How to Promote & Conduct a Successful Revival with Suggestive Outlines
Overview
In this text, Torrey collects experiences of “men whom God has used in winning souls to Christ and building up believers” in order to provide a resource for the “thousands of ministers and other Christian workers . . . longing for a true revival of God’s work, but with no experimental or even theoretical knowledge of how to go to work to promote such a revival.” This text also includes the chapters “The Holy Spirit in a Revival” and “The Place of Prayer in a Revival,” and a series of sermons condensed into outline form. Suggestive outlines come from eminent evangelists including Torrey, D. L. Moody, Charles G. Finney, Charles Spurgeon.
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Top Highlights
“1. In the first place, the Holy Spirit must inspire us to and guide us in prayer.” (Page 11)
“3. The Holy Spirit must give power to the preaching and to the testimony.” (Page 12)
“Eighth, to preach effectively in revivals the preacher must absorb a great deal of the Bible.” (Page 36)
“2. The Holy Spirit must have the superintendency and direction of all the revival activities.” (Page 12)
“6. The Holy Spirit must sanctify, consecrate and fill.” (Page 15)
- Title: How to Promote & Conduct a Successful Revival with Suggestive Outlines
- Author: R. A. Torrey
- Publisher: Fleming H. Revell
- Print Publication Date: 1901
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 348
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Revivals; Evangelistic work
- Resource ID: LLS:HWPRMTSCCSSFL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:58:21Z
Reuben Archer Torrey (1856–1928) was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. Torrey studied at Yale University, Yale Divinity School, Leipzig University, Erlangen University and received a doctorate degree from Wheaton College.
Soon after becoming a congregational minister, Torrey joined Dwight L. Moody in his evangelistic work in Chicago. Torrey became the superintendent of the Bible Institute of the Chicago Evangelization Society (now Moody Bible Institute).
He later became pastor of the Chicago Avenue Church (now the Moody Church). Torrey later served as a chaplain with the YMCA and dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now Biola University).
Torrey authored over 40 books in his lifetime. The classic four-volume set The Fundamentals includes over 90 articles by leading Christian scholars. The R. A. Torrey Collection features 15 titles of biblical doctrine and teaching from Torrey.