Revive Us Again: LEARNING FROM THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING

ABSTRACT: As a young pastor, Jonathan Edwards yearned for revival — and in time, God was pleased to bring revival, first in 1734, and then into the 1740s as the Great Awakening spread through the Western world. Edwards watched hundreds of formerly apathetic neighbors become earnest seekers of God; he saw evening revelries become gatherings for … More Revive Us Again: LEARNING FROM THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING

Devotional Thought for Today – 08/30/2022

Chapter CONTEXT MHCC: The Galatians reproved for departing from the great doctrine of justification alone, through faith in Christ. (1-5) This doctrine established from the example of Abraham. (6-9) From the tenor of the law and the severity of its curse. (10-14) From the covenant of promises, which the law could not disannul. (15-18) The … More Devotional Thought for Today – 08/30/2022

Devotional Thought for Today – 08/16/2022

2 Corinthians 7 Chapter Context MHCC: This chapter begins with an exhortation to progressive holiness and a due regard to the ministers of the gospel (v. 1-4). Then the apostle returns from a long digression to speak further of the affair concerning the incestuous person, and tells them what comfort he received in his distress … More Devotional Thought for Today – 08/16/2022

Devotional Thought for Today – 08/15/2022

REVELATION 3 CONTEXT: This chapter concludes with the letters Jesus instructed the apostle John to write to seven churches in Asia Minor. Those messages began in chapter 2. This passage ends the section of Revelation that describes the things that are (Revelation 1:19), meaning the things which existed in John’s lifetime. Chapter 1 describes what … More Devotional Thought for Today – 08/15/2022

Devotional Thought for Today – 08/12/2022

EPHESIANS 6 Chapter CONTEXT MHCC: In this chapter, I. The apostle proceeds in the exhortation to relative duties which he began in the former, particularly he insists on the duties of children and parents, and of servants and masters (v. 1-9). II. He exhorts and directs Christians how to behave themselves in the spiritual warfare … More Devotional Thought for Today – 08/12/2022