Hi Billy,

On Apr 20, 2012, at 10:04 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> Ernie :
> I wonder about two things--
>  
> ( 1 ) can revivalism be reborn in new form ?
> ( 2 ) will revivalism become a factor in the "third world" ?
>  
> Reason for # 2 is that this seems to be happening in some scattered locations
> and, for all anyone can say, might spread more widely. Should revivalism
> become a factor overseas it could "re-revivalize" America
>  
> About # 1, who says that revivals of the future need to emulate the patterns
> of the past ?   This is a media age. And it is a computer age. Might be a
> new kind of revivalism down the road, with a different agenda.

I'm confused by the questions.  As the article points out, revivalism as 
understood in the 20th century is effectively dead.  Both in the U.S. and 
overseas.

Your implicit question is more relevant: what will replace revivalism as the 
'vital force' in modern Christianity?

I already gave my answer several years ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Transformationalism

My article is a bit dated, but it prefigures many of the trends discussed in 
the CT article.

-- Ernie P.


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> Billy
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> 4/20/2012 9:56:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] 
> writes:
> Hi Billy,
> 
> On Apr 20, 2012, at 9:10 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
>> Evangelicals are undergoing a sea change understanding when it comes to this 
>> pivotal moment in the believer's life.
>> 
> 
> I agree with this 100%.  It is pretty much the dominant theme of all my 
> conversations with other Christian leaders, inside and outside my church.
> 
> -- Ernie P.
> 
> 
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