Wesley and Murray Who Followed Him
Sean Hanley reviews Iain Murray's biography of John Wesley, critiquing Murray's portrayal as overly sympathetic and historically misleading. Hanley argues that Murray's focus on Wesley's spiritual dedication obscures his Arminian theology and opposition to God's sovereignty, presenting a cautionary example of how biographical sentimentality can obscure doctrinal error.
Sean Hanley (Slightly modified from an article first published in the British Reformed Journal) Wesley and Men Who Followed Author: Iain Murray Banner of Truth, 2003, 263 pp. ISBN 085151835-4 Perhaps no figure since Jacobus Arminius has polarized the church as much as the subject of Iain Murray’s recent portrait: John Wesley (1703-1791). Murray introduces Wesley in the spiritually impoverished landscape of 18th century British Anglicanism. Starting from his early days of study at Oxford...