Understanding Revival and Addressing the Issues It Provokes So That We Can Intelligently Cooperate with the Holy Spirit: During Times of Revivals and Awakenings

by Mathew Backholer

Overview

Updated in 2017. Understanding Revival and Addressing the Issues It Provokes guides us through centuries of God's Divine visitations and reveals what we can expect to see, as God rends the heavens and pours out His Spirit. Read about revivals from the Bible and Church history, Divine paradoxes and times of solemn commotion - revived Christians, saved communities, churches on fire and transformed nations.

• What happens in true heaven-sent revival.
• The theology and practical application of revival.
• The workings of Holy Spirit during times of revivals.
• How to discern between God's dynamics and the demonic.
• How to handle those in the flesh + warnings from Scripture.
• The Devil as an infiltrator and imitator and how to stand firm.
• How to deal with physical phenomena and manifestations.
• Learning the lessons from past revivals and awakenings.
• The purpose of revival merchandise and memorabilia.
• The dangers, joys and diversities of genuine revivals.
• Why we need revival and how we can see it.

Through the use of Scripture and church history Understanding Revival reveals how we can intelligently cooperate with the Holy Spirit during times of revivals and awakenings and not reject His workings due to religious affections, physical phenomena or manifestations and that we may be not be caught unaware of the tactics of the enemy.

Mathew Backholer is the co-founder of ByFaith Media (www.ByFaith.org) and films and presents ByFaith TV which airs on numerous Christian networks around the world. As a revival historian he collates, documents and records revivals from around the globe. He is the author of a number of books including: Revival Fires and Awakenings, Global Revival, Revival Fire and Extreme Faith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781907066009
Publisher:	Byfaith Media
Publication date:	02/18/2009
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Mathew Backholer is a revival historian, seasoned traveller, broadcaster, writer, author, researcher, editor and co-founder of ByFaith Media, who was born in the 1970s. In the late 1990s, Mathew studied at a Bible College in the UK, where he later worked as a staff member, carrying out various duties, including, teaching English (TEFL), itinerant preaching and leading teams of students in outreaches, including weeks of evangelism. Mathew now works with ByFaith Media researching and developing new books, writing for the ByFaith website (www.ByFaith.org) and preparing for new TV projects with his brother Paul. Mathew has travelled to more than forty nations of the world carrying out research, executing missions and filming/presenting Christian TV and documentary projects. http://www.byfaith.org https://twitter.com/byfaithmedia https://instagram.com/byfaithmedia https://www.facebook.com/ByfaithMedia https://www.youtube.com/ByFaithmedia

Table of Contents

-Preface; 1-Understanding Revival - What is it?; 2-Revivals from the Holy Bible; 3-Revival Related Scriptures; 4-What Does Revival Do?; 5-Who Needs Revival?; 6-Views of Revival; 7-The Beginnings and Characteristics of Revival; 8-Reoccurring Experiences in Revival; 9-The Church and Revival; 10-Common Characteristics of Physical Phenomena; 11-Conviction and Confession of Sin; 12-Revival and the Community; 13-Education, Evangelism and Missions; 14-Supernatural Characteristics of Revival; 15-The Dangers of Revival; 16-Persecution and Opposition; 17-Enemies of God; 18-Misperceptions of God's Workings; 19-Human Emotions - Part I; 20-Human Emotions - Part II; 21-A Diversity of Views; 22-Disunity Within the Body; 23-False and Spurious Converts; 24-Counterfeit Conversion; 25-Preach the Pure Gospel; 26-Warnings and Wisdom; 27-Hindrances to Revival; 28-Why Revivals Cease; 29-Revival Merchandise and Memorabilia; 30-Why Revivals are Chronicled; 31-Evaluating the Past and Looking Forward; 32-Appendices A-D;