Table of Contents
Introduction vii
1 We to the Sacred Standard Fly: The Bible 1
2 Purge the Foul Inbred Leprosy: Sin 16
3 My Chains Fell Off: The New Birth 28
4 Pure and Spotless Let Us Be: Holiness 41
5 His Pity No Exception Makes: Grace 55
6 The Promised Paraclete Is Given: The Holy Spirit 67
7 Risen with Healing in His Wings: Jesus Christ 80
8 He Breaks the Power of Canceled Sin: Christian Perfection 91
9 An Interest in My Savior's Blood: The Atonement 105
10 One Glorious God in Persons Three: The Trinity 118
11 I in Thy Temple Wait: The Means of Grace 129
12 A Soul-Transporting Feast: The Lord's Supper 144
13 Our Loving Labor: Life in the World 159
14 All United in Thy Name: An Ecumenical Spirit 175
Conclusion: The Way of the Wesleys 190
Select Bibliography 193
Index of Names and Subjects 196
Index of First Lines of Hymns and Hymn Titles 200
Index of Standard Sermons 202