Does your church use contemporary worship songs in its services of public worship on Sundays? Does the lion’s share of these worship songs have the same theme—different lyrics but the same theme—the real or imagined salvation experience of the song writer or a generalized salvation experience? Have Sundays become a celebration of personal salvation rather than a time to give thanks and praise to God for all that he has done and is doing, to celebrate all God’s mighty deeds, to expound the great truths of the Bible, to extend Christ’s call to discipleship, to intercede for the Church and the world, to encourage each other, and to reaffirm one’s commitment to Christ? Do the worship songs express feelings or experiences to which the members of the congregation cannot relate? God’s gracious redemption of humanity certainly has a place in Wesleyan theology, but as John Wesley draws to our attention in his sermons, salvation is only the first step. Having saved us, God then sanctifies us, e...