Pentecostal Outpourings: Revival and the Reformed Tradition (editors Robert Davis Smart, Michael A.G. Haykin, Ian Hugh Clary)
When it comes to the Reformed tradition, one of the words that normally causes us to tense up is “revival.” Maybe it’s because we have had bad experiences theologically with revivals. In my rural Southern Baptist upbringing, “revivals” were scheduled events in which powerful, sensational preaching and worship were aimed to bring about mass conversions. […]