Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology Quotes

“Individual emotional responses vary widely from person to person in all religious groups, and psychological reactions to life are not essentially determined by one’s theology. But nevertheless, what one believes about himself as a human being and about God’s grace has a bearing on the kind of Christian life one expects and hence experiences. The presence of the Holy Spirit may, and often does, surprise the Christian by a way of life totally unexpected. But one’s theological “complex” may raise a barrier to that surprise that is sometimes difficult to overcome because faith for it is paralyzed by prejudice. If one believes that he must be victimized by sin, his conscience may not rise up to condemn him and his longing for holiness will die.”
― Mildred Bangs Wynkoop, Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology

“Grace is Christocentric—an outpouring of God’s personal nature through Christ. It is intensely personal; hence there can be no distinctions in grace such as “common” and “saving grace,”
― Mildred Bangs Wynkoop, Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology