The greatest revivalist since the apostolic times (to the mind of this writer) was Jonathan Edwards. There were several outbreaks of revival during his lengthy stay at Northampton. How could Edwards, who read his sermons and preached sermons (today they would be considered academic sermons) without much expression, be God's instrument for revival? In one of his post-revival sermons, Edwards said, "When any professing society is as a city set on a hill 'tis a great obligation upon them to ...
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