Great Awakening

Revival: The First Great Awakening (part 4)

Chelsea and I continue our series about the Christian revivals in American history. John Wesley was an Anglican minister from Epworth, England. He and his brother Charles went to Oxford where John got bachelor’s and master’s degrees. While teaching at Oxford, John and Charles Wesley began the “Methodist” movement with George Whitefield. After spending two…

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#52 Asbury revival is it real?

Stop and think Crew discuss The so-called Asbury revival is real? What is a revival? How do we discern from real or manufactured? Should believers pray for revival? Please help support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=234175757

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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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