Anti-Methodism
In this episode, we look at some of the less heralded critics of early Methodism, including a play and a poem written against the movement. A Wesley Chronology is a new feature on historyofmethodism.com that You can also…
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1738, day by day
Every entry Wesley published for 1738, placed on a living chart — the return from Georgia, Peter Böhler, a heart strangely warmed in Aldersgate Street, the walk to Herrnhut, and the New Year love-feast.
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A Wesley Chronology
1703–1767, row by row
Tyerman’s Life and Times of the Rev. John Wesley, Volumes I–II, as a ledger of 1,545 dated events scrolling in step with a map — every row linked to its page in Tyerman.
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Sermon 2 - The Almost Christian
In this episode, we look at some of the scholarly backstory to John Wesley's great sermon, The Almost Christian, as well as hear a modernized version of it. A Wesley Chronology is a new feature on historyofmethodism.com …
The Road to the Almost Christian (The Summer of 1741)
In this episode, We follow John Wesley's activities in June and July of 1741 as he travels in the midlands of England, London, and Oxford, and as he prepares for his once every three years sermon at St. Mary's in Oxford.…
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