Emphasis Preaching Journal

John Wesley was a life-long advocate of a doctrine known as Christian Perfection, for which he was often scathingly attacked, for it is seen as a dangerous doctrine to believe that we can be made perfect in this life time. Still, Wesley pointed out that if we are to become like Christ, it must be that "Christians indeed are freed from evil thoughts, [as well as] ... evil tempers." As to how this can be, Wesley says, "Every one of [us] can say with St.