Great Awakening

Revival: The First Great Awakening (part 3)

Chelsea and I continue our series about the Christian revivals in American history. George Whitefield was an Anglican deacon in Oxford, England. He met John and Charles Wesley in college and joined their Methodist movement. With his Bachelor of Arts degree, booming voice, and supreme acting ability, Whitefield would become a young traveling preacher who…

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Revival: The First Great Awakening (part 2)

Chelsea and I continue our series about the Christian revivals in American history. Solomon Stoddard, a fiery preacher saw several revivals in his 60 years pastoring the church at Northampton, Massachusetts, but he embraced and expanded the Half-Way Covenant. Stoddard allowed open membership and open communion. The Northampton church grew to over 600 members, but…

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Revival: The First Great Awakening (part 1)

Chelsea and I start a new series about the Christian revivals in American history. The controversy over the recent “Asbury revival” drove us to ask the question “What is a revival?” Using a dictionary, Scripture, and a Spurgeon quote, we come up with a working definition of a revival. Then, we dive deep into the…

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The Bud Zone Podcast – On Revivals With Tom Sullivan

Bud is again joined by Tom Sullivan, The Narrated Puritan, to discuss a brief history of revivals and revivalism.  Tom has spent extensive time in the disciplined study of the history of revivals and brings a wealth of insight to this divine work of God that is so overlooked by much of the contemporary church….

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