All the Good You Can Do

An Introduction to John Wesley and the Wesleyan Vision

De: JIM STOVALL

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

A clear, engaging introduction to John Wesley’s life, theology, and the movement that still transforms lives around the world.
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John Wesley never meant to start a new denomination. Yet his preaching, writing, and organizing transformed the religious life of Britain and America—and shaped the faith of millions around the world.

In All the Good You Can Do: An Introduction to John Wesley and the Wesleyan Vision, journalist and historian Jim Stovall introduces readers to Wesley’s world and explains why his message still matters today. With clarity, warmth, and historical depth, Stovall tells the story of a man whose faith was both deeply personal and intensely practical—a faith that joined heart and mind, belief and action, love of God and love of neighbor.

This book answers the question so many churchgoers still ask: What makes Wesleyan Christianity distinctive? It explores the essential convictions that defined Wesley’s ministry and inspired a global movement:

• Grace for all people. God’s grace is free, universal, and transforming.

• Faith that works by love. True holiness always expresses itself in love and service.

• Practical divinity. Spiritual disciplines are channels through which God changes lives.

• Social holiness. The gospel is never private—it demands justice and compassion for the poor, the sick, and the oppressed.

• Christian perfection. Not moral pride or flawlessness, but perfect love that casts out fear.

Through vivid storytelling and careful explanation, Stovall traces Wesley’s journey from his mother’s disciplined rectory at Epworth, to his Oxford “Holy Club,” to his disastrous missionary voyage to Georgia, and finally to that evening in London when his “heart was strangely warmed.” Readers discover how Wesley’s experience of grace turned personal failure into spiritual power—and how his disciplined, compassionate approach to faith continues to shape Methodists, Nazarenes, Wesleyans, and countless others across the world.

Drawing from a lifetime of teaching, writing, and Methodist heritage, Jim Stovall presents Wesley not as a plaster saint, but as a passionate, practical reformer—a man whose life reminds us that authentic Christianity is more than belief; it is transformation. The same grace that changed John Wesley can change hearts today.

Whether you are exploring a Wesleyan church for the first time, leading a small group or Sunday school, or rediscovering the roots of your own tradition, All the Good You Can Do offers a clear and inspiring guide to the theology that shaped one of history’s most influential Christian movements.

“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.” — John Wesley