Wesley's Strangely Warmed Heart
By May of 1738, John Wesley had already been ordained for thirteen years. He had crossed the Atlantic to serve as a missionary in Georgia,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 3:1-17.
By May of 1738, John Wesley had already been ordained for thirteen years. He had crossed the Atlantic to serve as a missionary in Georgia, preached hundreds of sermons, fasted twice a week, and visited prisoners in Oxford's dank cells. If anyone understood religion, it was Wesley. Yet something gnawed at him — a hollowness no amount of discipline could fill.…
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