Wesley, Charles

Mark K. Olson, “The Stillness Controversy of 1740: Tradition Shaping Scripture Reading”

March 6, 2024 , SEA , Comment Closed

Abstract: The influence of our Christian traditions upon our reading of scripture is deep and profound, even working at a subconscious level. This article demonstrates this truth by examining the role that tradition played in…

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Charles Wesley, “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”

December 22, 2023 , SEA , Comment Closed

In light of the current Christmas season of 2023, we posted yesterday on Arminian churchman Charles Wesley (brother of John Wesley) and his Christmas carol “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” As that post mentioned, Charles…

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Charles Wesley, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

December 21, 2023 , SEA , Comment Closed

Arminian churchman and brother of John Wesley, Charles Wesley, is considered to be one of the greatest hymn writers of all time and was labeled by one Christian History article as the “greatest hymn writer of…

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Mark K. Olson, “The Revival and Methodist Self-Understanding”

February 4, 2022 , SEA , Comment Closed

Abstract: This second installment [you can see the first one here] examines how early Methodists understood Methodism as an eschatological movement, called to help usher in the millennium through the proclamation of salvation and holiness.…

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Ed Stetzer, “One-on-One with Jeffrey Barbeau on Methodism”

October 15, 2019 , Steven Wolf , Comment Closed

Ed Stetzer interviews Dr. Jeffrey Barbeau about his latest book. Dr. Barbeau serves as Professor of Theology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. To view Ed Stetzer, “One-on-One with Jeffrey Barbeau on Methodism,” via Christianity Today…

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“The Horrible Decree” by Charles Wesley

September 18, 2018 , drwayman , Comment Closed

Charles Wesley wrote approximately 9000 hymns and “holy” poems. Even though many of his polemics are in his songs, many Calvinists (and Arminians) sing Wesley’s hymns. One of Wesley’s strongest anti-calvinist hymns is “The Horrible…

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Seven Minute Seminary: Ryan Danker, “Why the Church Needed Methodism”

December 19, 2016 , SEA , Comment Closed

From the video’s YouTube page, which may be accessed here: Why did the church need the 18th century Methodist movement? In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Ryan Danker explains the relationship between Anglicanism, Puritanism, and…

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Randy L. Maddox, “Theology of John and Charles Wesley”

October 3, 2016 , SEA , Comment Closed

Please click on the link to view Randy L. Maddox, “Theology of John and Charles Wesley,” in T&T Clark Companion to Methodism, 20–35. Edited by Charles Yrigoyen, Jr. New York: T&T Clark, 2010.

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Charles Edward White, “’Ye Need Not One Be Left Behind/For God Hath Bidden All Mankind’: Charles Wesley’s Response to the Doctrine of Limited Atonement”

May 25, 2015 , SEA , Comment Closed

Please click on the link to view Charles Edward White, “’Ye Need Not One Be Left Behind/For God Hath Bidden All Mankind’: Charles Wesley’s Response to the Doctrine of Limited Atonement.”

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Justin Taylor, “Charles Wesley’s ‘And Can It Be’: Background and Scriptural Allusions”

January 2, 2014 , SEA , Comment Closed

Click on the link to view Justin Taylor, “Charles Wesley’s ‘And Can It Be’: Background and Scriptural Allusions”.

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Justin Taylor, “A Book Both Arminians and Calvinists Recommend You Read”

September 2, 2013 , SEA , Comment Closed

A post by Calvinist Justin Taylor that gathers together some commendations of Fred Sanders’ new book, Wesley on the Christian Life: A Heart Renewed in Love, along with some thoughts on John and Charles Wesley from Charles Spurgeon:…

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