John Wesley
Stewardship According to John Wesley
An outline of John Wesley‘s Sermon on Stewardship: “The Good Steward” Summary: Wesley uses this sermon to explain that we as God’s Stewards are not the owners of what God entrust to us, but temporary custodians. This applies to our souls, bodies, possessions, time, abilities and opportunities. Wesley states in this sermon that there will [...]
“All In”
When we read a sermon title on “Stewardship”, we know we are going to hear about giving our money to the church. The “money part” is often couched within the other aspects of living a life of faith. As members in the United Methodist Church, we vow to be faithful with our prayers, our presence, [...]
Growing Generosity by Julie Holly
“We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, [...]
The Danger of Riches
“The Danger of Riches” 1 Timothy 6:9 Summary: As the population of the Methodist grew, the found themselves with more members who were wealthy. Wesley used this sermon to speak on the dangers of wealth and how it could be inlet to sin. He describes how people should gain as much as they can, save [...]
John Wesley’s View on Money
As we begin our sermon series on the use of money, I thought it would be appropriate to give you an outline on John Wesley‘s view of money. This sermon can be broken down to 3 points: Gain All You Can, Save All You Can, and Give All You Can. “The Use of Money” Summary: [...]
Wesley’s Sermon: “The Use of Money”
Summary: Wesley uses this sermon to outline the proper use of earning, possessions and wealth with a very articulate statement: “Gain all you can, save all you can, give all you can.” He uses this as an opportunity to insist that we are not owners of our assets, but stewards. Introduction: There will be an [...]
What Is It? The Wesley Quadrilateral…
The Wesley quadrilateral is a method of exploring and understanding God. John Wesley adopted and adapted three of these position from the Church of England (Scripture, Reason, and Tradition), and he added Experience to form the quadrilateral. Scripture John Wesley believed as I do, that Scripture must be primary among the other sources. Wesley believed [...]
Almost Christian…
Yesterday I preached from John Wesley‘s sermon he preached in 1741 entitled Almost Christian. Here is an outline of Mr. Wesley’s sermon that gives the main points of the sermon. Summary: The theme for this sermon is the difference between nominal and absolute Christianity. He draws a distinction between those who exhibit outward godliness yet [...]
The Sacrament of Holy Communion
The sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion are crucial means of grace, or vehicles, that God uses to reach humanity. They are channels by which the grace and love of God flows, and it is through them that we can receive prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace. They are outward and visible signs of an inward, [...]
Hold Yourself Accountable (Wesley Style)
I was doing some research today and I ran across these questions that are similar to the ones that John Wesley gave to the members of his discipleship groups. This was over 200 years ago and they are still good questions for Christians to ask themselves today. I challenge you to make these questions a [...]
Benefits of Holy Communion
Holy Communion is a holy mystery that we don’t understand fully and probably will not fully comprehend until we feast at the heavenly table. Here is a writing from John Wesley that does help to give us a better understanding: “Christians should take the Lord’s supper as often as possible because of the great benefits. [...]
Devout and Holy Life
The following is an article written by and used with permission from Ted Leach. Enjoy, I did. Somewhere along the way a simple idea became a doctrinal bone of contention. There was a man named William Law (1686-1761) who wrote a book entitled A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. That [...]
The Bible
“I want to know one thing, the way to heaven…God himself has condescended to teach the way; for this very end He came from heaven. He hath written it down in a book. O give me that book! At any price, give me the book of God!” John Wesley
Entrance
“Give admittance to Christ and Deny entrance to all others.” John Wesley
Almost Christian
I’m using a sermon by John Wesley in my sermon on August 29 entitled “The Almost Christian.” It can be read in its entirety by clicking HERE.
Money
“MAKE all you can, SAVE all you can, GIVE all you can.” John Wesley
Don’t Talk Too Much
The other day, Jackson and I were riding around and he said something. I don’t even remember what he said, but he quickly followed it up by saying, “That didn’t make any sense.” Jack is a lot like me in that he thinks about what he is saying as it’s coming out of his mouth [...]
Imitate Christ
“Christ said that if we follow him we won’t walk in darkness. Here he tells us to imitate him if we want to live as he did and behave as he did. If we do that we will know true enlightenment and be delivered from all blindness of heart.” John Wesley’s edition of Thomas a [...]
Cost of Serving
Consider carefully the cost of serving Christ. Take a thorough survey of the whole business of Christianity. First, see what Christ expects, and yield yourself to his whole will. Don’t try to make your own terms; Christ will never allow that. Second, ask the Lord to make you what he will and put you where [...]
