JOHN WESLEY (1703-1791) is the chief architect and source of inspiration for the modern doctrine of Christian perfection. From the year 1725, when Wesley was "exceedingly affected" and resolved to "dedicate all (his) life to God," holiness became the DNA of his spiritual temperament. For the next sixty-six years Wesley taught and proclaimed a gospel of holy love, gra-ciously given to sinful humanity in Jesus Christ, for the recovery of the di-vine image lost by the first Adam. Yet the vision of perfect love did not take shape overnight. The path Wesley journeyed in developing his theology of...

Due to overwhelming popular demand John Wesley prepared these notes towards the end of his life. He intended them for the devout Christian, not the scholar. This is the second in a three volumes set: Genesis--Chronicles II (978-1-84902-634-5), Ezra-Malachi (978-1-84902-633-8), and The New Testament (978-1-84902-635-2).

The Biblical doctrine of "Christian Perfection" has been denied even by those who call themselves by the name of Christ. "Defining Biblical Holiness" takes a look at this all important doctrine by casting our gaze into the past, and attempting to clearly define the truth presented in this doctrine. John Wesley and Asa Mahan both had a firm grasp upon a Biblical understanding of the teaching of holiness and Christian Perfection. Their two works on the subject, along with an new introduction, are here presented in juxtaposition in order to shed light on the current antinomian trend which...

WHAT I purpose in the following pages is, to give a plain and distinct account of the steps by which I was led, during a course of many years, to embrace the doctrine of Christian Perfection. This I owe to the serious part of mankind; those who desire to know all the truth as it is in Jesus. And these only are concerned in questions of this kind. To these I would nakedly declare the thing as it is, endeavouring all along to show, from one period to another, both what I thought, and why I thought so.

Due to overwhelming popular demand John Wesley prepared these notes towards the end of his life. He intended them for the devout Christian, not the scholar. The three volume set consists of: Genesis--Chronicles II (978-1-84902-634-5), Ezra-Malachi (978-1-84902-633-8), and The New Testament (978-1-84902-635-2).

John Wesley (1703-91) is widely recognized as a leader of the eighteenth-century Evangelical Revival and the founder of Methodism. Wesley popularized Arminian theology along with a special emphasis on the doctrine of Christian perfection. Today, scholarship on Wesley is flourishing and this has led to the publication of numerous studies on his life and thought. Still, a neglected area is a good introduction to his views on last things. The purpose of this Reader is to help fill this gap. As in other areas of theology or church practice, Wesley was not an innovator in the field of Christian...

A collection of readings from John Wesley (1703-1791) and Charles Wesley (1707-1788).