How do we stay Wesleyan if we don't heed the Notes and Sermons of John Wesley in some way
You need to not preach your personal theology but preach the theology of the church
United Methodists are not supposed to contradict the church's doctrinal standards, but can "go beyond and expand
Wesley believed that the doctrine of the Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit was a "fundamental belief" of Christian faith
Believing in the "complete divinity" of Christ was also "essential" to Christianity
Wesley thought there was "nothing of greater consequence" than the doctrine of atonement. Without belief in the atonement, religion becomes merely deism, Wesley feared
Wesley did not insist on "any particular understanding" of the atonement, but emphasized that "salvation was based on the whole life of Christ."
Wesley was committed to the traditional Protestant doctrine of Scripture alone as the final authority for the church
Wesley leaned on Eastern Orthodox traditions by stressing......
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