Category: John Wesley

  • Hark! the herald angels sing

    Today our guest contributor is Chris Fenner, Digital Archivist at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has contributed scholarly articles to The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song, has produced new editions of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of Isaac Watts and Our Own Hymn Book by Charles Spurgeon, and is managing editor of HymnologyArchive.com. ______________________________ The Wesleys had an enduring…

  • A Sketch of Christian Spirituality: From the Patristic Period to the Evangelical Era (Part 5 of 5)

    Evangelical Spirituality Ian Randall—currently Director of the Institute of Baptist and Anabaptist studies of International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic—has written a book titled What a Friend We Have in Jesus: The Evangelical Tradition, a fine and succinct study on evangelical spirituality. Randall’s book is part of the Traditions of Christian Spirituality Series, which…

  • “Where shall my wondering soul begin?”: A Historical and Theological Analysis

    “Where shall my wondering soul begin?”: A Historical and Theological Analysis[1]   Born on December 18, 1707 in Epworth, England, Charles Wesley grew up in an Anglican family. In 1726, he entered Christ Church College at Oxford University, where he received his BA (1730) and MA (1733). It was here in 1729 that he led…