Jesus Revolution: How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can Do It Again Today

by Greg Laurie, Ellen Vaughn

Overview

Now a major motion picture

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The Jesus Movement transformed the church—and it can transform you

God has always been passionate about turning unlikely people into His most fervent followers. Prostitutes and pagans, tax collectors and tricksters, the pompous and the pious—the more unlikely, the more it seemed to please God to demonstrate His power, might, and mercy through them. America in the 1960s and 1970s was full of many such characters—young men and women who had rejected the conformist religion of their parents' generation, didn't follow conventional rules, and didn't fit in. Their longing for something more set the stage for the greatest spiritual awakening of the twentieth century.

Discover the remarkable true story of the Jesus Movement, an extraordinary time of mass revival, renewal, and reconciliation. Setting intriguing personal stories within the context of one of the most tumultuous times in modern history, Greg Laurie and Ellen Vaughn draw important parallels with our own time of spiritual apathy and overt hostility, offering a new vision for the next generation of unlikely believers—and hope for the next great American revival.

Because God can always bring a new Jesus Revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493415342
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/04/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	21,369
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Greg Laurie is senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, one of the largest churches in America, and founder of Harvest Crusades, evangelistic events that have drawn more than 8.8 million people since 1990. Greg's daily nationally syndicated radio program, A New Beginning, is broadcast worldwide. He is the author of seventy books, including Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon and Billy Graham: The Man I Knew, and the producer of three films.

Ellen Vaughn is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and speaker who has written or cowritten twenty-five books. Former vice president of executive communications for Prison Fellowship, she collaborated with Chuck Colson on a number of his seminal works. She speaks at conferences, often travels to interview Christ-followers in hostile parts of the world, and serves on the board of directors for ICM, the global church developer. When she's not writing, she enjoys drinking coffee and staring pensively at the ocean.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Plunging In 11

1 What Was It and Why Does It Matter? 13

2 A Black-and-White Decade 26

3 The Wonderful World of Color 36

4 The Pastor Who Downscaled 48

5 The Be-In, the Summer of Love, and a Nudist Vegetarian Hippie 58

6 Miracle in the Middle East 67

7 1968: And the Wind Began to Howl 73

8 When Nitro Met Glycerin 86

9 Meanwhile, in Malaysia 93

10 Magnificent Desolation 99

11 The Long and Winding Road 107

12 The Adult in the Room 113

13 Jesus Music 120

14 Life as Usual, inside the Revolution 135

15 No Bare Feet Allowed! 145

16 "Yes, That Jesus!" 149

17 Love Story 154

18 Billy Graham's Good Vibrations 163

19 The Church of Stone 170

20 If You Can Explain It, Then God Didn't Do It 176

21 Hippie Preachers 184

22 Malaise and the Me Decade 191

23 Tea or Revolution? 199

24 Burning It Down 208

25 Muscle Memory 215

26 Desperate Enough? 226

27 Cultural Christianity Is Dead: Rest in Peace 236

28 Mere Revival 241

Epilogue: Plunging In, All Over Again 249

Acknowledgments 251

Notes 257