John Wesley, False Apostle of Free Will
Angus Stewart reviews Stephen Tomkins's biography of John Wesley, critiquing Wesley's theological legacy from a Reformed perspective and arguing that Wesley's emphasis on human free will contradicts biblical doctrine and the Reformed confessions. Stewart contends that Wesley's popular acclaim and influence should not persuade Reformed believers to accept his theology, which departs from the doctrine of sovereign grace affirmed at the Synod of Dort.
Rev. Angus Stewart (Slightly modified from an article first published in the British Reformed Journal) John Wesley, A Biography Author: Stephen Tomkins Oxford: Lion Publishing, 2003 Paperback, 208 pp. ISBN 0 7459 5078 7 “Veneration” of Wesley In 24 short chapters, Stephen Tomkins has given us an interesting and readable life of the heretic, John Wesley (1703-1791). This book is all the more valuable because it was written by one who is sympathetic to Wesley and his “gospel” of man’s...