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	<title>Comments on: Wesleyanism as Loyal Opposition</title>
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		<title>By: Michael Snow</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Snow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There may be more than 10 reasons to follow Wesley&#039;s example, but not in the Methodist church in which I grew up and was a member for a quarter century. 

Wesley&#039;s example is so exemplary, though Calivin&#039;s Golden Booklest [an exert from the Institutes] is among my favorite reading. Some key things to keep in mind. In the fallout between Wesley, the teacher and Whitfield the student, Wesley&#039;s conduct was always Christlike.

We would do well to remember some key differences: Wesley&#039;s last letter was to Wilberforce, encouraging him onward in the battle against slavery, while the chief Calvinist theologian of America was a slave holder. It was the Calvinists that hung 5 Quakers on the Boston common. Such a thing would be unthinkable for a follower of Wesley.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There may be more than 10 reasons to follow Wesley&#8217;s example, but not in the Methodist church in which I grew up and was a member for a quarter century. </p>
<p>Wesley&#8217;s example is so exemplary, though Calivin&#8217;s Golden Booklest [an exert from the Institutes] is among my favorite reading. Some key things to keep in mind. In the fallout between Wesley, the teacher and Whitfield the student, Wesley&#8217;s conduct was always Christlike.</p>
<p>We would do well to remember some key differences: Wesley&#8217;s last letter was to Wilberforce, encouraging him onward in the battle against slavery, while the chief Calvinist theologian of America was a slave holder. It was the Calvinists that hung 5 Quakers on the Boston common. Such a thing would be unthinkable for a follower of Wesley.</p>
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		<title>By: Janice Flinn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Janice Flinn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out Ben Witherington&#039;s pithy &quot;Top 10 Reasons to be a Methodist&quot; on &quot;The Bible and Culture&quot; at Patheos.com]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out Ben Witherington&#8217;s pithy &#8220;Top 10 Reasons to be a Methodist&#8221; on &#8220;The Bible and Culture&#8221; at Patheos.com</p>
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