How John Wesley Read the Bible

from Clifton Stringer at Ministry Matters:
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In Wesley, Wesleyans, and Reading Bible as Scripture (Green and Watson, ed.s.), Maddox observes how John Wesley himself read the Bible, with an eye to hinting at how we might follow Wesley's lead.

Wesley's practices which Maddox unpacks in his chapter are:


1. Reading the One Book comparatively in its many different versions

2. Reading comparatively the many books in the One Book

3. Reading comparatively in light of God's central purpose — our salvation

4. Reading the One Book in conference with the Holy Spirit

5. Reading the One Book in conference with other readers

6. Reading the One Book in conference with Christian tradition

7. Reading the One Book in conference with the Book of Nature
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