Lesson 1 Reflection Activities

Additional Reading (please read one of the following):

• Original Sermon: https://wesley.nnu.edu/john-wesley/the-sermons-of-john-wesley-1872-edition/sermon-1-salvation-by-faith/
• Modernized English Sermon: https://teddyray.com/john-wesleys-sermons-for-today/salvation-by-faith-sermon-1/

Please answer the following questions and record your answers below:

1. Ask three friends why they think Christians settle for a limited view of salvation when the Bible offers so much more. Summarize their answers.
2. Write a brief summary of what you understand the Wesleyan view of grace and salvation to be. Pick another Christian tradition that has a different view of grace and salvation, and compare and contrast the two views.
3. Why do you think it is hard to keep the balance between piety and social reform?