A Definition of Gospel Preaching: Calvinistic or Arminian?
Rev. Angus Stewart examines the definition and method of gospel preaching, arguing that certain approaches associated with modern Reformed theologians actually align more closely with John Wesley's Arminian theology than with historic Calvinism. The article uses Wesley's own statements on preaching to challenge contemporary assumptions about the relationship between Calvinistic doctrine and the free offer of the gospel.
Rev. Angus Stewart (Slightly modified from an article first published in the British Reformed Journal) I think the right method of preaching is this. At our first beginning to preach at any place, after a general declaration of the love of God to sinners and his willingness that they should be saved, to preach the law in the strongest, the closest, and the most searching manner possible; only intermixing the gospel here and there, and shewing it, as it were, afar off … I mean by preaching the...