[MariJo7]

Originally Posted by TenderLovingWillow

That's really facinating.

I find a lot of what John Wessley go be very grace based in nature-especially in regards to the character of God-

But I'm not exceptionally knowledgable about him either-just what I have picked up along the way.

John Wessley certainly was a good preacher, but I really wonder, if he had such a happy childhood. His marriage was not a succes either. He had a very high regard for his mother, however, and the later generations of Bible believed christians have considered Susan Wessley as an example of a Christian mother. She has been quoeted by Dobson, Chuck Swindols and many others.
Also Martin Luther had a harsh mother...and he did praise her for that. How sad how this whipping culture has been passed by by generations. It really is not something new.

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Originally Posted by flowermama

Oh, goodness! I have one of his books! I like to own books by punitive authors so that I can be more aware of what they teach, directly from their own writings, and so my mom buys them for me sometimes at second hand bookstores. Anyway, I have one of his parenting books, and it is awful.



Isn't it wonderful how as they get older people stop doing that? I'm so sorry for the pain you've experienced and still experience.

Yep. It is an awful book. . I wish it was true that the people of our church had stopped to demand their members to "controll" their children in a hars way, but I'm afraid they have not. We have left that church so we don't really know what they are doing now, but I'm afraid they go on an on with their practices, and if the older people learn some wisdom and moderations, there will be younger people who take over the bad practices.