Filed in: Holiness | Wesleyan Theology
I originally built this web site to be primarily about the Wesleyan Doctrine of Christian Perfection. And, that is still my intention. Read More...Wesley: The Whole of Christian Perfection
Thursday/December/2012 08:28 Filed in: John Wesley | Christian Perfection
“What is then the perfection of which man is capable while he dwells in a corruptible body?” Read More...Wesley: Two Paths
A quote from John Wesley: Christians have “the choice of walking in the higher or the lower path.” Read More...
