From Faith to Faith John Wesley's Covenant Theology and the Way of Salvation. [electronic resource] :
- Cambridge : James Clarke & Co, 2014.
- 1 online resource (260 p.)
Includes bibliographical references.
Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by T.A. Noble; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. John Wesley's Imaging of Covenant Theology; 2. The Ancestry of John Wesley's Covenant Theology; 3. John Wesley's Amendment of Covenant Theology; 4. John Wesley's Covenant Theology and Holy Scripture; 5. John Wesley's Covenant Theology in Context: I. The Evangelical Revival and the Conversation on Good Works; 6. John Wesley's Covenant Theology in Context: II. The Conversation on Divine Favor; 7. The Salvific Sufficiency of the Covenant of Grace 8. The Holy Spirit and the Salvific Perfection of the Covenant of Grace9. "From Faith to Faith": John Wesley's Pastoral Application of Covenant Theology; 10. Epilogue; Bibliography; Back cover
The very title of this volume makes a claim and extends an invitation. Simply put, the claim is this: John Wesley was an adherent of covenant theology. Consequently, a proper understanding of his theological thought - and of his soteriology in particular - is impossible apart from accounting for the influence of covenant theology on him. The invitation then, is to investigate Wesley''s thought in light of this claim.Having started his research simply as an investigation into a rather curious distinction Wesley made among those to whom he gave spiritual counsel (some people, he said, have ""the.
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Wesley, John, 1703-1791. Wesley, John, 1703-1791.
1700 - 1799
Covenant theology--History of doctrines--18th century. RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic RELIGION / Christianity / General Covenant theology--History of doctrines. RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology