“Divine omnipotence is the doctrine of a revival.” —Charles Spurgeon “The church still has a theology of the Holy Ghost, but it has no living consciousness of His presence and power. Theology without experience is like faith without works; it is dead. The signs of death abound. Prayer meetings have died out because men did not...
“When God is about to do a great work, he pours out a spirit of supplication.” —Jonathan Edwards “I do not believe in any conception of sovereignty that nullifies man’s responsibility.” —Duncan Campbell “It is either Holy Ghost revival or apostasy.” —Jonathan Goforth Is there a human component that precedes an outpouring? What part do people...
“Man can no more organize revival than he can dictate to the wind.” —Author Unknown “How careful we should be lest we misrepresent a real work of grace because of some things which occasionally may accompany it! When Whitefield was once preaching in Boston, the place was so packed that the gallery was thought to...
“Jesus walking on the earth is far more important than man walking on the moon.” —Astronaut James Irwin “Revival is ultimately Christ Himself seen, felt, heard, living, active, moving in and through His body on earth.” —Stephen Olford “[Revival] is such a manifest working of God that human personalities are overshadowed and human programs are...
“There is more moral persuasion in a good man’s life than in the highest efforts of an orator’s genius.” —Thomas Chalmers “All ministers should be revival ministers, and all preaching should be revival preaching.” —C. G. Finney “A man set on fire is an apostle of his age… Tell me, is your ministry a burning...
“There never was a real revival that did not produce heartburn and hallelujahs.” —Vance Havner “Revival is the people of God constrained, gripped, overmastered, and overwhelmed by the love of Christ so that they are feverishly restless to win souls for Christ.” —James A. Stewart “That he might present it to himself a glorious church,...