True Christianity

True Christianity
Author: J. Russell Frazier
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-01-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 163087339X

John William Fletcher (1729-1785) was a seminal theologian during the early methodist movement and the Church of England in the eighteenth century. Best known for the Checks to Antinomianism, he worked out a theology of history to defend the church against the encroachment of antinomianism as a polemic against hyper-Calvinism, whose system of divine fiat and finished salvation, Fletcher believed, did not take seriously enough either the activity of God in salvation history or an individual believer's personal progress in salvation. Fletcher made the doctrine of accommodation a unifying principle of his theological system and further developed the doctrine of divine accommodation into a theology of ministry. As God accommodated divine revelation to the frailties of human beings, ministers of the gospel must accommodate the gospel to their hearers in order to gain a hearing for the gospel without losing the goal of true Christianity. This book contains insights for pastors, missionaries, and Christian thinkers on true Christianity from Fletcher, who devoted himself, according to Wesley, to being "an altogether Christian."

The Limits of 'Love Divine'

The Limits of 'Love Divine'
Author: W. Stephen Gunter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1989
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

This volume provides a corrective to traditional views of the theological development of Methodism by describing John Wesley's struggles with enthusiasm and against antinomianism among his followers. Gunter assesses Wesley's theology as he traces its evolution, showing how Wesley defended himself and his movement.

Methodist Union Catalog, Pre-1976 Imprints

Methodist Union Catalog, Pre-1976 Imprints
Author: Kenneth E. Rowe
Publisher: Methodist Union Catalog
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1975
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

"The term 'Methodist' is used in its broadest sense to include the Evangelical United Brethren family, Black Methodist, other U.S. Methodist bodies..."--Intro.