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February 7, 2024 · 1 min read

The Great Awakening

Pentecost to the Present – Book Two Reformations and Awakenings, Jeff Oliver: “Finally, in 1733, a revival broke out at Jonathan Edwards’…

February 6, 2024 · 1 min read

A History of the Jerks: Bodily Exercises and the Great Revival

Douglas Winiarski: Of the various somatic religious exercises that spread across the trans-Appalachian frontier and southern backcountry during the Great Revival, none…

February 6, 2024 · 1 min read

A History of the Jerks: Bodily Exercises and the Great Revival

Douglas Winiarski, University of Richmond, April 9, 2018 writes: Between 1799 and 1805, the backcountry settlements of the early American frontier blazed…

February 6, 2024 · 1 min read

Great Stirrings in America

Pentecost to the Present – Book Two Reformations and Awakenings, Jeff Oliver: By the 1670’s, New England Puritan leaders began calling out…

February 5, 2024 · 1 min read

Carnival of Preachers and Informal Prayer

Pentecost to the Present – Book Two: Reformations and Awakenings: “One remarkable feature of the early camp meetings was the informal prayer…

February 2, 2024 · 1 min read

Cane Ridge Revival Spreads

Pentecost to the Present – Book Two: Reformations and Awakenings: From Kentucky, the camp meetings soon spread into Tennessee, West Virginia, North…

February 1, 2024 · 1 min read

Birthing of the American Camp Meeting and the Cane Ridge Revival

Pentecost to the Present – Book Two: Reformations and Awakenings, Jeff Oliver: “When McGready announced a similar meeting at his Gasper River…

January 31, 2024 · 1 min read

Birthing of the American Camp Meeting and the Cane Ridge Revival

Pentecost to the Present: Book Two – Reformations and Awakenings, Jeff Oliver: “In 1796, James McGready (1763-1817), a Presbyterian pastor of three…

January 30, 2024 · 2 min read

Jubilation!?

Jeff Oliver, Pentecost to the Present: “In Augustine’s Homilies on the First Epistle of John, he repeatedly suggested that tongues had “passed…

January 26, 2024 · 4 min read

The Wind Blows Where It Wishes

John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where…

January 25, 2024 · 4 min read

Strange Fire

January 24, 2024 · 4 min read

The Death of John Welsh

King James had by this time assumed the thrones over both England and Scotland, and he vowed to imprison all preachers whose…

January 23, 2024 · 1 min read

Rend the Heavens!

“A dead ministry will always make a dead people, whereas of ministers who are warmed with the love of God themselves, they…

January 22, 2024 · 3 min read

Oh God, Wilt Thou Not Give Me Scotland?!

Excerpt from The Fire That Once Was: Welsh was now at the point where he would soon take his place as one…

January 19, 2024 · 2 min read

The Intercessor John Welsh – Part 2

In 1595, Welsh was offered and accepted a pastorate in the town of Kirkcudbright. Welsh and his wife could not find anyone…

January 18, 2024 · 3 min read

The Intercessor John Welsh

Frank Di Pietro, The Fire That Once Was: John Welsh prayed. It was said of John Welsh that he thought a day…

January 17, 2024 · 1 min read

Wrestling in Prayer

The Fire That Once Was, by Frank Di Pietro: “O brother, pray; in spite of satan, pray; spend hours in prayer; rather…

January 16, 2024 · 1 min read

Rend the Heavens

Frank Di Pietro, Rend the Heavens: “Jesus Christ carries on intercession for us in Heaven; the Holy Ghost carries on intercession in…

January 15, 2024 · 3 min read

The Great Persecution

Frank Di Pietro, The Fire That Once Was, Chapter Two: Curse Christ! Never! For eighty-six years I have been His servant, and…

January 13, 2024 · 2 min read

The Great Persecution

January 12, 2024 · 2 min read

Rend the Heavens: Stories of Awakenings

Frank Di Pietro, author of The Fire That Once Was, and Rend the Heavens wrote the following introduction: I had no comprehension…

September 19, 2023 · 4 min read

Rut, Rot or Revival?

A.W. Tozer preached a sermon series titled: Rut, Rot, or Revival ~ The Problem of Change and Breaking Out of the Status Quo. In it…

September 18, 2023 · 2 min read

Positioning Ourselves for More of God: Part 2 – Our Heart

In Psalm 139, verses 23-24, the psalmist says: Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See…

September 17, 2023 · 4 min read

Notes From the Pastor

God’s Calendar and Appointments (All Scripture!) 2 Timothy 3:16-17 states: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in…

September 16, 2023 · 1 min read

New Years Challenge – 10 days of Awe – Positioning Ourselves for More of God

The Shofar of Rosh Hashanah has blown. The unmistakable echo of the ram’s horn marks the beginning of God’s New Year and…

September 15, 2023 · 4 min read

Rosh Hashana – Feast of Trumpets and What It Means for Christians

Happy New Year! (From the Jewish Year 5783 to 5784) – From God, the Father. Rosh Hashana, in Hebrew means head or…

September 24, 2022 · 2 min read

Ten Days of Awe Begins Tomorrow

Revelation 20:12 I [also] saw the dead, great and small; they stood before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book…

August 23, 2022 · 5 min read

Rut, Rot, or Revival?

A.W. Tozer preached a sermon series titled: Rut, Rot, or Revival ~ The Problem of Change and Breaking Out of the Status…

April 2, 2021 · 5 min read

Were You There?

At the heart of the city of London is Charing Cross. All distances across the city are measured from its central point.…

April 1, 2021 · 5 min read

Too Familiar With An Unfamiliar God

One of the earliest forms of Christian art isn’t a painting, sculpture or even a catacomb fresco. It’s a patch of graffiti…