Just wondering if anyone has studied or reflected on a possible link between John Wesley's Arminianism and Post Conservative [Emergent Church] Christianity?
John Wesley was an Arminian but did not fall into the error of many modern day Arminians. Eg, he had a high view of the work of the Spirit in Salvation and would not have approved of much of the pragmatic evangelism in modern day Christianity. I think Iain Murray's "Revival and Revivalism" documents this and helpfully shows that Finney took pragmatic evangelism to a level that Wesley would not have gone. Nevertheless Murray shows that it all had its roots in Methodism. I guess it is one more step from Wesley, Finney to the Emergent Church.
Any thoughts?
John Wesley was an Arminian but did not fall into the error of many modern day Arminians. Eg, he had a high view of the work of the Spirit in Salvation and would not have approved of much of the pragmatic evangelism in modern day Christianity. I think Iain Murray's "Revival and Revivalism" documents this and helpfully shows that Finney took pragmatic evangelism to a level that Wesley would not have gone. Nevertheless Murray shows that it all had its roots in Methodism. I guess it is one more step from Wesley, Finney to the Emergent Church.
Any thoughts?