In May of this year as protests raged and violence erupted across our country, I woke up early and prayed for our country. Then I sent the following text to a friend who I hadn’t seen in a few months: Hey brother. I’m watching the country burn and it breaks my heart. It has made …
The Psalmist prayed for God to revive him (Psalm 119:25), but what is revival. Many talk about it, but too few have experienced genuine revival. J. I. Packer explains revival this way: Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God’s near …
Revival and Revivalism:The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism by Iain Murray is a book about evangelicalism much more than simply revivals and revivalism. Though not at all what I would consier an objective approach to the subject, Murray aptly handles the period of 1750-1858 with its leaders, revivals, spiritual outpourings and problems. Murray is …