The Hymn Born from a Burning Heart
On May 21, 1739, Charles Wesley sat down to mark the first anniversary of his conversion. Just one year earlier, the Oxford-educated clergyman had been...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 98.
On May 21, 1739, Charles Wesley sat down to mark the first anniversary of his conversion. Just one year earlier, the Oxford-educated clergyman had been gripped by a desperate spiritual emptiness — all his religious learning unable to quiet the ache in his soul. Then grace broke through. Wesley experienced what he could only describe as the overwhelming mercy of God in Christ, and everything changed.…
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