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Monday, November 30, 2015

Quotation - "Think and Let Think" - John Wesley in "Character of a Methodist"

“The Character of a Methodist.” There Wesley describes a Methodist as someone who, through the Holy Spirit, has come to know God’s love and as a result loves God and neighbor. That is, Wesley’s Methodism was a movement focused on renewing hearts and lives both within and outside the church. This is why he states “The distinguishing marks of a Methodist are not his opinions of any sort.” Like all Christians, Methodists believe in the inspiration of Scripture and the divinity of Christ, and like all Protestants believe in Scripture as “the only and sufficient rule” of faith and practice. “But,” he says, “as to all opinions which do not strike at the root of Christianity, we think and let think” (¶ 1). Here Wesley clearly distinguishes between the essentials that all Christians or Protestants believe and the opinions that divide one denomination from another. . . .- See more by Henry H. Knight III at: http://www.catalystresources.org/consider-wesley-58/?utm_content=bufferdfac0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#sthash.Fm5k48Y2.dpuf

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