By following sources such as Thomas à Kempis and Law, Whitefield had previously seen Christianity primarily as the repression of sin and the cultivation of devotion. He had not really known what Scougal called the “Divine Life.
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Morgan and Scott in London, 1879.
George Whitefield
The previous two-volume work George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth-Century Revival is now condensed into this single volume, filled with primary-source quotations from the eighteenth century, not ...
This collection offers a major reassessment of Whitefield's life, context, and legacy, bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary team of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic.
For a broader survey, which claims that no other event received as much newspaper coverage, see Lisa Smith, The First Great Awakening in Colonial American Newspapers: A Shifting Story (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2012). 3.
Volume 1 brings the story of whitefield's life and of the evangelical revival up to the end of the year 1740.
Volume 2 follows events onwards until his death in 1770. An outstanding biography, popularly written, and with an urgent message for the present day.
George Whitefield proclaimed the Christian message to more people in history than anyone else, before or since, who spoke with an unaided voice.
This collection offers a major reassessment of Whitefield's life, context, and legacy, bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary team of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic.
In this carefully edited edition, Randall Pederson has chosen passages based upon George Whitefield's letters and sermons that will encourage, inspire and challenge the reader each day. Bible passages are based upon the ESV.
In the years prior to the American Revolution, George Whitefield was the most famous man in the colonies.
"A new biography of George Whitefield, discussing him not just as a revivalist but also as a subject of the British Empire"--
This book, George Whitefield: A Biography, details the life and ministry of one of the Christian giants of the 18th Century.
The Billy Graham of his time Reaching out to the unchurched in Britain A passionate and committed preacher
This collection offers a major reassessment of Whitefield's life, context, and legacy, bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary team of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic.