The Baptist church of my youth didn’t have a revival until we called a Southern Baptist pastor from Texas. Then we had a revival whether we liked it or not. I walked the aisle on the final night. At 20…
Jesus Revolution helps us remember and calls us to hope again
In the second weekend at the box office, Jesus Revolution far surpassed expectations with a cumulative earning of $30 million. The movie is well done by Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company and stars Kelsey Grammer, Joel Courtney and Jonathan Roumie….
The difference between ‘He Gets Us’ and the Asbury revival
During Super Bowl LVII, nestled among ads for chips and beer came a profound message: Jesus Gets Us. The Servant Foundation, a Kansas organization backed in part by Hobby Lobby, has produced a campaign designed to humanize the Lord. The…
Revivals? Well, since you asked …
In the introduction to his classic work, A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God, published in 1738, Jonathan Edwards, pastor of the Congregational Church in Northampton, Mass., described the behavior of the town youth prior to the awakening…
We’re asking the wrong questions about the Asbury revival
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail,” said American psychologist Abraham Maslow in 1966. Many of us have probably tried — and failed — to tackle…
‘Something wonderful and of God is happening at Asbury,’ church historian believes
The unexpected spiritual events that recently transpired at Asbury University’s Hughes Chapel in Wilmore, Ky., have captured the attention of thousands upon thousands of Christians and non-Christians all over the world. The event began Feb. 8 in an innocuous weekly…
Asbury University closes down revival that clogged small Kentucky town
Asbury University has ended the revival that drew tens of thousands of participants and generated global media attention across the past two weeks. The Christian school in Wilmore, Ky., said Feb. 20 it took the action in consultation with law…
Questions to ask while pondering if Asbury is hosting a ‘true revival’
Surprise! It’s a revival! So said Thomas H. McCall, a theology professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, located adjacent to the ongoing spiritual event at Asbury University in Wilmore, Ky. “Sometimes God does what Johnathan Edwards called ‘surprising work’ and what John…
If revivalism isn’t part of your spiritual experience, you’re not defective
It’s likely that mainline United Methodists are only vaguely aware of the “revival” happening at United Methodist-adjacent Asbury University. But it’s an event evangelicals across denominational lines can’t stop talking about, and so I’ll jump in. If “revivals” are not…