John Wesley
Grace & the Unevangelized
Monday/April/2013 15:50 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
While Wesleyan theology does not teach or imply Universal Salvation it does teach Universal Grace. The scope of grace is seen as being wider than it might be from some other points of view. Read More...Comments
Holiness Texts: Romans 2:29
Tuesday/April/2013 09:17 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God." Read More...Holiness Texts: John 17:17-23
Tuesday/April/2013 11:26 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"'Sanctify them in the truth; Thy word is truth. As Thou didst send Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. I do not ask in behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in Us; that the world may believe that Thou didst send Me. And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given to them; that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, that the world may know that Thou didst send Me, and didst love them, even as Thou didst love Me.'" Read More...Holiness Texts: John 8:34-36
Tuesday/April/2013 12:45 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. And the slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed'." (John 8:34-36, NASB.) Read More...Holiness Texts: Matthew 22:37
Thursday/March/2013 11:54 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"And He said to him, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’" — Matthew 22:37, NASB. Read More...Why I Love the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas
Monday/March/2013 14:12 Filed in: Theology
Many years ago (and for reasons I don't really fathom myself) I became dissatisfied with the fact that I had little or no comprehension of the theology of Thomas Aquinas. Here's what I did. I happened upon a very good path — which I highly recommend to anyone else out there who wants a basic understanding of Thomas' thought. Read More...Holiness Texts: Matthew 6:10
Monday/March/2013 09:57 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
Holiness Texts: Matthew 5:48
Tuesday/March/2013 14:16 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
"Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." — Matthew 5:48, NASB. Read More...Holiness Texts: Ezekiel 36:25, 26, 29
Thursday/March/2013 14:28 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh." Ezekiel 36:25,26, NASB. "Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on you." Ezekiel 36:29, NASB. Read More...Holiness Texts: Matthew 5:8
Wednesday/February/2013 16:37 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
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...A Wesleyan Voice? #AndCanItBe
Tuesday/February/2013 18:48 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
A brief response to some concerns and ideas raised by Kevin Watson & Matt O’Reilly. Read More...Holiness and the Bible
Wednesday/February/2013 12:27 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
I have this crazy notion that even if people forgot about Wesley and Fletcher and Clarke and Finney and Mahan, etc. but would just come to the Bible with open hearts & minds, the holiness themes would re-assert themselves. Read More...Site Update 11/12/2012
Saturday/November/2012 11:24 Filed in: Site Update
I just left a comment at Morgan Guyton’s blog and got to thinking about how it reflects what I’ve been doing lately at this site. Read More...My Journey With the Bible
Friday/November/2012 09:38 Filed in: Personal
More on Wesley and the Gospel
Wednesday/November/2012 13:27 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
Movements often become embarrassed with themselves as the generations come and go, and this seems to be part of what happened to Methodism. Read More...Wesley on the Economy?
Thursday/October/2012 16:01 Filed in: John Wesley
John Wesley believed that most of the economic problems of the day were caused by a growing disparity between the rich and the poor. Read More...How I Still Think Like a Methodist
Tuesday/October/2012 12:00 Filed in: Wesleyan Theology
I still believe in a here-and-now Gospel that changes people for the better and impacts the world for the better. Read More...Wesley: Now Faster Asleep Than Ever!
Wednesday/June/2012 09:17 Filed in: Quotations | John Wesley
”"I was more convinced than ever, that the preaching like an Apostle, without joining together those that are awakened, and training them up in the ways of God, is only begetting children for the murderer….” Read More...Reflections on the Last Judgment
Tuesday/May/2012 18:29 Filed in: Theology
A passage in Stanley Grenz’s book on the theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg got me thinking about the Final Judgment of God. Read More...Christian Growth
Thursday/May/2012 09:15 Filed in: The Life of Faith
Christian growth is necessary to the maintenance of our faith.Wesley: The Nature of True Faith
Tuesday/April/2012 09:44 Filed in: John Wesley | Quotations
“Only beware thou do not deceive thy own soul with regard to the nature of this faith….” Read More...Atonement and Communication
Monday/February/2012 16:15 Filed in: Quotations
“Rather than the traditional view of the atonement which sees it primarily as a transaction between the Father and the Son apart from humanity….” Read More...The Wesleyan Covenant Prayer
Monday/December/2012 14:43 Filed in: John Wesley
The Prayer from John Wesley's 1780 Covenant Service; the text and some links.Maddox: Scripture and the Analogy of Faith
Monday/April/2013 17:07 Filed in: Bible
Randy Maddox on John Wesley’s principles for interpreting Scripture.A Holy Dissatisfaction is Aroused
Wednesday/April/2013 18:06 Filed in: Methodism
Theodore Runyon on sanctification and social change.
