About yourself
Have I doubted too long to be a real Christian?
You don’t feel the joy other believers describe, and you check your salvation again and again.
Sound familiar?
Do any of these sound familiar?
In a discussion
Wesleyans think you stay saved by your own strength.
Or someone claims Wesley said no Calvinist could be holy.
At church
Wesley taught sinless perfection.
And a friend says “once saved, always saved” means you can live as you like.
You don’t need another argument or another anxious night. You need Wesley’s own words, the Reformed case stated fairly, and the texts read slowly.
What’s at stake
Living with these questions unanswered costs more than you think
Doubt starts to look like a verdict
Neither tradition treats a season of doubt, taken alone, as proof that a person was never saved.
You argue with caricatures
Wesley objected to the tendency of predestination, not to the people who held it.
One verse ends the conversation
Romans 9 is often quoted alone; Wesley read chapters 9 to 11 as one argument.
And the checking never ends
Checking your salvation again and again may be scrupulosity, which calls for a pastor and a licensed professional.
A different way to see it
Assurance is not a feeling to manufacture, or a verdict to fear.
Wesley taught that God’s Spirit witnesses with the believer’s spirit and that the fruit of the Spirit confirms that witness. The Reformed tradition teaches that assurance rests on God’s promises, the evidence of grace, and the same testimony of the Spirit.
The Library lays out both, fairly, and reads the key texts slowly. Even at his sharpest, Wesley drew the line carefully:
I do not say, none who hold it are holy.
Try it now
Pick a situation and read the kit’s answer
These answers are copied word for word from the Quick-Answer Index. In the kit, each one takes you to the page where it is explained with its sources.
“A real Christian never struggles with assurance”
Answer
Wesley himself wrote on the voyage home from Georgia, “who shall convert me!”, and recorded doubts even after Aldersgate.
Core 1 · §1.03 · p. 11Core 1 · §1.04 · p. 11Core 1 · §3.07 · p. 25
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The index covers 48 situations like these.
The kit’s framework
The way of salvation, in four stations
Each core places its topic on Wesley’s map, in his own vocabulary, and asks three questions: What did Wesley actually write? What do the strongest Reformed sources say? What does the biblical text say when read carefully?
Preventing grace
The grace that goes before any human response.
Core 3Justifying grace and the new birth
Pardon and the beginning of new life.
Cores 1 and 3Assurance
The witness of the Spirit and the witness of our own spirit.
Core 1Sanctifying grace and perseverance
Growth in holiness, and whether a believer can fall away.
Cores 3 and 4
Core 1 · §3.04 · a complete item, exactly as it appears in the kit
How can the real witness be told from presumption?
Short answer
By its fruit. Wesley described the joy that accompanies the Spirit’s witness as “a humble joy,” bringing meekness, patience, and gentleness, while a presumptuous person grows more haughty the more confident he feels. He also pointed to the marks in 1 John, such as keeping God’s commandments.
Documented factWesley asked how the joint testimony of God’s Spirit and our own is to be distinguished “from the presumption of a natural mind, and from the delusion of the devil.”
Documented factHe wrote that the joy accompanying the witness is “a humble joy; a joy that abases to the dust.”
Documented factHe contrasted it with the presumptuous man, who, the more confident he is of the favor of God, “the more is he lifted up.”
Documented factHe cited 1 John 2:3: “Hereby we know that we do know him, if we keep his commandments.”
Source for this item: John Wesley, Sermon 10, “The Witness of the Spirit, Discourse I,” with the full reference in the core’s source list.
Anatomy of an item
Every one of the 145 items is written this way
The short answerThe essentials in a few lines, ready when you need them.
Wesley’s own questionThe problem as he put it, quoted, not paraphrased.
His exact wordsEvery paragraph labeled as documented fact, interpretation, or opinion.
The Scripture he citedIn the King James Version, as Wesley read it.
The sourceWith its full reference, so you can check it yourself.
What’s inside
Five cores along the way of salvation
Core 145 pages
Are You Really Born Again?
Wesley’s marks of the new birth and the witness of the Spirit, beside the Westminster Confession, with a careful self-examination
- The marks of the new birth
- How the Spirit’s witness is told from presumption
- Darkness, heaviness, and a careful self-examination
Core 237 pages
Free Grace and Predestination
Calvinism in its strongest form from Calvin, Westminster, and Dort, and Wesley’s case in Free Grace and Predestination Calmly Considered
- Calvinism stated in its strongest form
- Why Wesley accepted a conditional election
- Common ground and real differences
Core 335 pages
Wesleyan Doctrine in American Methodism
Preventing grace, justification, the new birth, and Christian perfection in Wesley’s words, and Methodist history from 1784 to 2023
- What “preventing grace” means
- Christian perfection as perfect love
- What the disaffiliation figures show, and what they don’t
Core 436 pages
Can You Lose Your Salvation?
Wesley’s Serious Thoughts upon the Perseverance of the Saints beside Westminster, Dort, and Calvin, with where the traditions meet
- Wesley’s position in his own words
- The strongest Reformed reply
- Living with the question
Core 532 pages
The Key Texts, Read Carefully
Romans 9, Hebrews 6 and 10, and John 6, with Calvin’s commentaries and Wesley’s Explanatory Notes side by side
- Romans 9 read as one argument
- Hebrews 6 and 10: two careful readings
- What careful reading settles, and what it leaves open
Quick-Answer Index48 situations · 13 pages
Glossary60 terms · 22 pages
Workbook24 diagnostic statements, 40 questions, and 10 scenarios · 33 pages
Five visual piecesPDF and image
Complete navigable edition262 pages · 864 internal links
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The difference
What changes when you have the Library
Videos and scattered websites
With the Library
Finding the answer
Remember which video or page it was in
Find the situation in an index of 48 and go to the exact page
Wesley’s words
Quotations without a sermon or a date
Sermons and treatises, named
The Reformed side
Often a caricature
Calvin, Westminster, and Dort in their own words
The key texts
One verse at a time
The whole passage, with Calvin and Wesley side by side
When doubt becomes anxiety
Rarely addressed
Scrupulosity, pastors, licensed professionals, and 988
Proof of rigor
Built to be quoted with confidence
Wesley and Calvin are quoted from public-domain editions, Reformed positions from their own confessional sources, and every footnoted claim was checked against its source before layout.
413footnoted claims checked against their sources before layout
145items with a short answer across the five cores
38sources, from Wesley to the Canons of Dort
864internal links checked in the complete edition
Common mistakes the kit corrects
Wesley never calls predestination a “doctrine of devils” in Free Grace; the phrase is not in the sermon.
Wesley did not teach “sinless perfection”: he called it “a phrase I never use.”
Wesley did not deny election altogether; he accepted a conditional election.
Wesley did not say no Calvinist could be holy: “I do not say, none who hold it are holy.”
The kit comes from the John Wesley Today channel, with 3,920 subscribers and more than 275,000 views (YouTube data, September 12, 2026).
In fairness
Is it for you?
It’s for you if…
- you were raised in or around Reformed teaching and struggle with assurance
- you want a biblically serious alternative, examined fairly
- you want Calvinism stated at its strongest, not mocked
- you want to examine yourself without being crushed
It’s not for you if…
- you want proof that Calvinists are bad Christians
- you want a formula that guarantees assurance
- you want one verse to end every discussion
Before you decide
Common questions before buying
“I’m not a theologian.”
You don’t need to be. Every item starts with a short answer in plain English, and the glossary defines 60 terms with the most common misuse of each.
“I already watch the channel’s videos for free.”
The videos raise questions. The kit is the reference work: it gives the source of every claim, separates fact from interpretation, and takes you to the exact page when you need it.
“Is this an anti-Calvinist book?”
No. Reformed positions are stated from Calvin, the Westminster Confession, and the Canons of Dort before any reply, no contemporary teachers are named, and the kit marks the common ground.
“Will this make my anxiety worse?”
The self-examination is meant to be used slowly, once, as a turn toward God. The kit describes scrupulosity using the International OCD Foundation and refers readers to pastors and licensed professionals. In a crisis, call or text 988 in the United States.
“Is Christian perfection presented as settled?”
No. It is presented with Wesley’s own qualifications and as debated among Methodists.
“258 pages is a lot.”
You don’t read it cover to cover. The Quick-Answer Index covers 48 situations with a short answer and the page to read more, and the workbook’s diagnostic suggests where to start.
“I read on a tablet or phone.”
It is a navigable PDF: the contents, codes, and cross-references take you where they point with a tap, and the file has bookmarks. On small screens, zoom in or turn the device sideways.
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Thirteen pieces you consult, not just read.
Open the index, find your situation, read the answer, and tap the reference: you land on the page with the full discussion and its sources. If you prefer to read in order, the workbook’s diagnostic suggests a path.
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The Assurance Library
- Core 1 · Are You Really Born Again?45 pages
- Core 2 · Free Grace and Predestination37 pages
- Core 3 · Wesleyan Doctrine in American Methodism35 pages
- Core 4 · Can You Lose Your Salvation?36 pages
- Core 5 · The Key Texts, Read Carefully32 pages
- Quick-Answer Index48 situations
- Glossary60 terms
- Workbook40 questions · 10 scenarios
- Five visual piecesPDF and image
- Complete navigable edition262 pages
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What format is it?
Thirteen PDF pieces in US Letter size (the visual pieces in landscape, also as images) and a complete edition that brings them together in one 262-page PDF.
Can I print it?
Yes. It is a US Letter PDF, and the workbook’s lines are meant for notes on paper or on a tablet.
Which editions does it use?
Wesley’s sermons from public-domain texts, including an 1872 edition and earlier printings, Calvin’s Institutes in John Allen’s translation, and Wesley’s Explanatory Notes. Scripture is quoted from the King James Version.
Does it cover the recent Methodist disaffiliations?
Yes. Core 3 reports them from UM News and the Lewis Center, with a section on what the figures do not show.
Does it replace pastoral care or treatment?
No. The kit is not a substitute for pastoral care or licensed mental health treatment. In a crisis in the United States, call or text 988, or call your local emergency number.
Is it affiliated with any church?
No. It is an independent work, not affiliated with or endorsed by any church, denomination, or institution devoted to the work of John Wesley.
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