By Gilbert Egerton G. Campbell Morgan said, “We cannot organize revival, but we can set our sails to catch the wind from Heaven.”  Among many incentives which may help to stimulate a genuine revival, the following may be considered: THE PROMISES OF GOD “Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the...

By Rollin Mitchell The cry for Revival is as old as the book of Genesis. In every generation, there has been someone who has cried out to God for Revival, and heaven responded. In our present day, what does Revival mean to us? In bygone days, scheduled meetings would last for two weeks, some longer. Those were the days of farm communities, small towns, when people worked hard, and traveled by horse and buggy to church, and had no modern conveniences, electricity, or running water. Yet in those...

By Curtis Going I recently encountered an article titled “Enough is Enough (or Why Revival Isn’t Necessary).” The author poked fun at churches and preachers who emphasize the subject of revival, suggesting that if Christians would simply be faithful to the Word of God and the sacraments, there would be no need for revival. While it is true that our Christian journey consists of daily, routine, faithful obedience to Christ, Christian experience suggests that in spite of our best intentions, we...