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Responsible Grace: John Wesley's Practical Theology is unavailable, but you can change that!

Of special focus in this reflective overview of Wesley's theological convictions is highlighting the practical-theological dynamics of Wesley's work and suggesting possible implications for contemporary attempts to recover theology as a practical discipline. Another distinctive focus of this work is a systematic consideration of the integration of theological emphases traditionally divergent in...

accompanying effect of God’s initial move towards mercifully-restored Presence in our lives. With God’s approach our faculties are increasingly empowered, to the point that we can recognize our need and God’s offer of renewed relationship, and respond to it. The key point, of course, is that our response is made possible by grace, not something that we accomplish with our inherent (dis)abilities.181 To summarize, Wesley understood Prevenient Grace to be God’s initial move toward restored relationship