Episode 134: On the Difference between Revival and Revivalism

Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

9Marks

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In his book Revival & Revivalism, Iain Murray defines revival as God using ordinary means to effect extraordinary change. That’s much different than revivalism, which is when man tries to use extraordinary means to effect the same, extraordinary change.

Can you tell the difference between the two? Is it even possible? In this episode of Pastors Talk, Jonathan asks Mark to take a brief tour of church history so that pastors and Christians today can discern the difference between revival—a good thing—and revivalism—a bad thing.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Jonathan Lehman.
0:09.0	And I'm Mark Devere.
0:09.9	And welcome to this episode of Nine Marks Pastors Talk.
0:12.1	Nine Marks exist to equip church leaders with a biblical vision and practical resources for building healthy churches.
0:16.6	Learn more at nine marks.
0:18.1	Hey, if we're about a biblical vision, why don't we talk about the Bible more?
0:21.2	Well, I'm asking the questions.
0:22.7	You're giving the answers.
0:23.9	Anytime you want, brother, you open that thing up.
0:26.6	All right.
0:27.1	And preach.
0:28.1	All right.
0:29.0	I'll try to.
0:29.9	Okay.
0:30.6	Why don't you ask me some questions that I could find answers to in the Bible?
0:35.1	Well, I want to do that today.
0:36.6	Okay. And I want to talk about the topic of revival.
0:41.5	Okay.
0:41.8	When you say revival, I think Ezra and Nehemiah, I think Josiah.
0:47.5	Amen.
0:48.1	Finds the book.
0:49.0	And in the New Testament, I mean, maybe Jesus' letters to the seven churches in Revelation
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