A New Vision of God for the 21st Century

About the Book

A New Vision of God for the 21st Century
Discovering the Essential Wesley for Pastors and Other Seekers

STANLEY A. FRY

The need for a book focused on John Wesley as a preacher has been apparent for some time. However, as fascinating as such an historical work would have been, its value for the preaching and teaching ministries of the church in the 21st century would have been very limited.

The author has turned this study of Wesley's preaching into a search for the preachable and teachable essence of Wesley's message. That effort has required a bit of surgery on Mr. Wesley which is designed to fit his doctrine of salvation with a new vision of God and another vocabulary responsive to the spiritual sensitivities of the 21st century. The result includes a critique not only of Wesley but of some of the orthodox doctrines promulgated very early in the church's history.

Rather than write a memoir in his retirement, the author has chosen to write this homiletical essay as a testimony to his own spiritual journey. It is not a method book, but rather a message book.

About the Author

Stanley Aaron Fry, retired United Methodist pastor, has served churches in the United States and Brazil. He graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary and has a PhD in Philosophy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Currently he resides in Brazil with his wife, Edith Long Schisler.