John Wesley

Gloucester, England during 1714. Growing up Whitfield’s education wasn’t stable yet he managed to pull himself through Pembroke and Oxford University. While attending Oxford, Whitefield was introduced to a man by the name of Charles Wesley who was a devout Christian. Within a space of time Charles managed to convince George Whitefield to join the “Holy Club” consisting of men exercising methods to advocate personal holiness otherwise known as “Methodists”. In later years, as a result, Whitefield and Wesley progressed forwards creating the Methodist Movement.

George would later attend Oxford to obtain his undergraduate degree. It was at school that George was introduced to John Wesley through his participation in the Holy Club. Mark Noll explained this time by saying, “Whitefield had been an Oxford undergraduate of very modest means when he was recruited into the Holy Club where John Wesley and his brother, the hymn writer Charles, were prominent”. Noll goes on to say that it was through the participation in the club that George was saved. After Whitefield graduated his talent for preaching was almost immediately recognized. He was asked to travel to many churches throughout England preaching the good news of Jesus Christ. Arnold Dallimore explained that during this time that people would simply try to touch George’s garments as he passed them. Though Whitefield had celebrity type success in England he was called to continue his preaching in America.

Religion is a necessity to life, as backed up by Thomas Paine’s “American Crisis.” Paine has had quite the history revolving around the American government, as he wrote “Common Sense,” a best seller that offered a rhetorical view about why the colonies should split from Britain. However, he then decided to write “American Crisis” in order to offer his unique but logical view on religion and how everyone should go about deciding what they worship. His idea was that religion is necessary in order to live and keep one’s morals straight, however widespread religion are corrupting and brainwashing everybody, so everyone should have their own religion in the church of their mind.

Although not the first scholar to examine the idea of religion, Jones utilizes the concept from the study of Self Psychology in order to determine if “transformative religious experience is mature or unhealthy” (Jones 2002). In chapter 5 of his text, Jones

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As for John Wesley, he was an 18th century British Evangelist who is credited for founding the Methodist Christian movement.

If a member sees themselves as a functioning part of a larger system they potentially may be more attune to the collective need. The congregational model allows for this unified group of believers, bound by a mutual covenant to govern their own body. In chapter two the authors provide several strong arguments for congregational governance based on the formation of God’s covenant with the church and extending to Jesus as the head of the church and the membership as the facilitators of governing functions under the leadership of a Pastor or

John Calvin (1509-1564) – Rather than attempting to become a leading reformer, John Calvin sought simply to study Scripture and to write about it. Calvin’s greatest contribution to Christianity was perhaps the way he systematized the Protestant theology during the sixteenth century. One of the ways in which Calvin provided that systematized theology was through his manual Institutes of the

John Wesley is a name that is used on a fairly regular basis throughout the church. His family and upbringing played a large role in his development as a minister and theologian. As he developed, his theology became more sturdy and he was able to share it with those around him. Wesley was passionate about God and wanted others to know him. His boldness to preach and clarity in writing have inspired others for years after his death.

John as we know today was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. He was also the brother of James, who was also an apostle. John was the son of Zeebee and of Salome. His father was a fisherman while living in Bethsaida in Galilee on the border of the lake Gennesareth. John's mother was one of many women who gave to the maintenance of Jesus Christ. John's parents were very good people, they loved God and his son. It is said that john and his brother James were fishing when Jesus came and chose them. They were soon known as the fishers of men. The John of whom I am talking about is John the Evangelist.

Responsible Grace was a book that was designed to speak about John Wesley’s sermons and the theologies that he holds. “Wesley’s convictions about revelation appear to be more in line with early Greek perspectives than with later Western theology. They usually assumed that there was a continuing (weakened) influence of the grace of creation even after the Fall” (pg. 28-29). In our group discussion, we talked about this book emphasizing John Wesley’s practical theology and how it applies to life. John Wesley is not a spectating theologian, which brings some ease to reading his work. The practical task of his theology doesn’t make his works scientific of aspects like time or other logistics that theologians speak of. A refreshing insight

Religion is the driving force in the lives of many people. It is what influences and sometimes determines a person’s values. Almost every law, tradition or societal trend can be traced back to its roots in religion. In some cases, predominantly in the Middle East, religion becomes a way of life for many people. It is often an overlooked, yet very powerful, subject, with some people even willing to die in the name of it. It explains questions that philosophers and biologists have yet to find an answer to, such as the meaning of life and how the world was created. Some estimate that there are roughly 4,200 established religions and over 300 million worshipped gods. In America today, it seems as if there is a deterioration in the morals

In today’s world, religion plays a profound part in many people’s lives and they find it important to firmly follow the guiding principles of a religion. Religion has been

The entire human race has been formed through what our ancestors and our traditions have shown us to believe. These beliefs are inbounded within our brain and because of these personal notions are that our actions are committed. Though out of everything that is taught within our lives, the one that contains the biggest effect of all is religion. This is what we are told decides everything for us, including where we will go after death. Now as generation’s come and go, religion is perceived differently. The importance of it begins to fluctuate tremendously, and as world issues begin to come out, people begin choosing sides. In this era you see the biggest issues coming from gay rights to if marijuana should be legal or not. This is where

Religion is the basis for many people to define their role in life and seek true meaning. This is shown through the Atheist Sunday Assembly and the Earth-Based Mystic beliefs.