The Scripture Way of Salvation

Taking its title from one of John Wesley's most important sermons, The Scripture Way of Salvation explores the distinctive order of salvation contained in the whole of Wesley's literary corpus. The thread that unites this work is its emphasis, which Collins takes to be consistently characteristic of Wesley throughout his life, on the vital doctrine of the grace of God. He argues against the increasingly widespread judgment that the older Wesley (after 1765) embraced the notion of a broad way to salvation and thus muted the evangelical emphases characteristic of his earlier sermons. According to Collins, Wesley not only points people toward a path to salvation, but encourages them to understand the order of that salvation.