Not everything that looks like revival is revival. A group of people can learn to act in the manner they think revival looks like and then claim to be "in revival."
I find the portrayal of the meeting to be a microcosm of revival movements in particular and church life in general. Where would we place ourselves in the picture?
Getting the straight story on Charles Finney can be difficult. I believe those who dislike his theology inaccurately dismiss his ministry and I think those who like his revival ministry tend to whitewash his theology.
I am persuaded that Finney's revival ministry was more effective than his theological foes claim and I am convinced his theology was more aberrant than some fans of his ministry try to assert.
By David KowalskiI have devoted a good deal of time to studying revivals and I think most Christians don’t realize we are living in the time of history’s greatest one. Sadly, for those of us in the West, we are not participants.… Read more
Todd Bentley's meetings in Lakeland, Florida, are billed as "The Florida Outpouring." Some view it as the next 'wave' after the Toronto Blessing and the Pensacola Brownsville Revival.