Abstract: This is the final installment of a six-part series on John Wesley’s eschatology. The theme of real Christianity is shown to have guided Wesley in his commentary on Revelation. Several insightful lessons come from…
Eschatology
Mark K. Olson, “John Wesley’s Order of Eschatological Events”
Abstract: As a postmillennialist Wesley understood the books of Daniel and Revelation to spell out salvation history from the 6th century BCE to the final consummation. The kingdom of God arrives in two phases: at…
Mark K. Olson, “Major Themes in John Wesley’s Eschatology”
Abstract: This fourth installment of a six-part series highlights the central themes in Wesley’s eschatology. First, he believed the Evangelical Revival was preparing the way for the millennial reign of Christ through the conversion of…
Mark K. Olson, “From Heaven Above to New Creation Below”
Abstract: In this third installment, John Wesley’s eschatology is surveyed from his Oxford period in the 1720s to his mature thoughts in the 1780s. It is further shown that the early Wesley was an amillennialist…
Mark K. Olson, “The Revival and Methodist Self-Understanding”
Abstract: This second installment in a six-part series examines how early Methodists understood Methodism as an eschatological movement, called to help usher in the millennium through the proclamation of salvation and holiness. Wesley’s 1739 Journal…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 35)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the thirty fifth episode…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 34)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the thirty fourth episode…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 33)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the thirty third episode…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 32)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the thirty second episode…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 31)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the thirty first episode…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 30)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the thirtieth episode in…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 29)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-ninth episode…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 28)
In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-eighth episode in the series. In this episode Dr. Reasoner continues to explore Revelation 13. If you cannot…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 27b)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the second part…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 27)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-seventh episode…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 26)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-sixth episode…
Mark K. Olson, “The Revival and Methodist Self-Understanding”
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.…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 25)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-fifth episode…
FWS Podcast: Revelation (Part 24)
If you cannot see the players above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher. In this series of podcasts Dr. Vic Reasoner teaches through the Book of Revelation. This is the twenty-fourth episode…
Mark K. Olson, “Millennial Aspirations and the Problem of Religious Nominalism”
Abstract: This is part one of a five-part study on John Wesley’s eschatology. This opening article recounts the development of eschatology in England from the Protestant Reformation to the Evangelical Revival in the eighteenth century.…
