Posts Tagged ‘Revival’
The Historical Developments of the Campus Ministry (2)
William J. Senn III For Part One click here. Student Religious Meetings and Societies in America The Prayer for the Servants of God: Harvard University In America, eighty-eight of the first one hundred colleges were organized to preach the gospel.1 In 1636 the first of these, Harvard, was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Puritans who…
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William J. Senn III New Testament Days — School of Tyrannus The Priority of the Church of God The roots for campus ministry are found in Acts 19:8–10, with the apostle Paul ministering at Tyrannus University (TU) at Ephesus. Tyrannus was either the owner of the school or its most famous Dean of Doom, “the…
Read MoreEnjoying the Ministry
Jerry Sivnksty The Psalmist David declares in Psalm 37:4, “Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” My delighting in the Lord should be the testimony and declaration of my ministry. I’m afraid that we get so busy in the ministry that we develop the mentality of…
Read MoreAre We in the Third Generation of Judges?
Don Johnson Most of our readers probably are familiar with the some of the patterns found in the book of Judges. Judges 2.7 and 10-11, for example, is fairly well known: Judges 2.7 And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who…
Read MoreThe Evangelist and His Ministry
Phil Shuler Enough books have been written about the earthly ministry of our Lord to fill the average library, but the ministry of Christ beyond His death, burial, and resurrection can be pretty well summed up in John 16:7–11. In John 14:16 Christ explains why He must ascend unto His father, but he promises to…
Read MoreJohn Wesley—The Prodigious Worker
Sam Horn In John Wesley, God sent to His church one of her most prodigious laborers in the gospel. Wesley traveled more than 250,000 miles in the course of more than fifty years of ministry. He wrote or edited more than 200 works of sermons, hymns, and commentaries, and he founded the Methodist denomination and…
Read MoreServant Evangelism
Ted McClellan Last fall I preached a meeting in a small rural church in an unfamiliar town. The pastor, now older, had resigned a larger more intense ministry to work in this slower-paced setting. Four years in advance, while still pastoring the larger church, he had asked me to come for a week of meetings.…
Read MoreGetting Back to God’s Business
Phil Shuler [Note: Events mentioned in this article happened some time ago, we are republishing it to enjoy again the benefit of the spiritual lessons learned then.] I write this article from my home in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, where we are experiencing one of the worst floods in over 120 years. As I write,…
Read MoreGod’s Wondrous Works in Revival
John Van Gelderen One generation shall praise Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious honour of Thy majesty, and of Thy wondrous works” (Ps. 145:4, 5). Thankfully, former generations who experienced God’s mighty acts have spoken of those wondrous works that we might be reminded of…
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