Reformation and Revival

In this series, I’m hoping to cover a wide range of topics and ideas relating to both the Reformation and Revival. My overall thesis for this series is going to be, “When God determines to Revive His Church, He begins by Stirring up His People to Pray for What He Will Do.”  

This will be a 6 week study. As with all of the series’ on this channel, this is not an in-depth study of the idea or a doctoral dissertation. It’s simply a list of books on the topic that I’ve put together that all stress similar key points that we’ll review one at a time.  

At the end of the series, I’ll be writing a short paper to synthesize all five of the books that I’ll be reviewing. This will serve as a spark-notes version of all the reviews and will utilize many quotes from the books. The written paper will be available on our journal page on our website, and I’ll be releasing a spoken version here on the channel as well.  

Now, what books am I reviewing? We’ll be starting with Michael Haykin’s Revival. This will set us up well for the entire series, and throughout the rest of the reviews, we’ll be returning to this book. Next, we’ll take a look at Ian Murray’s Jonathan Edwards biography. After that, we’ll review, Wise Counsel. Then, Wesley and the men who followed. Finally, we’ll close with The Great Awakening by Joseph Tracy. 

Last summer, we had a series entitled, A Summer of Scots. As we go through Reformation and Revival, if you saw last year’s series, you will see a lot of connections between the two. For one thing, the Scots that we reviewed, were living amid a Revival. For another thing, they were Reformed and had a great desire and love for the Holy Spirit. And finally, they also had powerful and active prayer lives. Reformation and Revival could really be called A Summer of Scots part 2 due to its connection.