Abstract: Wesley’s religious experience at Aldersgate remains the most famous and debated event in his life. Scholars disagree on what the experience meant to Wesley at the time and over his lifetime. This article reviews…
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Abstract: Wesley’s religious experience at Aldersgate remains the most famous and debated event in his life. Scholars disagree on what the experience meant to Wesley at the time and over his lifetime. This article reviews…
Abstract: This article explores how the Pietist impulse, in both its “churchly” and “radical” forms, profoundly shaped the theology and spirituality of John Wesley. Churchly Pietists such as the Moravians, as well as the radical…
Abstract: This article documents John Wesley’s earliest interactions with the Moravians. Wesley enjoyed a cordial relationship with the Moravians between 1735-1739. Unfortunately, due to personality clashes and growing theological differences, Wesley’s relationship with the Moravians…
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…
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…
“The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth;…
[This post first appeared at GospelEncounter.wordpress.com] We deem, it, therefore, not inappropriate, in this first number of our METHODIST MAGAZINE—a part of whose mission will be to expound and defend our Scriptural, Arminian theology—by a…
Back in February of 2022, we stopped adding material to this website for the most part because of problems we were having with the site. We had to do some major work on the site…
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.…
This book, as far as I know, is the very first translation into English of an old 1571 document written by a Christian father who, in the midst of the turmoil of war and exile,…
Many people misunderstand the teachings of James Arminius and fail to draw distinctions between his teachings and those of other later influential people such as Charles Finney. Finney is often called Arminian but his teachings,…
Here are links to the remaining episodes in the Christian Roots Series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. If you cannot see the players below follow one of these links: Apple…
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts This is the tenth episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. This tenth episode focuses on…
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts This is the ninth episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. This ninth episode focuses on…
If you cannot see the player above follow this link (Apple Podcasts) or this link (Stitcher). This is the eighth episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. This…
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher This is the seventh episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. This…
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher This is the sixth episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. This…
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher This is the fifth episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. This…
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher This is the fourth episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History. This…
If you cannot see the player above follow this link: Apple Podcasts or this link: Stitcher This is the third episode in a series where Dr. Vic Reasoner takes a journey through Church History.