As much as I long for true revival, it seems that there is a large and growing trail of bodies behind many of these revivalist movements #Revival #charismatic #Godsgeneral
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Revival:Whythe‘God’sGenerals’modelisdangerousByJonMarkBaker,Op-edcontributorSunday,March02,2025TheFather’sDay1995worshipserviceatBrownsvilleAssemblyofGodofPensacola,Florida,whichsparkedayears-longrevivalatthecongregation.|Screengrab:YouTube/BrownsvilleChurchManydebateshavebeenhadovertheoriginsofrevival.ProminentSecondGreatAwakeningrevivalistCharlesFinneycontendedthatrevival“consistsinthereturnofthechurchfromherbackslidings,andintheconversionofsinners.”WhileotherrevivalistslikeJonathanEdwardswouldagree,themeansforachievingthisphenomenonishotlycontested.Inthesamepaper,Finneyarguedthatrevivalwasmerelytheproductofemployingtheappropriatemeansbut JonathanEdwards arguedthatrevivalwasentirelyuptothewillofGod.
Inthecharismaticworld,thereisstillanotherpositiononrevival’sorigins.
Manycharismaticsbelievethatrevivaloftencoalescesar
