John Wesley's Teachings, Volume 1 Quotes

“Scriptures are not to be pitted against the Spirit. Scripture can be understood only through the same Spirit whereby it is given.31 The Scriptures, inspired by the Spirit, form the written rule by which the Spirit thereafter leads us into all truth.32”
― Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley's Teachings, Volume 1: God and Providence

“Many of Wesley’s ultramodern interpreters are focused on accommodating Wesley in ways congenial to contemporary audiences. Some have entirely recast Wesley in terms of liberation theology or process theology or gender studies in a way that leaves Wesley himself only vaguely recognizable. My mission is to let him speak for himself in his own language to modern believers”
― Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley's Teachings, Volume 1: God and Providence