There’s Got to be More Than This | Rev. Brooke Hartman

Armed with his knowledge and experiences of the methodical ways of a small group, Wesley headed to the colony of Georgia to convert those living in the colony.  His experience was unsuccessful in multiple ways.  He returned to his home in England in a crisis of faith.  He had head knowledge, yet something was missing.  A significant event for Wesley was witnessing a group of Moravians respond to a life and death situation at sea.  He wondered why he feared death and they had peace.  Wesley would soon have what he described as “his heart strangely warmed” at Aldersgate while listening to Luther’s Preface to Romans.  Wesley’s Aldersgate’s experience transformed him and ignited in him an experience that transcended his head knowledge.  The words of Romans 5 rest at the heart of Wesley’s experience and ours too. 

Scripture - Romans 5:1-11