Just finished reading this book. Regrettably the great awakenings are an area of church history that I have been slacking on. This was a great book that took a biblical perspective on the events of the past to the present. As someone who works with young people it was amazing to see their role in each of the revivals this book covered.
"Where are the voices crying out in
the wilderness, imploring the children of Israel to remember God’s prior
acts of faithfulness and power? Centuries ago, the Protestant Reformer
John Calvin observed that we have a strong bent to elevate the knowledge
of man above the knowledge of God. For Calvin, viewing the world
according to man’s knowledge alone leads to great spiritual loss. Out
attempts to understand life essentially based on what we have
experienced or on what we see in the culture can genuinely hinder us
from seeing reality from God’s point of view."
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