Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875) was a practicing lawyer who combined his oratorical skills as an attorney with his love for Christ. He is regarded as the one of greatest revivalists that ever lived after the Lord Jesus used Him to lead more than half a million people to Christ. In addition to being an evangelist, Finney was involved with the … [Read more...]
Charles Finney on Prayer and the Holy Spirit
I beg of my brothers in Christ, and especially my younger brothers in Christ, not to think that these things were written in the spirit of reproach. I beg the churches, I beg the seminaries, to receive a word of exhortation from an old man who has had some experience in these things and one whose heart mourns and is weighed down because of … [Read more...]
Will God Do it Again? Part 1
Many hungry Christians are reading everything they can find about past moves of God. We somehow sense that if we really want the holiness and the fullness of His manifest presence to dwell in our midst, then we have to find out how. But the question some are asking is: Will God revive us again that we His people may rejoice in Him? Psalm 85:6 The … [Read more...]
Will God Do it Again? Part 2
God judged the children of Israel because His prophets had warned but the people refused to repent and be revived. Even today the watchmen are warning and calling the church to repent but the warnings are not heeded: Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: ‘When I bring … [Read more...]
Lord Revive Us Again-Part 2
Many of us have a burden on our hearts especially on what is going on in the nations, but when we are called for prayer, we don’t even know how to let the Holy Spirit groan and travail through us and as a result we bring forth wind (Isaiah 26:18). The Psalmist tells us that “Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; All Your waves and … [Read more...]
Lord Revive Us Again-Part 1
Western civilization has become pluralistic, secularized, and biblically illiterate. Today many people in the West have little sense of how their lives have benefited from Christianity’s influence, the revivals and the Great Awakenings. The church is now often viewed with hostility or resentment. England is spiritually at its lowest state for over … [Read more...]
What Was The Purpose of Pentecost?
The Holy Spirit came 50 days after the resurrection, and 10 days after the Ascension. As soon as the apostles were empowered by the Holy Spirit, their ignorance was turned into light, all their doubts evaporated. The Holy Spirit gave the apostles a variety of gifts, including the gift of tongues which was necessary for them to have ability, … [Read more...]
Western Christianity Came Directly From Pentecost
Many historians hold the view that Western Christianity came directly from Pentecost, or even twenty to thirty years after Pentecost. So this means it would have been the original New Testament form of Christianity. Paul makes it clear that the gospel message he preached was not based on mere human reasoning, and he received it from no human … [Read more...]
Paul’s Call as a Missionary to Europe
In Acts 9 we are told that after Paul’s baptism, he immediately started preaching Jesus in the Jewish synagogues that is He is the Son of God (Acts 9:20). He confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus proving to them that Jesus is the Christ (Acts 9:22). During this time, the Bible doesn’t tell us whether he led anyone to the Lord. Rather, he … [Read more...]
A Nation Set Apart
The Bible says that it is God who divided up the peoples of the world into nations, and who then divided to the nations their inheritance. Furthermore, it says that it is God who has determined....the bounds of their habitation and lands. God’s appointment of a nation’s geographical position and boundaries -although may be mystery to us, is … [Read more...]