by Vic Reasoner | Jul 18, 2023 | Preaching Holiness Today, Vic Reasoner
In 1740, John Wesley had a conversation with Edmund Gibson, the bishop of London. Dr. Gibson asked Wesley what he meant by perfection. Wesley told him “without any disguise or reserve.” Gibson responded, “Mr. Wesley, if this be all you mean, publish it to all the... 
by Vic Reasoner | Jun 24, 2023 | Preaching Holiness Today, Vic Reasoner
In these “Preaching Holiness Today” blog posts, I have been examining “The Thirty Texts of Wesley” as first compiled by William Sangster. This post is my 24th post of the series. In this post, I explore how William Sangster conflates a statement on purity... 
by Vic Reasoner | Jun 5, 2023 | Preaching Holiness Today, Vic Reasoner
Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. (1 John 2:6) To say that we abide in Christ—that we have lasting knowledge of him, constant communion with him, and hearts full of him—is nothing more than vain words unless we walk as he... 
by Vic Reasoner | May 31, 2023 | Devotional, Ministry Matters, Vic Reasoner
Psalm 11:3 is a rhetorical question. “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?” It was never intended to evoke a response of despair and abandonment. Francis Asbury wrote in 1815, “We will not give up the cause—we will not abandon the world... 
by Vic Reasoner | May 18, 2023 | Preaching Holiness Today, Vic Reasoner
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:8–9) Wesleyan theology is pessimistic about the... 
by Vic Reasoner | Apr 24, 2023 | Preaching Holiness Today, Vic Reasoner
John Wesley considered 1 John to be the deepest part of Holy Scripture, where sublimity and simplicity are combined together, the strongest sense and the plainest language.((Wesley, Journal, 18 July 1765.)) Because the Apostle John was the last of the inspired...