John Wesley: On Zombie Outbreaks

ZombieMe2We’ve looked at Zombie outbreaks in Sardis and Ephesus. But Zombie outbreaks were not confined to these areas. John Wesley himself often dealt with them.

converse sparingly and warily with them that are dead while they live

In January 1748, John Wesley recounts a time when a zombie horde (mob) attacked him at William Stone’s house (reminiscent of a Night of the Living Dead movie) and how he barely escaped with his life. Continue reading

Wednesday with Wesley: On the Reformation

John_Wesley Tomorrow is Reformation Day (aka Halloween). It is the day when Martin Luther published the 95 Theses and ignited the Protestant Reformation in 1517.

John Wesley was a Reformer in his own right who worked to revitalize the Anglican church and to keep the Methodism movement he started from splintering off into its own church.  He lived near the mid point between the start of the Reformation and our current day and thus provides us with an interesting “midterm report”. Continue reading