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Wesley's thought speaks to his century and to ours.
Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, reached out to the masses of the people in 18th-century Britain with the message of the transforming power of God's love and its social implications. This message addresses many of today's issues such as human rights, poverty, women's rights, the environment and the dialogue among many faiths, and enables us to combine tolerance with conviction. Thus Wesley's interpretation of Christianity is applicable today in surprising and positive ways.
Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, reached out to the masses of the people in 18th-century Britain with the message of the transforming power of God's love and its social implications. This message addresses many of today's issues such as human rights, poverty, women's rights, the environment and the dialogue among many faiths, and enables us to combine tolerance with conviction. Thus Wesley's interpretation of Christianity is applicable today in surprising and positive ways.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
People say that Wesley was not a Theologian.This book shows that he was more than a theologian, he understood the world that he lived in and contempoary Christianity. Everything from human rights to the attainability of perfection is clearly and lucid in presentation. Even though this boook is aimed at the American market it travels well. Each chapter reads as individual essays and the conclusion points to the readers application of what Wesley meant if he was writing for the 21st Century
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book reveals how profoundly spiritual and compassionate John Wesley was. He wanted men to be benevolent stewards of the earth and to be humane to animals. Wesley abhored cruelty to dogs, horses, and the mistreatment of any of God's creatures. It is too bad that the 18th Century's John WEsley had a more compassionate creed than today's religious leaders who dont care about nature, wildlife and God's plant and animate creation ! John Wesley could have changed the world if his message had resonated. Earth would be more green and pristine.
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Wonderful!
7 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
This is an invaluable book for anyone who is serious about learning Methodist doctrine. Dr. Runyon provides a clear exposition of John Wesley's and the Church's understanding of critical theological views such as justification, salvation and sanctification. For those who question the once-saved-always-saved theology and are searching for assurance, this book is a must read. It also provides a true picture of what the Church of Jesus Christ should look like.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
21st Century Emergent Wesley
24 Jun 2007
Format:Paperback
Systematic Theology Professor Theodore Runyon offers a final 20th century look while proposing an initial 21st century glance at John Wesley with his 1998 book "The New Creation". In 270 pages, with six instructive chapters, he reviews Wesley's theologies of God's creation, renewal of the Image of God, transforming grace, the means of grace, the religious experience, and John Wesley's emerging 21st century use.
Runyon begins his discussion with a re-statement of the via salutis (the way of salvation). He properly understands that holiness is the final "trusting...mark [which] is created in our hearts by... action of God" (page 55). The following chapters then discuss each aspect of the via with regards to God's saving activity through grace (regeneration, transformation, sanctification, perfection, etc.). The author identifies Wesley's most popular ("Means of Grace", chapter 4) and most controversial ("Entire Sanctification", pages 91-101) doctrines and analyses each with precision.
Professor Runyon helpfully reviews Wesley's objections to the ancient mystics, his quarrel with the "antinomians" (the save by grace alone crowd), his confrontation with "quietism" ("holiness is not an avoidance of the world but a challenge to it", page 113), and his life-long argument with predestinarianism. Readers learn that Wesley "affirmed infant baptism and even baptismal regeneration" (page 140). He understands that Christian experience is "the medium through which reality is transmitted" which is founded in orthodoxy (right belief), orthopraxy (right practice) and orthopathy (right feeling). Runyon correctly suggests that for Mr. Wesley "Scripture remains the standard by which feelings are to judged" (page 154).
Runyon's text is 21st century emergent Wesleyan theology. His scholarship is unmistakable (with 24 pages of authoritative endnotes and eight pages of selected bibliography). This text is recommended to all members of the Wesleyan family (Methodists, Pentecostals, Nazarenes, Free Will Baptists, etc.).
Runyon begins his discussion with a re-statement of the via salutis (the way of salvation). He properly understands that holiness is the final "trusting...mark [which] is created in our hearts by... action of God" (page 55). The following chapters then discuss each aspect of the via with regards to God's saving activity through grace (regeneration, transformation, sanctification, perfection, etc.). The author identifies Wesley's most popular ("Means of Grace", chapter 4) and most controversial ("Entire Sanctification", pages 91-101) doctrines and analyses each with precision.
Professor Runyon helpfully reviews Wesley's objections to the ancient mystics, his quarrel with the "antinomians" (the save by grace alone crowd), his confrontation with "quietism" ("holiness is not an avoidance of the world but a challenge to it", page 113), and his life-long argument with predestinarianism. Readers learn that Wesley "affirmed infant baptism and even baptismal regeneration" (page 140). He understands that Christian experience is "the medium through which reality is transmitted" which is founded in orthodoxy (right belief), orthopraxy (right practice) and orthopathy (right feeling). Runyon correctly suggests that for Mr. Wesley "Scripture remains the standard by which feelings are to judged" (page 154).
Runyon's text is 21st century emergent Wesleyan theology. His scholarship is unmistakable (with 24 pages of authoritative endnotes and eight pages of selected bibliography). This text is recommended to all members of the Wesleyan family (Methodists, Pentecostals, Nazarenes, Free Will Baptists, etc.).
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Definative!
28 Aug 2001
Format:Paperback
Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the definative study of the theology of John Wesley currently in print. Runyon's treatment of Wesley's soteriology is thorough and balanced, but offers wise reflections on the meaning of Wesley's thought for Methodists and Wesleyans of today. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the theological foundations of the people called Methodists.
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