Three Stirrings Before Aldersgate
In January 1736, a violent storm battered the ship carrying John Wesley to the Georgia colony. While English passengers screamed in terror, a group of...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Samuel 3:1-10.
In January 1736, a violent storm battered the ship carrying John Wesley to the Georgia colony. While English passengers screamed in terror, a group of Moravian Christians sang hymns calmly through the gale. Something stirred in Wesley — a pang he couldn't name. He had been ordained for years, yet these simple believers possessed something he lacked. The stirring came again in Georgia.…
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