Remember the end from the beginning... A Grave Memory of John Wesley

John Wesley - 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield. In contrast to George Whitefield's Calvinism, Wesley embraced the Arminian doctrines that were dominant in the 18th-century Church of England. Methodism in both forms was a highly successful evangelical movement in the United Kingdom, which encouraged people to experience Jesus Christ personally.

Wesley's writing and preachings provided the seeds for both the modern Methodist movement and the Holiness movement, which encompass numerous denominations across the world. In addition, he refined Arminianism with a strong evangelical emphasis on the Reformed doctrine of justification by faith. (via Wikipedia)

My friends Matthew and Tesser White shared this photo of John Wesley's grave  on Facebook and I was moved to share it here. It's good to see a reminder of God's faithfulness of using one man to reach a whole nation, and the world, and to then have the hope that God could use us in some way as well.