Five Marks of a Methodist: The Fruit of a Living Faith Hardcover – March 17, 2015

Very well written book on what a Methodist is.

Our pastor based 5 sermons on the principles in this book. He kept reminding us that these principles apply to all Christians. Very interesting book based on the actual writings of John Wesley.

This little book goes deep and gives practical advice on John Wesley's marks of a faithful follower of Christ. Great book!

The writing for such a small book is deep and theological. I did find The Character of a Methodist to be a better read and good prerequisite to the Five Marks. Need a leader with good Bible knowledge to lead a book study.

John Wesley's five marks describe our basic Christian call to discipleship that followers of Christ wear proudly rather than the latest fashion.

I read this one because our Bishop chose it for a statewide study. It was OK, though Harper admitted he was working from John Wesley's "The Character of a Methodist." Wesley's piece is just a few pages long, available free online, and contained succinctly and basically everything Harper said in eighty pages. But, for preparing the five sermons (from staff outlines) I found Harper's little book helpful.

An interesting read about John Wesley's Methodism ideals. However, it can also be read as the five marks of a Christian.

Good summation of Wesley's precepts.

A beautifully produced little volume reflecting on the 5 characteristics that John Wesley identified in his pamphlet "The Character of a Methodist" in response to criticism of the emerging Methodist movement. He wasn't claiming these as distinctive marks of Methodists but as key characteristics that should be exhibitted by any Christian, thus demonstrating that Methodism was thoroughly orthodox rather than a heterodox sect. My only criticism of this book is that it is light on the concrete application of these marks and how they might be reinforced, and that Steve Harper does not wrestle with some of the challenges that Wesley throws down regarding evangelism in the latter part of his pamphlet. If anything this, in Wesley's eyes was the distinctive in contemporary Methodism (as opposed to the then established church), and may be a greater challenge to Methodism today. If anything contemporary Methodism (on both sides of the Atlantic) is largely indistinguishable from other mainstream Christian traditions, with people moving freely back and forward across denominational boundaries. So the need to prove that Methodism is orthodox is not there... To argue for the imperative to evangelise out of the last of the "marks", our love of others... that may be where the work needs to be done. What does that look like in the 21st century rather than Wesley's 18th?