John Wesley once said that he did not use the word “conversion” often.22 But he actually did, and four motifs emerge which are central to his understanding of conversion. First, Wesley understood conversion to be a personal experience turning from and to one state to another in the journey toward holiness. Wesley understood conversion to be experiential in nature despite frequent attacks on Wesley in which he was labeled as an enthusiast.23 Second, for Wesley conversion is always preceded
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