John Wesley believed that the grace of God is offered freely to human beings and is not merited. However, Wesley taught that there are means of grace that, when utilized, avail the grace of God to us in greater degrees. Although we do not earn God’s grace, we must engage in particular practices if we expect God to act in our behalf, because God has chosen to work through natural means. This paper outlines the way that this doctrine represents a mediating position between naturalism and mysticism and identifies several implications that can be made from this view of grace
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What meaning can the Christian doctrine of grace still have in a world marked by an all-pervasive di...
The early stirrings of the Great Awakening were intensified by Edwards’ famous sermon A Divine and S...
There is room for differences of opinion where the doctrine of the means of grace may be best discus...
<p>This dissertation examines the historical and theological context of the means of grace in the th...
In a recent piece for the Asbury Theological Journal, Nathan Crawford has attempted to put current u...
The ministry problem addressed in this dissertation is the need for spiritual transformation. Christ...
The doctrine of prevenient grace in the Wesleyan tradition has always played an important role in sh...
Post-Tridentine Western Christian theology introduced the notion of natura pura, which holds that on...
This article reexamines the systematic nature of John Wesley's theology, drawing on recent reconcept...
This work is a constructive comparison of the ways in which the operations of divine grace resonate ...
We have looked at several aspects of the doctrine of God\u27s grace. We have seen salvation by grace...
But the question then may be asked if God\u27s grace is so infinite and so vast in his dealings with...
What does it take to experience grace? I argue that for followers of the Chinese Christian reformers...
The topic which is here to be briefly treated, chiefly on the basis of a problem which has recently ...
The aim of this short reflection is to consider the fundamental issue of grace from the perspective ...
What meaning can the Christian doctrine of grace still have in a world marked by an all-pervasive di...
The early stirrings of the Great Awakening were intensified by Edwards’ famous sermon A Divine and S...
There is room for differences of opinion where the doctrine of the means of grace may be best discus...