When God Breaks in: Revival Can Happen Again - Couverture souple

Green, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444787969 ISBN 13 : 9781444787962

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Despite the growth of religion in general and Christianity in particular around the world, Western Europe and the UK remain overwhelmingly secular, with the church increasingly seen as backwards and irrelevant. In this provocative book well-known speaker and author Michael Green gives a snapshot of various different revivals from the UK's history, as well as describing how the early church started and focusing on various revivals around the world. Be bold, writes Michael - revival can happen again!

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

A fascinating book of how Christianity is thriving and growing around the world . . . this is truly a faith-building and timely book. (Together Magazine)

A well written and thought-proving book. (Together Magazine)

OVER the years I have read most of the books that Michael Green has written, and have never regretted buying any of them, I certainly wasn't disappointed by this one: it
is a deceptively slim and excellent book. Its subtitle is Revival can happen again, and even if you didn't believe this when you started the book, you are likely to think differently by the time you finish it.

So, in an astonishing tour de force, Green takes us on a journey from Pentecost through the Reformation, the Awakening of the 18th century under the Wesleys and Whitefield, the 19th-century social crusades of Wilberforce and Shaftesbury, together with the extraordinary life of Charles Simeon; then through the Charismatic renewal; and finally the revivals in Mongolia, Singapore, and China. Green's excitement and transparent faith in God are infectious, and I found mine growing as I read the book.

Green is intellectually confident in his assessment of the New Atheists, and detailed in assessing the impact of various people and movements; he writes the most mature assessment of the Toronto Blessing which I have come across, and is rightly generous in his treatment of the Oxford Movement. His admiring analysis of the revival in the Province of South East Asia in the second part of the 20th century shows how effective episcopal leadership, such as that displayed by Moses Tay, can release revival.

Green concludes by "outlining several preconditions on the human side that seem to make these times of special growth and blessing". They make salutary reading. I felt I should reflect on them regularly as
a kind of spiritual-fitness manual.

This is an excellent book, and should be read by everyone who longs for revival, and perhaps particularly by those training for ordination, as they prepare for ministry in a complex and rapidly changing world, but one in which God remains faithful, and ready to break in afresh.

(Jeremy Crossley The Church Times)

Well-known speaker and author Michael Green focuses on various revivals around the world, challending us to be bold and believe revival can happen again. (Spring Harvest Recommended Book 2015-04-06)

Michael Green was featured in Woman Alive Magazine. (Woman Alive 2015-04-23)

Quatrième de couverture :

'Green's excitement and transparent faith are infectious, and I found mine growing as I read... this is an excellent book, and should be read by everyone who longs for revival' - Jeremy Crossley, Church Times

'We are in a fascinating yet paradoxical situation.On one hand, worldwide secularisation appears to be proceeding apace.

On the other, passionate belief in God is growing all over the world - with the exception of Western Europe. What are we to make of this apparent contradiction?

History reveals that time and again, when the spiritual outlook is bleakest, there are notable revivals of the gospel - revivals that have changed the course of entire nations.'

Religion in general and Christianity in particular are on the rise around the world, yet the UK remains overwhelmingly secular, with the church increasingly seen as backward and irrelevant. In this provocative book, well-known speaker and author Michael Green gives a snapshot of different times of renewal in the history of the British church, as well as describing the growth of the early church, and exploring various revivals currently happening around the world.

Rather than simply accepting decline, Michael Green argues, we should be looking for the signs of new growth: revival can happen again.

Dr Michael Green is an Anglican minister who combines the gifts of both theologian and evangelist. An Honorary Fellow of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, he has taught in universities, been principal of a theological college, led a large university church and been special adviser in evangelism to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. He has written more than fifty books, including The Message of Matthew and Baptism. He lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, Rosemary.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1444787969
• ISBN 13: 9781444787962
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240