John Wesley as Spiritual Father, Part One

By Mark K. Olson. This is a two-part study of Wesley’s spiritual counsel in his letters to seekers of perfect love. Many insights into Wesley’s doctrine of Christian perfection can...

Spotlight TV Interview – Logan Crawford & Mark K. Olson

In this informative interview Logan and I discuss my new book John Wesley’s Doctrine of Justification (Abingdon Press, 2023). We talk about Wesley’s life and several aspects of Wesley’s teachings...

George Whitefield’s Doctrine of Conversion, 1735-1740

By Mark K. Olson. This article was a paper presented at the George Whitefield 300 Conference, Pembroke College, Oxford, in 2014. Introduction When the Reverend George Whitefield ‘startled the nation’[1]...

Podcast: John Wesley and Aldersgate – What Happened?

Andy Miller III Podcast “More To The Story” May 24, 1738, is a sacred day in Methodist History. It’s the day that John Wesley had his ‘heart warming’ experience on...

Songs of the Faithful: The Wesleyan Hymns as Border for the People Called Methodists

By Isaac N. Hopper Introduction Every denominational expression of the Church of Jesus Christ has a set of doctrinal standards upon which beliefs and practices are built and against which...

The Doctrine of the Trinity in John Wesley’s Prose and Poetic Works

By Seng-Kong Tan Dr. Seng-Kong Tan serves at Biblical Graduate School of Theology. This article was previously published in the Journal for Christian Theological Research 7 (2002). Introduction There is...

“No Room For Mirth Or Trifling Here”

By Randall McElwain. Theological and Spiritual Instruction in Charles Wesley’s Hymns for Children. Introduction In The Barber of Seville, Figaro sings, “If a thing is too silly to be said,...

Clement of Alexandria: An Early Church Wesleyan?

By Mark K. Olson Introduction When the Evangelical Revival gained national attention in Great Britain during the year of 1739 a public outcry arose over a new sect called “Methodist.”[1]...

Strange Bedfellows: A Reappraisal of Mildred Wynkoop’s “A Theology of Love”

By Mark K. Olson Introduction Mildred Bangs Wynkoop (1905-1997) was a missionary and educator in The Church of the Nazarene and an influential holiness theologian. She advocated for the renewed...

Early Methodist Christology

Mark K. Olson. This article is an extract of my chapter “Early Methodist Christology After the Wesleys” in Methodist Christology: From the Wesleys to the Twenty-First Century, eds. Jason E....