Two months before his famous Aldersgate experience in 1738, John Wesley was ready to give up on preaching altogether. He couldn’t wrap his mind around the idea of salvation by faith alone, and he told himself, “How can you preach to others if you don’t have faith yourself?R...

Before I get to the meat of this article, let me establish that unbelief is the opposite of faith. And I’m not talking about the Disney-style “when you wish upon a star” kind of faith. Faith is simply believing what God has said. It’s not a feeling, because often, great amo...