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Shocking Beliefs of John Wesley

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Category: Rethinking

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Frank Viola is a best-selling author, blogger, speaker, and consultant to authors and writers. His mission is to help serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. To learn more about Frank and his work, go to 20 Years of Projects. To invite Frank to speak at your event, go to his Speaking Page. Due to a new problem with persistent spam that we haven’t figured out how to control, comments are closed for the present time. To contact Frank, use the “Contact” page in the top menu.

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  1. Jorge Ostos

    May 19, 2015 at 1:47 PM

    Thanks very much for this Frank. I find your series simply amazing. I’d like you to continue with other important theologians such as Charles Hodge, B.B. Warfield, Francis Schaeffer, John Owen, and so on…

    God bless you!

    • Frank Viola

      May 19, 2015 at 2:44 PM

      Thx. The “giants” of evangelicalism are on the docket: Moody, Spurgeon, Augustine, Luther. I’ve done Calvin, Lewis, J. Edwards, and Wesley.

  2. Jorge Luis Martinez

    March 15, 2015 at 1:05 PM

    This is great, thanks Frank as always for sharing!

  3. Chuck McKnight

    February 20, 2015 at 11:31 AM

    Here’s one most Protestants won’t like. John Wesley believed in the perpetual virginity of Mary.

    Source: “Letter to a Roman Catholic” by John Wesley, in which he stated, “I believe that he [Jesus] was made man, joining the human nature with the divine in one person; being conceived by the singular operation of the Holy Ghost, and born of the blessed Virgin Mary, who, as well after as before she brought him forth, continued a pure and unspotted virgin.”

    The letter online:

    • Frank Viola

      February 20, 2015 at 11:36 AM

      Thanks. Adding it.

  4. greg

    February 12, 2015 at 2:10 PM

    Great piece Frank. The visual l was getting on Wesleys static electricity machine was giving me immense chuckles. I guess everybody down the street knew you had been to an outstanding Wesley bible study meeting as all your hair would be standing upright completely at attention. Go in peace with the Lord, son. Oh, and an electric shock. I used to have a gag electric shock pen. It was a beauty.

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Frank is a bestselling author, speaker, podcaster, and blogger. He helps serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. His blog – frankviola.org – is regularly ranked in the top 5 of all Christian blogs on the Web and his podcast – Christ is All – has ranked #1 in Canada and #2 in the USA on Apple Podcasts. He and his conversation partners also host The Insurgence Podcast. Frank’s books have sold over 600,000 copies and they’ve been translated into many languages.

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