A GodSized Vision, Collin Hansen
A GodSized Vision, Collin Hansen
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A God-Sized Vision
Revival Stories that Stretch and Stir

Author: Collin Hansen, John D. Woodbridge

Narrator: Adam Black

Unabridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 11/02/2010


Synopsis

Can God stir revival by his Holy Spirit, even in our culture today? Do we really believe he can? In a day of diminished expectations, A God-Sized Vision: Revival Accounts That Stretch and Stir recounts global examples of prior revivals, beginning with the Reformation and the Great Awakenings. It continues with the Welsh and Azusa Street revivals and those that occurred simultaneously in Asia, followed by the East Africa Revival of the 1930s. More recent revivals in North America that instigated parachurch or evangelistic ministries like those of Billy Graham and the revivals in China, particularly in Henan Province over the last forty years, give further evidence of church renewal. These stories enlarge our hearts, expand our minds, and empower our witness to the power of God at work in human history. Christians with a deep evangelistic commitment who realize that there is more to church growth than field-tested techniques will expand their vision by remembering God’s vision, as it has been revealed throughout history. Hansen and Woodbridge mine these stories of renewal to suggest how to get ready for revival today.

About Collin Hansen

Collin Hansen serves as vice president for content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition, as well as executive director of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He hosts the Gospelbound podcast and has written and contributed to many books, most recently Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation and Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential. He has published with The New York Times and The Washington Post and offered commentary for CNN, Fox News, NPR, BBC, ABC News, and PBS NewsHour. He is an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School, where he also cochairs the advisory board.

About John D. Woodbridge

John Woodbridge (PhD, University of Toulouse, France) is research professor of Church History and History of Christian Thought at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, where he has taught since 1970. He was previously a senior editor of Christianity Today and is the author of Biblical Authority: A Critique of the Rogers/McKim Proposal and coauthor of Letters Along the Way. He is the editor of Great Leaders of the Christian Church and coeditor of works including The Mark of Jesus. Woodbridge is the recipient of four Gold Medallion Awards.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kiel on December 26, 2017

An historical survey and appraisal of modern Christian revivals around the world, with a particular focus on the English speaking world, this book deals with doubts about religious excesses and shows that there are indeed times of legitimate revivals from God and calls the reader to prayer, expectan......more

Goodreads review by Will on May 20, 2015

One of the best books I have read on the topic of Revival. Inspirational. Encouraging. Instructional. If your spirit is low or your heart is dry, read this book and rejoice in the work of God in the lives of men, common men, who were used to bring an outpouring of His grace on His people. You will s......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on June 19, 2021

Great introduction to seven major spiritual revivals in modern times from the 1730s to very recent history, in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Throughout the book, the authors point out shared traits of revivals and share fascinating details that inspire, which led me to praise God for His......more

Goodreads review by Phil on July 08, 2019

This book was tremendously encouraging, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that I felt the authors could have spoken more critically about some of the movements such as the Asuza Street revival, and particularly the Finney revivalism, in which few of the conver......more

Goodreads review by David on July 21, 2019

The authors do a great job walking through revivals throughout the world that of happened over the last few hundred years. The middle of the book gets slow when I stopped knowing the references of the people and places, but there were many quotes and helpful reminders that encourage me to continue p......more