To re-discover that God is at work (and has been at work all along) reshapes our understanding of both individual and corporate purpose—our calling and our ecclesiology. Considering prevenience and mission as intertwined and inseparable brings this post’s four implications to mind.
When thinking of the Wesleyan understanding of God’s love, keep in mind both ways of describing grace. Mercy is the love of God toward the individual. It forgives, embraces, and accepts. Power is the love of God within the individual. It transforms and makes new.
This post is a chapter from Dr. Timothy Tennent’s book, 30 Questions: A Short Catechism on the Christian Faith available for purchase from our store. This resource makes for a great teaching tool in local
What is prevenient (preceding) grace? This post is a chapter from Dr. Timothy Tennent’s book, 30 Questions: A Short Catechism on the Christian Faith available for purchase from our store. This resource makes for a great teaching tool
Dr. Kenneth Collins on the center of John Wesley’s theology—holiness and grace. View our growing playlist of Seven Minute Seminary here.
Beginning in the early days of the Methodist Revival, John Wesley’s position on predestination became a controversial issue. His friend and partner in ministry George Whitefield was a staunch Calvinist, which meant that he believed
What Is the Order of Salvation? What Is Prevenient Grace? What Is Convicting Grace? What Is Justifying Grace? What Is Sanctifying Grace?
Wesleyan theology is powerful in that it mediates the salvific graces of Jesus Christ in an abundant way, such that people are transformed. Those most in need of grace can get free. Also, Wesley’s message
In evangelical parlance, Atonement is an Anglo-Saxon word referring to how Christ accomplishes the righting of relationship between humans and God. In spite of its multifaceted meaning in the New Testament and throughout the ages,[1]
Dr. Ben Witherington III discusses why he considers the Wesleyan understanding of the gospel to be most faithful to Scripture. View our growing playlist of Seven Minute Seminary here.
Here Dr. Chuck Gutenson discusses the last grace in the order of salvation—sanctifying grace. View our growing playlist of Seven Minute Seminary here.
Everyone needs to be set free. The idea that we come into the world with a will entirely at liberty to choose one path or another is a myth. We are born in bondage—bondage to
