I continue this year’s survey of books that make explicit the trinitarian structure of Wesley’s theology with Holy Trinity: Holy People, The Theology of Christian
While the doctrine of the Trinity is at the bedrock of Christian faith, it has also been a stumbling block for many. If it could
One of the central claims of the Protestant Reformation is that salvation is by grace alone. Humans cannot earn nor do they merit salvation; it
A prevalent understanding of Christianity in the western world, both inside and outside the church, goes something like this: Through Jesus Christ, our sins are
In the first article for this series I highlighted the universality of grace. Keeping in mind that for Wesley grace is both the unmerited favor
This year in Consider Wesley we want to look at four aspects of grace in Wesley’s theology. But before we begin with the first of
Faith has a variety of definitions. It is common to refer to the essentials of Christian teaching as “the faith” and to describe our faith
John Wesley, like all Protestants, believed we are saved by grace alone. But what is grace? The common definition in both standard English and theological
John Wesley was consistent in how he understood salvation. In The Scripture Way of Salvation, he asks, “What is salvation. He answers, “The salvation which
Last year I wrote about three significant colleagues of John Wesley who had a major impact on early Methodism: Charles Wesley, William Grimshaw, and John