| Description |
302 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. Religious knowledge and authority -- The Bible -- Revelation and reason -- Religious experience -- Christian tradition -- The natural creation -- II. God -- God's attributes -- God's character and predestination -- God's activity as Creator -- God's activity as governor or preserver -- God's activity as judge -- God's activity as Redeemer -- III. Jesus Christ -- Person of Christ -- Work of Christ as a sacrifice for sin -- Other consequences of Christ's work -- IV. The Holy Spirit -- Redemptive work of the Holy Spirit -- Witness of the Spirit (assurance) -- Fruits of the Spirit |
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IX. The church -- Nature of the church -- Band societies -- The ministry -- Sacrament of the Lord's Supper -- Sacrament of baptism -- X. Eschatology -- Human destiny -- Eternal life -- Last things |
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V. Man -- Image of God -- Fall and its results -- Guilt and depravity of original sin -- Original sin and actual sins -- Natural man -- Free will -- VI. Salvation -- General nature of salvation -- Salvation through grace -- Prevenient grace -- Repentance -- Faith -- Justification by faith (pardon and acceptance) -- New birth (regneration) -- Sin in believers -- Repentance of believers -- Entire sanctification -- VII. The moral ideal -- The law -- Christian love -- Christian perfection -- Kingdom of God -- VIII. The moral standard -- Christian character -- Christian duties -- The family -- The economic order -- The political order |
| Summary |
Extracts from the writings of Wesley |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 291-292 |
| Subject |
Wesley, John, 1703-1791.
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Methodist Church -- Doctrines.
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Theology, Doctrinal.
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| Author |
Burtner, Robert W. (Robert Wallace), editor
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Chiles, Robert Eugene, editor
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| LC no. |
54005227 |
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