Revival Preaching: Twelve Lessons from Jonathan Edwards
Ebook
Overview
As part of his passion to bring glory to God, Ernie Klassen is particularly interested in the revival of God’s people and the awakening of the lost. He believes strongly that God-honoring, Christ-exalting, and Spirit-empowered preaching plays a critical role in revival and awakening. No one models this dynamic better than Jonathan Edwards. He was a pastor who was a protagonist of the First Great Awakening. He thought deeply and critically about religious movements, and his reflections and sermons provide valuable “fodder” for reflection. Revival Preaching extracts the most important lessons of Edwards’s writings and sermons for preaching in today’s world.
“I am very grateful to Klassen and his work on revival
preaching. It is a call to bold faith and bold proclamation. Using
the backdrop of Jonathan Edwards’s powerful preaching ministry, we
are invited into a rich theological journey flavored with real-life
experiences. . . . This is a must-read for preachers at
any stage. This book will inspire you to be fearless in your
preaching and passionate in your longing for revival.”
—David Hearn, President of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in
Canada
“Looking at the intersection of revival, preaching, and Edwards,
Klassen provides ‘lessons’ that religious leaders can take from
Edwards’s experiences and writings as a soul counselor and a
‘scientist’ of conversion. . . . There is much wisdom to
be had from his reflections on the nature of conversion, revival,
and spirituality, gained from practical experience as a local
pastor.”
—Kenneth P. Minkema, Jonathan Edwards Center, Yale University
“I am so pleased to commend this book to my brothers and sisters in
the English-speaking world. Those of us who live in the West stand
in great need of God. . . . We need revival and what
Jonathan Edwards called ‘regeneration.’ The book you hold in your
hands is full of advice from Edwards himself on earnest preaching
for revival. . . . May God stir your hearts and elevate
your minds as you read, redirecting your desires and filling your
life with divine things—the only things that really satisfy.”
—Doug Sweeney, Second Dean of Beeson Divinity School and
world-renowned scholar of Jonathan Edwards
“God knows this Western world needs revival. . . . We
need a deep and broad awakening that reorients in fundamental ways
both the lives of individuals and the direction of a society. There
is no better Christian thinker on how to prepare for and preach
toward such a revival than Jonathan Edwards. More than anyone else
in the history of the church, Edwards was a theologian of revival.
If we want to understand revival and how to seek it, we must turn
to Edwards. This book by Dr. Klassen should help every reader do
those things.”
—Gerald R. McDermott, Anglican Chair of Divinity, retired, Beeson
Divinity School
“Today, Christian churches . . . need to recapture the
centrality of true biblical preaching. This timely book on revival
preaching encourages us to move in this direction. It does so by
emphasizing in a unique way the relationship between preaching and
revival, as illustrated in the remarkable preaching and revival
ministry of Jonathan Edwards. . . . Reading this book
challenges us not only to recapture biblical preaching but to pray
for revival, and to pray for and strive for Spirit-filled preaching
that produces revival. I highly commend this book.”
—Raymond E. Ebbett, former Director of the Christian and Missionary
Alliance in Spain
“By highlighting the principles of revival preaching as emulated by
Jonathan Edwards, Klassen challenges the next generation of
preachers to a higher spiritual plane. He opens our eyes to a kind
of preaching that has been almost forgotten but needed today more
than ever. This book invites preachers to rediscover preaching as a
powerful agent of life transformation. The principles outlined here
will not only deepen your preaching ministry but will also reignite
your passion for revival! When preachers catch this vision, so will
the congregation, resulting in an awakening. Ernie’s heart deeply
longs for revival. This book is an overflow of his heart!”
—Ashwin Ramani, Associate Teaching Pastor, Centre Street Church,
Calgary, Alberta
- Title: Revival Preaching: Twelve Lessons from Jonathan Edwards
- Author: Ernest Eugene Klassen
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666711493, 1666711497
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666711493
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-22T14:10:27Z