The Presence of God in the Christian Life John Wesley and the Means of Grace
by Knight, Henry H., IIIFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1992-11-01
Publisher(s): Scarecrow Press
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Summary
...Knight draws together several streams of recent scholarship to highlight the dynamic and relational nature of both grace and holiness in Wesley's theology...a very significant contribution to Wesley studies. More importantly, it is a contribution to the larger Christian community as we seek to understand the nature and nurture of Christian life.--METHODIST HISTORY
Table of Contents
| Editors' Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| The Means of Grace | p. 1 |
| The Christian Life in Context | p. 1 |
| The Means of Grace: Wesley's Typologies | p. 2 |
| The Structure and Method of this Study | p. 5 |
| The Presence and Identity of God | p. 8 |
| The Means to the Christian Life | p. 16 |
| The Religion of the Heart | p. 16 |
| Against Formalism: The Faith That Works by Love | p. 29 |
| Against Enthusiasm: The Traditional Means of Grace | p. 36 |
| The Ends of the Christian Life | p. 50 |
| The Heart Perfected in Love | p. 50 |
| Against Antinomianism: The Promise of New Creation | p. 62 |
| Against Perfectionism: A Continual Reliance on Christ | p. 78 |
| The Means to the Presence of God | p. 92 |
| Remaining in the Church: Ecclesiola in Ecclesia | p. 92 |
| Discipline in Community: Classes and Bands | p. 95 |
| Prayer and Fasting | p. 116 |
| The General Means of Grace | p. 122 |
| The Means to the Identity of God | p. 127 |
| Renewing the Church: Experienced Identity | p. 127 |
| The Lord's Supper | p. 130 |
| Searching the Scriptures | p. 148 |
| Tradition, Prayers, and Hymns | p. 159 |
| The Means of Grace and the Christian Life | p. 168 |
| Patterns of Interaction in the Means of Grace | p. 168 |
| Baptism and the Christian Life: An Excursus | p. 178 |
| The Presence of God in the Christian Life | p. 191 |
| Chapter Notes | p. 197 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 238 |
| Index | p. 243 |
| About the Author | p. 253 |
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