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Faith is the Sole Condition…Or Not: Thomas Oden on John Wesley

September 21, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - John Wesley, methodism, Methodist, Thomas Oden, Wesleyan

Thomas C. Oden was a leading Wesley scholar and Methodist theologian. If all you read are Calvinist authors, I think you would appreciate Oden. Many of us in the Free Grace movement are far closer to Wesleyan theology than we are to Calvinist theology. For example, we both believe that God loves everyone, Jesus died

Yesterday’s Faith

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Amos Binney, Arminianism, Continuous faith, methodism

Rev. Amos Binney was a Methodist preacher who wrote a short systematic theology called Binney’s Theological Compend (published in 1840) explaining “Biblical Methodism” (see here). The “improved” version edited by Daniel Steele is very readable and succinct. I think it is a model for how a short systematic theology should be done, and I plan

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John Wesley on Being a Fake Christian

August 13, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Aldersgate, eternal life, John Wesley, methodism, Methodist

Do you know when you were born-again? Some Free Grace people say they were born-again before they believed in Jesus for eternal life. They believe those doctrines now, but they say they were born-again before. How do they know? Usually, based on an experience they had. “I suddenly had a desire to read Scripture, and

John Wesley’s Early Evangelism

May 3, 2018 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - almost Christian, Anglican, Church of England, methodism, Methodist, Wesley, Wesleyan

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was an ordained Anglican priest. He considered Methodism to be a renewal movement within the Church of England and resisted attempts to make it a denomination in itself. It is interesting to see how Wesley’s theology changed over time. Later in life, Wesley would claim he had been an