Wesley on Salvation: A Study in the Standard Sermons explores the preached theology of John Wesley in terms of his distinctive order of salvation as displayed in his key sermon The Scripture Way of Salvation, written in 1765. As such, the book is not only attentive to the content of Wesley's thought as he tracks the course and maturation of the Christian life, but it also highlights the essential structure, the fingerprint, of Wesley's reasoned way of thinking about the processes of salvation topic that in the past has not been discussed well or often enough. a

"[Collins' study] reaches for the very heart and center of the Wesleyan theological effort the doctrine of salvation. This book does not try to cover all aspects of Wesley's teaching, but wisely focuses upon the key points of his order of salvation as presented in the 'Standard Sermons.' The themes move soundly and sequentially from prevenient grace, through convincing grace to justification, the new birth, assurance, ethics, and Christian perfection. The intepretation comes out of a deep and sensitive immersion in primary sources, and a relentlessly critical reading of secondary sources on Wesley. This is a reliable guide to the theology of the sermons