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John Wesley
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1. John Wesley
John Wesley (English theologian and evangelist) (1703-1791) was the co-founder of Methodism.

2. Methodism
Throughout history, groups have been ridiculed using a given adjective and that group then takes that adjective as a badge of honor. United Methdist logoThe Methodist church of the Reformation got its name, in part, because their followers had a "method" for everything, which is still true in the United Methodist church today (which, having merged with the Evangelical United Brethren church in the 1960's, added "United" to its name) .

3. Wesley's front porch analogy of grace
Wesley front porch analogy of grace
John Wesley made an analogy of "grace" to parts of a house. The Latin word "praeveniens""coming before, preceding". The English word "porch" comes, through French, from the Latin word "porticus""portico".
In many models or analogies, people try to force fit other ideas into the model. Those pieces may or may not fit well. It is just a model. Problems arise when people start believing the model more than the reality the model represents.

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4. John Wesley's rule of life

5. John Wesley's idea of holiness

6. Reformation
During the Reformation, Martin Luther authored many songs and carols and promoted their use in religious settings.

John Wesley and Martin Luther on bar melodies for hymns: "the devil should never have all the good tunes".


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7. The ring of the welkins
The song "Hark the herald welkins ring" was written by Charles Wesley (1707-1788), who helped found the Methodists and who wrote thousands of hymns.
The "welkin" is the heaven or sky or cloud. George Whitfield, a co-founder of Methodism, changed the words that Charles Wesley, a co-founder of Methodism, had written. Wesley was not happy. Ever since, songs have the angels singing even though this is not found in the Bible (except in part of Revelation).

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8. Psalm 90
Psalm 90 is a poetic verse about the creation of our dwelling place on earth and our days here.

Written in 1719, Isaac Watts paraphrased Psalm 90 as a basis for his hymn "Our God our help in ages past". John Wesley changed the first line from "Our God" to "O God" making the title and beginning line "O God our help in ages past".

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9. Wesleyan Quadrilateral
Albert Outler
The phrase Wesleyan Quadrilateral was coined by American Methodist theologian Albert Outler (1908-1969) to describe how John Wesley (1703-1791), co-founder of Methodism, organized belief. The four parts are as follows.
It appears that problems can arise when lower level aspects such as experience are used to take precedence over what scripture appears to clearly state.

These lower-level ideas (2, 3, 4) were to be used only when scripture (1) itself was not clear.

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10. United Methodist logo
United Methdist logoThe United Methodist "Cross and flame" logo uses a red flame, since 1968 when the United Methodist church was formed as a merger of the (mostly southern) Methodist Church and (mostly other areas) Evangelical United Brethren Church.

The cross represents Christ and the flame represents the Holy Spirit as in the "flames of fire" at Pentecost in Acts 2:3. The two flames are to represent each of the two churches that united.

Before the EUB (Evangelical United Brethren) Church merged with the Methodist Church, we were told that we get to keep the "United" and they get to keep the "Methodist".

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