John Wesley’s sermon: On Corrupting the Word of God (Wordle )
When we teach others our goal should be to help transform lives. John Wesley agreed. Wesley’s Sermon 136 (On Corrupting the Word of God) tackles preaching and teaching the Scriptures using 2 Corinthians 2:17 as his text. Continue reading
This post has been updated since it was originally posted on May 12 ,2010
In John Wesley’s day as in ours, there was discussion as to what beliefs were considered essential for the Christian faith. As an Arminian theologian, Wesley disagreed with the opinions of many Catholics and Calvinists. However, he did not deny that many within these different camps could indeed be true Christians if they held the essential truths. Continue reading
This post is slightly modified from original published on February 24, 2010. This post is being re-posted based on a discussion on what is mysticism on Rachel Held Evan’s blog.
I am currently taking a class on Spiritual Formation. Some of the texts used in the class are Willard’s Spirit of the Disciplines (SD) and Foster’s Celebration of the Disciplines (CD).
In CD Foster says that the “great writers of the devotional life” range from “St. Augustine to St. Francis, from John Calvin to John Wesley, from Teresa of Avila to Juliana of Norwich”. Continue reading
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