Why young adults believe revival is coming to America: A Maundy Thursday reflection
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🗓️ 2 April 2026
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Recent studies show that eighty million Americans believe a spiritual revival is coming to our nation. Of those participating in the survey, young adults (statistically the most unchurched generation in history) are surprisingly the most likely to agree. Jennie Allen, founder of IF:Gathering and Gather25, said the desperation many young people feel is fueling their spiritual openness, recalling one student who said, “I never knew God loved me.” Maundy Thursday reminds us that Jesus included even those who would fail him at the Last Supper—and he invites us as his bride, for “as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.”
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast from Denison Forum. It's Thursday, April 2, |
| 0:07.5 | 2026. Today's daily article is authored by theologian and cultural pastor, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Chris Elkins, narrator. Yesterday was filled with headline news, including Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend oral arguments at the Supreme Court as the justices considered the question of birthright citizenship. |
| 0:31.8 | NASA's Artemis II mission to circle the moon launched last night at 6.35 p.m. Eastern Time. Watching the rocket |
| 0:39.9 | lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida was awe-inspiring. President Trump addressed |
| 0:45.7 | the nation last night stating that the United States' core strategic objectives in Iran are |
| 0:52.2 | nearing completion a month after Operation Epic Fury began. However, |
| 0:58.0 | I want to focus on this Monday Thursday on news that isn't making headlines in our culture, |
| 1:03.4 | but it's being celebrated in heaven. Recent studies show that 80 million Americans believe a spiritual revival is coming to our nation. |
| 1:13.7 | Of those participating in the survey, young adults, statistically the most unchurched generation |
| 1:19.5 | in history, are surprisingly the most likely to agree. A story I read this week shows why. |
| 1:27.2 | Jenny Allen is a New York Times bestselling author and |
| 1:30.9 | founder of the If Gathering and Gather 25, part of what Christian Post describes as a, quote, |
| 1:38.2 | vision to mobilize our global church. According to the article, she has been visiting college campuses with the Unite |
| 1:45.8 | ministry and was invited to speak at Southeastern University in Florida last month. The Dallas-based |
| 1:52.2 | Bible teacher said, we have been blessed to be on the road on about 20 campuses, and we have |
| 1:57.9 | seen over and over again a huge response to repentance to the gospel, to baptism, |
| 2:04.6 | and it's just been beautiful and amazing. |
| 2:07.3 | This was especially true at Southeastern. |
| 2:10.6 | After her message, she said, the room did confession, which I've done in many rooms before, |
| 2:16.0 | but a girl yelled out abortion as loud as she could. |
| 2:20.3 | The student then collapsed to the floor. Alan said, I think after that, it got real. Everyone |
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